Liberating indeed…
Source: Commissioned comic, Part 1, Part 2
The saddest part about this is that she’s actually lucky that they gave her a helmet.
– wincenworks
I keep seeing waaay too much unnecessary fanservice slipped into otherwise regular fanart of female characters compared to what male characters get, so I strongly feel this post is necessary.
ways to subtly (or not so) sexualise (cisgender) male characters in your day to day fanart:
- tight pants
- tight shirts
- tight clothes in general
- doesn’t even have to be different to their canon outfits, just make that shit tight
- put holes in his clothes!
- they can be tears, or they can look like they’re meant to be there- call them improvements 🙂
- and make the clothes transparent!
- even better, make them wet; transparent and clingy 😉
- put him in a submissive/passive pose
- you know, position the camera above him
- and make sure his ass is pointed even just a little bit at the camera
- just don’t make him look like he has any power over the viewer
- is there anything in or vaguely related to canon that has tentacles or something that resembles them? try incorporating that into the fanart!
- is there any conceivable excuse to have this character covered in sticky, white liquid? not semen, but…
- apparently general anatomy isn’t too important if you can draw really detailed, anatomically correct feet
- come to think of it, it’s generally socially accepted for cis men to be shirtless in a lot of places. I’d definitely use that to my advantage if I were you
- also, remember that trend of dudes not wearing belts so their undies were always visible? why not use that? hint: he doesn’t even have to be wearing undies!
- composition is an important part of any artwork. use this to draw attention to the: groin, ass, feet?, nipples, mouth, whatever takes your fancy
- make his facial expression lustrous. make him look like he wants the viewer to do unspeakable things to him
- when you see a female character being unnecessarily sexualised in fanart, think about how you might do the same thing to a male character 🙂
notes:
- most points listed above can also apply to character design for games, comics, films, etc.
- things to be careful of
Following yesterday’s Happy Friday sexy male warriors, those are some pretty damn good rules to follow in creating fanservice featuring male characters. Just remember everyone: “things to be careful of” addendum is essential part of the advice.
Big thanks to
septetteforadeadprincess for writing this wonderful post and noting us about it!
~Ozzie
edit April 2016: Updated
“things to be careful of” link, since the OP changed their URL.
I keep seeing waaay too much unnecessary fanservice slipped into otherwise regular fanart of female characters compared to what male characters get, so I strongly feel this post is necessary.
ways to subtly (or not so) sexualise (cisgender) male characters in your day to day fanart:
- tight pants
- tight shirts
- tight clothes in general
- doesn’t even have to be different to their canon outfits, just make that shit tight
- put holes in his clothes!
- they can be tears, or they can look like they’re meant to be there- call them improvements 🙂
- and make the clothes transparent!
- even better, make them wet; transparent and clingy 😉
- put him in a submissive/passive pose
- you know, position the camera above him
- and make sure his ass is pointed even just a little bit at the camera
- just don’t make him look like he has any power over the viewer
- is there anything in or vaguely related to canon that has tentacles or something that resembles them? try incorporating that into the fanart!
- is there any conceivable excuse to have this character covered in sticky, white liquid? not semen, but…
- apparently general anatomy isn’t too important if you can draw really detailed, anatomically correct feet
- come to think of it, it’s generally socially accepted for cis men to be shirtless in a lot of places. I’d definitely use that to my advantage if I were you
- also, remember that trend of dudes not wearing belts so their undies were always visible? why not use that? hint: he doesn’t even have to be wearing undies!
- composition is an important part of any artwork. use this to draw attention to the: groin, ass, feet?, nipples, mouth, whatever takes your fancy
- make his facial expression lustrous. make him look like he wants the viewer to do unspeakable things to him
- when you see a female character being unnecessarily sexualised in fanart, think about how you might do the same thing to a male character 🙂
notes:
- most points listed above can also apply to character design for games, comics, films, etc.
- things to be careful of
Following yesterday’s Happy Friday sexy male warriors, those are some pretty damn good rules to follow in creating fanservice featuring male characters. Just remember everyone: “things to be careful of” addendum is essential part of the advice.
Big thanks to
septetteforadeadprincess for writing this wonderful post and noting us about it!
~Ozzie
edit April 2016: Updated
“things to be careful of” link, since the OP changed their URL.
Why is Marvel/Disney (or whoever owns the rights currently) making more and more movies and games about Spider-man, Iron Man and Captain America when they could be making them about Namor, the Sub-Mariner? So the state of licensing is more than a little complicated – with this much potential fixing the situation so they can capitalize on this should be a top priority!
I mean check out his credentials (from 1966), pure empowerment right there!
– wincenworks
Considering Namor is one of the rare male characters that are actually acknowledged as very sexy in-universe, it wouldn’t be improper if the filmography focused a lot on his washboard abs.
And let’s not forget that since DC made Khal Drogo the movie Aquaman, it’s an appropriate time to counter Jason Momoa’s… everything with someone equally empowered (preferably not a white guy named Chris).
~Ozzie