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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First off I can careless if you have the body of a supermodel. The internet carries alot of these "False prophets" so what's to say you're not one. (last time i checked super models are disgustingly skinny...lol)

I believe i did say that it is the target audience, meaning that there are others that enjoy comics. But then again my apologies on assuming you were that intelligent. If it "does not compute" I suggest you get your machinery "Recalibrated" The only reason why I was so hard on my response is because i am so tired on BOTH women and men hollering on about how "UNequal" things are for women as oppossed to men. Im not sure if you've actually read comics but notice how the woman is made desireable sexually at the same time, having powers.

I dont think that there are too many fat-assed men super hero prancing around in their underwear either. But do you see men crying about this and wanting to cry out "Injustice"?

As far as the supporting the equal rights for Black's, It's your perogative if you decide to be racist and want to make that your excuse. That REALLY has nothing to do with the subject at hand. It even adds to my point, how many black super hero's do you really see other than bishop from X-Men and the few mentions in spawn? Do you see blacks crying about this? No one ever said anything about unequal treatment towards anyone, nor giving money to orphans that in itself is completely out of subject and is apples to oranges. If those are your excuses, hey, good luck in hell.

If you feel "SUPER" than great. Keep your happy happy motivating speeches to yourself, this is a discussion about how so many think that this tutorial was sexist or "disgusting". When the sense super is used, it is used in the sense of powers and so on. but again if you choose to mold my words to fit your so-called uninsulting speech then hey, more power to ya.

I never said that everyone else cannot enjoy comics or fantasy. I merely said that that age group of those specific, nerds ARE the "TARGET AUDIENCE" and yes, i agree that they may enjoy drawing comics however their choice in women apparently upsets feminists like you.

Nerds are not the only ones that can have an imagination just like women can play football, and have jobs and so forth, but if there is a "TARGET AUDIENCE" then why would you make a product for female football players????? For the sake of supporting women?

Your "mental defect" speech is lovely, however my intent was not to offend retards...lol. It's always someone like you that tries to make themselves look like they are correct by dragging some poor defenseless being into it and protecting them. Yes i may have stated "retards" but not in the sense of insulting mentally retarded people.

It is clear now, that you are a feminist which, hey, good for you, however, remember, that organization has been labeled a hategroup in some places. feminists not only believe in equality for women (which i believe in) but shoot for "better than men" treatment.

The fact is that censorship of comic babes or the word "babes" will never be and that is what feminists shoot for. Everything offends you and you cannot live without something offending you. I cannot stand when someone is that damn sensitive. Whether people are women, black, fat, skinny, green, yellow, whatever. excessive crying to get attention is really irritating.

I am not sexist by far, but i do love my women great looking, well endowed, & intelligent. I'd be lieing if i said otherwise. That my friend is part of nature and instincts. maybe you can throw in a power or two....lol.

If you feel so much that women are equal to men (which i feel they are) why is your horse higher than mine, because i express myself the way i do? get real!

Ooh, I was going to reply to this, but then I noticed that your journal has never been updated, and it was created roughly around the same time that these comments were first posted!

I call troll. Thank goodness! I was momentarily shaken by the thought that there really were people this stupid in the world!

Oh, and ratcreature: Interesting post! I'm sorry you got so many crazy comments on it, and that I'm posting so long after the post was originally made. I also regret that I'm going to go back to another, less crazy comment and argue there. But, uh, it's because your post is so interesting?

Mulato01 has obviously not read the Berserk manga by Kentaro Miura.

Best shit created by man, moreso than Michael Turner. :p

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