roachpatrol:

pavel-petel:

Pavel Pétel for H&M 
Makeup & Photo: Sergey Ostrikov

I don’t know what’s happening here but I like it. 

(via lady-writes)

milkydayy:

My brother was playing Scarlet Blade (this is  the actual game armor)  the other day and at first it was just funny how anyone would even take that seriously but then i got jealous because what the hell i want a game with a buncha skanky dudes i can check out while i play and THEN i thought of what would make that even better: food

(via lady-writes)

gailsimone:

This is the best thing in the history of historical anything ever in the universe or elsewhere.

Replace goofy female comics poses with Hawkeye.

GO LOOK NOW.

http://thehawkeyeinitiative.tumblr.com/

Sorry for the Hawkeye spam, guys. But y’all gotta go see this. 

(via stuffbybrian)

thehawkeyeinitiative:

At first I thought “Holly broken backs Batman! This is the best idea. Too bad I can’t make anatomy happen.”

Then I realized that was the exact opposite of relevant!

  

Looks like Manfire had some sexy sexy company~

(Source: elusive-j, via thehawkeyeinitiative)

hoursago:

sairobee:

Me, I’m a fan of the classics.

(Hoursago started this, I’m just bandwagonning as usual.)

screams

Turns out I will not be helping with a table. I will just be wandering around. Sorry guys. Kinda angry about it myself.

HEY GUYS!!!!!

I have had an influx of new followers over the past month and the original manfire post has started going around again. I don’t know who reblogged it to start it again but thank you <3

I am going to try and have Vampirella up by the end of the week! It is my goal. 

I just got an internship with Little Airplane Productions creating avatars for their new show the Small Potatoes so I have been super extra busy. 

SO. New followers- and old followers, all ye faithful, you can always feel free to ask questions and make suggestions for gender bends you want to see. 

FOR THOSE OF YOU IN NEW YORK CITY.  OR. THOSE OF YOU VISITING FOR COMIC CON. 

I am gonna be there : ) On Saturday. Well I will be there Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday. HOWEVER. On Saturday- I will be in a solitary place! I will be helping with the JL8 table! SO you can come visit me!!!! I would love to meet and chitchat about Manfire, sexism, life, or whatever : ) I will have more information on that later- and yep. You can always message me for specifics. I will probably post more about it later. But we are slowly counting down the days…. 

outrospection:

Male Superheroes See How The Other Side Lives

Nothing is going to convince me that the top panel did not actually happen.

(via emilianadarling)

It’s an update. Holy Moly! 

Red Sonja Man. Fighting some zombies. 

To be fair to this series (although I do not think I need to be- as the silliness of the covers sill outweighs this) there is a naked dude on one of the covers in a really dumb pose. 

Original

Naked Dude

eschergirls:

maggiekarp2 submitted:

Wanted to see if there was much of a difference if you draw a character as male

http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/post/27652938287/xornvestite-submitted-i-honestly-cant-tell

That doesn’t look any more powerful or threatening.

Another text post. I apologize. I just wanted to thank all my followers who still stick with me. I have been losing a lot lately and I imagine it is for the lack of updates.

Right now I am trying to break into the illustration world in the great city of New York but in order to afford rent I have had to get two jobs. My schedule last week I worked from 7am to 3 pm and then I went to work from 7pm to midnight. 

So- I am really sorry for the lack of posting. I really want to. And I want to start working on actual real work. Comics and things I have planned. 

 I am just really tired. 

But I am planning to go to NY Comic Con. I am not getting a table or anything- but I am thinking about cosplaying. I never have but I really want to. If I ever find time to make a costume. 

Hopefully there will be a new redraw on Sunday. I am making it my goal. 

Whichmanblade sitting?

Idk.

Original

eschergirls:

keyboardsmashwriters:

More insight on the ever galling subject of B&B poses

I’ve seen a lot of valid arguements circulating tumblr, both for and against the boobs and butt poses. On the “for” side, there are times where it makes sense for both genders. I saw the baseball bat example used, which is a very legitimate reason for both ends being visible to the camera.

But, there are facts that need to be considered.

I’ve studied different forms of martial arts, and what I’ve learned is that power comes from pivoting — not twisting the spine, which is often confused as the same thing. My instructor(s) taught me to gain power from the hips, even when simply punching. Power comes from the entire body.

Here’s an inherent problem:

(source: Escher Girls)

The tension in her body is simply in her shoulders and arm. It’s easy to recognize someone who hasn’t been thoroughly trained when an attack consists simply of throwing the fist forward.

The foreshortening sort of killed me, which is why it’s so sketchy. But mostly it’s for the idea and the shapes (and I didn’t draw with any references, so I apologize again if these aren’t a hundred percent anatomically accurate).

The point here was to highlight tension — to accentuate force and momentum. Because her hips and ribcage tilt at these particular angles, and because the camera is positioned at a higher level, we CAN see the B&B. It’s not impossible and not improbable, as I’ve demonstrated before.

But the problem is that we see a LOT of it.

I mean, A LOT.

I sketched this as an alternative (although it would look much more believable if the two of them were close to the same plane but I won’t point that out). I tried to give her the sense of exhaling, because shouting when attacking provides additional strength from the solar plexus. The twisting of the body is to give the sense of movement.

The foreshortening isn’t as obvious here, though…………. :{ sorry.

So, yes, B&B can be practical and make sense, and it can be a believable pose if made believable. But it’s not often made believable, and it’s done in such excess that it’s become a device for subtle sexualization of women that many people accept.

That’s not good.

A B&B pose for the sake of consumption means that it’s okay to portray women as objects for sexual satisfaction in the public sphere. It’s to the point where I’ve read that redrawing a B&B pose into something more sensible makes the pose less “dynamic”.

(Source: Escher Girls)

This pose is mostly believable, but is it necessary? Does it need to be this way?

I imagined her swinging her leg around to brace herself. If something jumps at me, I naturally step back and block with the opposite arm. A body will balance itself naturally, as described in this much more in-depth post.

In an alternate version, I tried to make her look more surprised and less prepared by varying her hips and legs only slightly:

She’s leaning back more, less twisted. In photography, a pose is interesting if the model grants as many different levels and shapes as possible — that’s what makes a pose dynamic, not if you can get both breasts and cheeks to face the camera.

So, in essence, yes: a B&B pose can make sense. But it’s done so excessively that women can’t seem to do anything except show their assets to the camera, and instilling this idea into minds who are sensitive to their bodies can be damaging and cause people to develop unreleastic expectations of themselves and others.

I MEAN COME ON.

(Source: Escher Girls)

Batman and Super Man are facing the camera, ready to slap some bitches. What the heck is Wonder Woman doing over there? Why is this okay?

Would it be okay if Super Man and Wonder Woman were switched?

Of course not. Men don’t generally and can’t pose like that.

So why is it female superheroes and villains are expected to?

Nice redraws and commentary.

Reblogging for the last bit.

Manlocity is a sassy.

Sorry for the infrequent updates. 

Special request from Brian. He’s a cool guy. Always suggests the best stuff.

But you all do. Thank you <3