So, the first semester of university has finally ended and I am now on school holidays. It's all been going good so far; I've been getting a lot of stuff done and I visited the City library for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Why have I not gone there before? It's incredible. I must make a note of coming there more often.
On another topic, I really miss drawing comics on my computer. I wish I'd had the foresight to ask for a tablet instead of a laptop! Oh, First World problems. I mean, it's fun coloring using standard art stuff, but it's so much messier than painting digitally. Maybe I could actually use a proper painting program this time instead of Microsoft Outlook.
What else? Oh, I've been looking at a lot of stuff online, and been feeling really PO'd lately about the way women have been written in comics and stories. What is with all the damsels in distress I'm seeing? We don't need a hero; we are our own heroes. Boys, talk to me about being 'tough' when torrents of blood gush out of your vaginas every month.
And why must all the women be so scantily clad? All I see is ass and tits, ass and tits everywhere. I'm okay with nudity, really but it's the oversexualization of it that really gets to me. Look, if I'm going into battle (more realistically, with my blankets but that's not the point), you can trust me on the fact that my rear will not be hanging out like a goddamned sack of potatoes. The point of armor is to armor me, not emphasise how robust my cleavage looks in leather.
I guess a lot of these thoughts have come out in my doodles because suddenly (NSFW, a little):
It started out as anatomy practice (and also to figure out boob placement?) but somehow it became a really weird superhero genderbend. But look! They may be scantily clad, but it's not supposed to be eye candy. Get this straight: warrior women can come home and strip or fuck or whatever at their own discretion. The character can exude sexuality of their own free will without being sexually exploited. That is perfectly fine. What is not fine, is assuming that they must act 'sexy' and must be sexually appealing just because they're women.
For fuck's sake, people.
Have some genderbent Thor:
Whoah, this blog post went rapidly out of hand. I just have a lot of feels concerning this topic and I feel my blood pressure steadily rising whenever I see stuff like this floating around.
Anyway, more to come,
The Unlucky Elephant
