ratcreature | how to draw female comic characters (according to Wizard)...

brown_betty asked for examples "to illustrate the exactly how and why female comic characters are illustrated differently than the male." And I thought, really, what's better to illustrate these things than the books teaching the style in the first place?

A while ago I posted some scans from Wizard How To Draw series on drawing female superheroes (here and here), and I thought I'd post a bunch more from the first book of the series on "How To Draw: Heroic Anatomy".

As everything, it starts with the basics, i.e. proportions. First the male superhero

The female example is similar, but slightly different, notice how he stands firm and straight, wheras she stands with her hips cocked a little and the leg thrust forward?

Also notice in the direct torso comparison below, how the male one is ramrod straight, but she curves and leans just a little bit in the same pose?

Now onwards to the chapter "Sultry Women". It even cautions you against overposing! Yes, it's not as if Wizard wasn't aware of the problems! (Their definition and mine of which poses are already overposed might differ slightly though, heh.)

Next, Michael Turner explains "Sex Appeal". (Or what he thinks sex appeal is.) Incidentally it also illustrates the meaning of "overposed" that was brought up in the previous chapter very effectively...

Finally for compare and contrast purpuses the chapters on "Superheroic Men" and "Superheroic Women". For the male superhero it is all about more or less ridiculously enlarged muscles as we learn:

Female superheroes don't have it that easy, they need to worry about tilting their shoulder, nipple and pubic lines attractively at all times, not to mention legs, breast size, eye make-up and hair:

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you know while i agree that most of the ( i assume ) women here are over-reacting a little, i do agree that the mulato guy is exactly the type of person i used to avoid in high-school. they smelled of testosterone and were disgustingly narrow minded. i am a 21 year old straight male, and yes, i'm nerdy. i don't think comics are aimed at nerds, and i don't think that just because it is 'targeted' at horny nerds others don't have the right to be offended. that's ridiculous. i came across this when i googled drawing tutorials and even though initially i thought it was a bra burners convention, i also thought, 'you know this is like that comment on The Office to the effect of "i think women can wear whatever they want. here in america women have the right to show as much cleavage as they please...". some people don't understand what's wrong with that. still, i have to say that you this is how men and women have always been drawn (look at old paintings anc sculptures) so whilst i do think it's sexist, i accept as just one of those things that are wrong about this world but we're at an age to find it amusing rather than offensive. but then i'm looking through male eyes. i get quite offended at some of the 'muslim' humour (cos i am one myself) but then i realize that they can really say whatever they want. just makes them idiots. but i accept it. what can i do? rant? i'll have people just point out all the dark pages in muslim history and use it as justification for racism (it's ridiculous when they nitpick about that word cos muslims aren't a 'race') anyway i'm rambling. basically my point is that as sexist as this is, and as much right you have to get offended, it's just the way things are. if you don't like it, read something else. i take that as a sad fact, not an angered pro-sexist rant

I'm a dude, and as much as I like a hot women. I also equally hate pretentious comic artists who make all fantasy artists look like drooling teenagers who can't appreciate a female character without making them dress like prostitutes who fight in 40 inch heel red patent thigh boots (example Witchblade)

Ok some the "super-heroic" women are fine due to Super Heroes generally being ideal. The guys are the same way. They're supposed to be perfect. Some artists on the other hand don't know where to draw the line before their art becomes less heroic, and more, insulting kiddie porn.

Some amazing artists have been making strides toward breaking this tired concept as people wish to find more pathos in their heroes.

However, the Bride of Frankenstein-cum Avengers super vixen was absolutely ridiculous. It is so atypical of the trite one note comic artist mentality. It really painted the artist as a stereotypical horny comic artist drawing soft core porn living vicariously through the muscled dingus hanging out with his living doll super girls.

As for Mulato1, first thank you for your hilariously stupid "the lady doth protest too much" rant.
Perhaps learning the definition of 'hypocrite' may help your future trolling efforts. Though the key to good trolling is being award-winningly ignorant. The fact that you're even posting on a topic about comics is ironic at best. As you are obviously an 'internet troll'. We all know how socially dynamic and attractive Internet dry humping trolls are. Every playground-quality insult flung at the imagined masses you perceive as being such an immense issue for you can most likely and accurately applied to yourself.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, next time you feel the need to hang out on a site about comic book art, flailing your Dorito covered hairless little boy arms and feces around, like a chimp who hasn't had his morning banana latte yet, you may wish to brush the breakfast burrito out of your breath and scrub the stench of irony out of pits and realize that you're most likely the fattest, ugliest one in the room.

I'll finish with this:
*Johnny Carson voice*
A one hundred foot tall hammer.
A ten ton wrench.
Mulato1
...
Name three gigantic tools...
*cue ed McMahon "Hiyooo"*

how to draw female comic characters (according to Wizard)...

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