I couldn't agree with you more on how you came up with
the girls.
--- "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "rubaiyat58"
> <rubaiyat58_at_...>
> wrote:
> > > > Well,seems consistent.However,Leila should
> learn something
> > with Elektra and Black Canary.Both are tough
> warriors that know like
> > do the job done,but have a soft side too!
>
> Unfortunately, the vast majority of mainstream
> comic artists draw
> pretty much all their females with the same
> proportions, and often as
> scantily clad as possible. While those artists like
> to portray a
> female character as svelte and sexy, yet still
> muscular enough to
> bring down an opponent three times their size, they
> often forget that
> in order for the character to be able to do such a
> thing, she'd better
> have the brass to back it up. Bear in mind, also,
> that characters
> such as those portrayed in mainstream comics often
> use weapons and/or
> special abilities which sometimes require the reader
> to suspend their
> disbelief. ;)
>
> The characters I draw are evolved versions of
> their four-legged
> ancestors, and, as such, will often display many
> traits similar to
> their unevolved kin. Wolverines and badgers are
> stocky, muscular, and
> fiercely powerful creatures, and I've tried to relay
> those traits to
> their evolved forms. This is why I tend to draw
> breeds such as
> wolverines or badgers as thicker, more muscular or
> more intimidating
> than, say, a skunk or a fox. Would you run from a
> fox? I wouldn't.
> Would you run from a wolverine? Hell yes, man. ;P
>
> Also, some of the more powerful members of
> Caterwaul may need to use
> their breed-specific abilities or immense strength
> to stop opponents.
> Make no mistake, in the Caterwaul stories, the good
> guys don't pull
> a "Batman" and merely capture or render the bad guys
> unconscious.
> Oftentimes, they will have to kill. Have you ever
> seen animals
> fight? It can get pretty ugly. Now imagine them
> many times larger,
> stronger, and more intelligent, and that's pretty
> much how the scene
> would play out.
>
> Not to say they don't have softer sides, though.
> Dinah is a real
> sweetheart sometimes, and Leila can be gentle, if a
> bit gruff. But
> for the sake of character illustration, I don't
> think a picture of
> Leila wearing a Spring dress while picking tulips
> would have quite the
> same impact as her wearing jeans, boots, a t-shirt,
> and a snarl on her
> face.
>
> --JMH, now with more mint flavoring! Buy some
> today!
>
>
Received on Sat Mar 01 2008 - 12:26:14 CST