Posted: 29 July 2015 at 5:58am | IP Logged | 1
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Looking up reference for the montage commission I posted yesterday, I came across this comparison:Even allowing for the very different styles of the artists involved, it's virtually impossible to credit those two images as representing the same character. But this is not the fault of the artist on the right. This is something that started happening to Emma the moment I let go of the character. I designed the White Queen to be, well, flat chested. A contrast to Jean Grey, who made a very voluptuous Black Queen. Emma's cleavage was supposed to be created by her bosom being squeezed in and up, which is what those bustiers are meant to do. (Scientific Research: If you look very closely at my Emma, you will see that her cleavage does not extend far below the top of her bustier, as it would if she had large breasts. I did that deliberately.) But for many (most?) artists, a female character cannot be sexy unless she is blatant about it. Emma was intended to be cool -- Frost. Get it? -- and sophisticated, not the type to drape herself all over the furniture with legs akimbo. But that's not what you'll find if you Google the character. (NSFW, believe me!!) But here's the amusing part of all this. My check of images of Emma Frost also produced this, drawn by yours truly a few years ago: Not much of my original Emma to be found there, is there? In fact, the face and figure bear more than a passing resemblance to the Quitely version, seen at the top of this post. Apparently, without even realizing it, I have also been drawn down the primrose path, and draw the White Queen more as she IS, than as I INTENDED her to be!!
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