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some drell babes–
Ladies and gentlemen, I recently discovered a talented ME fan-artist from da Internetz. Her name is Lintufriikki. She also does plenty of other kind of fan art. She also draws (or at least drew) plenty of krogan babies (might be that she is more focusing on other fandoms right now). And this is my favorite piece among her ME fan art.
(I should start to get my posts tagged.... Lazeeeh...)
Remember Captain Phasma from the upcoming Star Wars movie and her awesome gender-neutral armor?
Well apparently some random dudebro on Facebook couldn’t help but note how it’s not feminine and that’s supposedly bad (he’s totally not being sexist, though! totally!).
Yes, we came to the point where this is an actual accurate description of some SW fanboy priorities:
Surprisingly enough, official Star Wars FB page (where the armor comment was made), actually responded with the best possible answer.
“It’s an armor. On a woman. It doesn’t have to look feminine.”
All I can say to that is: PREACH!
Thanks to the readers for bringing our attention to it.
~Ozzie
Okay, new contest. Whoever comes up with the most creative reason why she has to wear an outfit with those specific holes in them wins.
They aren’t holes. They’re painted on distractions for the enemy while in fact, the fabric it is made of is stronger than metal while it bends with her body. This type of ‘sexy protection’ has been highly researched and has proven to help on the battle field and distract the enemy 70% more than regular suits. 60% of the opposing group started discussions on how stupid it looked, while the other 10% send her messages on okcupid, asking 'what would u do if i was there at the battlefield ;)’ Conclusion: This very effective armor is the future of our military.
This.
A game of Uno
A game of Uno, how to do it in anime. (Or, well, in this case in manga.)
During my stay in Geneva (where almost half of the population are immigrants), I have tried to spy non-white people’s looks and to determine why a person of certain ethnicity looked like a person of certain ethnicity. Partially this was influenced by that I was participating a small forum roleplaying game in which I play a Botswanan girl, and I wanted to get her drawing right.
In other words, I was kinda making mind-games like, “Okay, that dude looks Asian, perhaps Chinese. Okay, why do I think that this dude looks Chinese? Well, firstly, his hair is dark and wispy, and secondly, I don’t see those wrinkles over his eyes. The bridge of his nose is also quite flat. He probably isn’t South Asian, because his skin tone is too fair, and something makes me think he isn’t Japanese, but I can’t quite pinpoint it...” And going into detail with it. Surprisingly entertaining and perhaps educating, too.
And on the top of that...
“Wait a sec. That black girl. Her leg hair is so thin that she doesn’t even need to shave her legs! What a huge benefit!” *an envious dark-haired white girl*
Realized also that I am also quite often able to tell Nordic people apart from non-Nordic white Europeans, even if I have no idea what is the exact difference.
A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.
By Shadowcross on DA.
BLESS YOU, YOU WONDERFUL PERSON
Researching magic academically must feel similar to researching modern physics. You have read about it so much, yet there is a lot that isn't known. Things make more or less sense to you, yet you have hard time with explaining them to less knowledgeable people. Things are also often something you can't witness without special equipment, so people have hard time taking it entirely to the heart, yet the resulting applications can be life-changing. On the other hand, lack of knowledge makes people's imagination wild. And experiments tend to get busted a lot. I like thinking myself and my team as a wizard team trying to uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Forget about kicking ass.
That’s not the metric you need to worry about.
The only ass that your female character need to kick is the ass of the story — that’s the power you want to give them. The power of agency. They can be sexy and sexual without being sexualized or objectified. They can kick ass or not kick ass or have Power or Not Have Powers as long as you elevate them above mere action figures (“Look how poseable she is when she does her sexy high-kicks!”) They can be vulnerable or flawed or unlikeable as long as you treat them like real people, not like video game characters or a list of abilities or dolls or lamps or The Reason That Dude Does The Thing He’s Meant To Do. They’re not proxies, they’re not mannequins, they’re not mirrors, they’re not Walking Talking FleshLights, they’re not princesses in towers waiting to be saved, they’re not emotionless ass-kicking chicks who still don’t kick as much ass as the hero. I’d even argue that calling them “female characters” has its problems because it sounds clinical, distant, a characteristic, a check box, a footnote.
Think of them as women or as girls.
Think of them as people.
I have noticed a trend of responding to our posts with a claim that since x creator made y character who did z thing - they create great female characters and can do no wrong.
This approach is particularly baffling since it has a number of unfortunate implications:
While it’s easy to classify a character based off their function in the plot, the thing that makes real characters great is things like how they come to their decisions, how fiercely they love, how they find the strength to carry on in the face of defeat, etc.
Without all of that they’re not characters, they’re just plot elements.
- wincenworks
Despite what wincenworks says here, I find that character agency issue a valid parameter for comparing characters: for example, a portrayal in which the agency is starkly divided differently between two groups (such as males and females or white people and nonwhite people) without relevant explanation, unfortunate implications may ensue.
As said earlier, though, a character having a lot agency doesn’t automatically equal a good character, and vice versa. I personally like story sections in which the protagonist is thrown all around the world and we see their reactions to it (often used for exposition).
For example, it was a fun ride with Harry Potter who was clueless about basically everything related to the wizarding world during the first book and who mostly drifted from a scene to another c: Sure he gets more agency later (and had some agency early too), but the non-agency sections were among the juiciest parts of the series.
I am doing an art piece for a client who I have been video chatting with for several years.
Client: I am looking to get a picture of this specific character in a particular pose.
Me: Ok, the character looks easy enough. What pose did you have in mind?
Client: Laying down. The view is from the back but you need to be able to see her face and chest at the same time.
Me: So like…. bent backwards or something?
Client: No, like she is on her stomach and the camera is behind her, but you can see her face and chest at the same time as her back.
Me: Tell you what. You still have that full length mirror in your room?
Client: Yeah, why?
Me: You go to it, assume the pose you are looking to get, find a way to get it to work without shattering your spine, and then get back to me on how I need to draw it, ok?
A bit later.
Client: Yeah ok I get it now. Just do what you think works.
Me: Thank you. I’ll get back to you in an hour with the rough sketch.
If superheroes really existed, I don’t think the female ones would look anything like they’re usually depicted in comics. I mean we’re talking about women who’ve dedicated their lives to violent conflict with extremely dangerous people (and aliens, and robots and monsters).
Very helpful comparison between what image of female superheroes media tries to sell us versus what real crimefighter physique would look like.
We’d like to point out, though, that the “chest like a stripper/athlete” bit is problematic and poorly informed. Presumably the artist was referring to the fact that most superheroines are drawn with really big breasts, but framing that as a stripper/athlete dychotomy implies that strippers and athletes don’t come in all shapes and sizes. It also implies that there’s something inherently bad about big boobs and sex work.
Let us propose changing it to from “chest like a stripper” to “magical breasts that stay put without any support” and “chest like an athlete” to “breasts with supportive and comfortable underwear”.
Also a minor note compared to that, but long hair, if tied up or otherwise managed properly, don’t have to get in the way.
~Ozzie
orionnexus submitted:
Hello. I love this blog and I would love to hear your opinions on this piece.
The artist says that the picture on the left is for ceremonial purposes and that the one on the right is for actual combat. What’s your opinion of it all?
Well, it appears this is a personal artwork - so it doesn’t have the concerns that come with commercial, but it is kind of helpful for a discussion of ornamental/ceremonial armor.
It is true that armor intended purely for show allows for massive design freedom, sometimes they’re made from scratch and sometimes they’re regular armor given accessories. This example has two issues with the overall design.
The first is that priority is for the ornamental version, not the practical version. Things like removable “not heels”, belly windows, kneecap windows, etc all reduce the overall integrity and value of the design. On the battlefield they’re risking their safety to look good off the battlefield. Such factors tend to suggest that the “real” armor doesn’t ever get used as actual armor.
The second is that the ornamentation doesn’t really say anything other than “I’m a sexy lady” - the same overall result could be obtained simply not wearing the torso armor or just writing “I am a sexy lady” across it in lipstick.
Serious military uniforms are, by necessity, designed for elegant simplicity a serious overtone. Ornamental armor, traditionally, is more of an exercise in self expression, so it tends to feature the same sort of creativity and flamboyance as red carpet fashions.
Particularly if you’re from some world that’s a technological wonderland and your options vastly exceed those available to those of us stuck in reality!
- wincenworks
Cool idea, but trips over with the execution. I think that this would be amazing with some more thought, wincenworks had excellent points about this. Namely: 1. Protection first, 2. Ceremonial and sexy are two different things.
If you like thinking about things and if you like video games (and perhaps game design), Extra Credits is the right Youtube channel for you! It’s addictive, tho :D Here is one of my favorite videos of theirs: Hard-Boiling Franchises
