In case anyone still doubted it, yes – it is possible to design a stylized female armor without showing skin or sexualizing the wearer.
~Ozzie
intsys where are my ass windows for guys
And now we have a tip for dudes wanting to draw dudes that appeal to ladies in a very sexual way:
Instead of designing attire to show off how powerful, unflappable and stoic the character is – consider something that shows off little vulnerability, the kind that you want to share with someone you want to get intimate with (in a sexual way). Obviously mileage varies but I think you’ll find this method appeals to a lot more ladies than various Kratos style clones do.
If you have to: Design a gender neutral costume that you could imagine a really sexy lady rocking, then put a fit but not overly muscular dude in it and make sure you give him a spectrum of emotions.
– wincenworks
lightlaurein submitted (and Ozzie bingo’d):
Doing it right and then doing it very, very wrong. This game… All done by different artists for the same game, but the majority of the characters/cards are definitely on the lesser side of having clothing.
I’m on mobile so I can’t fill out a bingo card, but I’m pretty sure I’d probably get a bingo, or 5 ways to bingo with one more space. I mean, you have the metal thong, magic metal bikini…
In our experience, Legend of the Cryptids for every one decently armored woman usually delivers a ton of painfully generic ones in armor bikinis. Hell, they can’t even do a dude in sexy armor without ruining it with female boobs and butts all around him.
It’s pretty amazing they felt the need to actually make the word “seductive” a part of Leona’s name, to be sure you don’t confuse her with, say, a guardian angel. As we all know, bikini armor so totally informs us that a character is a skilled seductress and no-one else within the same franchise could possibly have the same dress code.
That game is a treasure trove of “creative” sexualized lady design.
~Ozzie
lightlaurein submitted (and Ozzie bingo’d):
Doing it right and then doing it very, very wrong. This game… All done by different artists for the same game, but the majority of the characters/cards are definitely on the lesser side of having clothing.
I’m on mobile so I can’t fill out a bingo card, but I’m pretty sure I’d probably get a bingo, or 5 ways to bingo with one more space. I mean, you have the metal thong, magic metal bikini…
In our experience, Legend of the Cryptids for every one decently armored woman usually delivers a ton of painfully generic ones in armor bikinis. Hell, they can’t even do a dude in sexy armor without ruining it with female boobs and butts all around him.
It’s pretty amazing they felt the need to actually make the word “seductive” a part of Leona’s name, to be sure you don’t confuse her with, say, a guardian angel. As we all know, bikini armor so totally informs us that a character is a skilled seductress and no-one else within the same franchise could possibly have the same dress code.
That game is a treasure trove of “creative” sexualized lady design.
~Ozzie