starkexpos:

mylittlenestofvipers:

tomthyestean:

fatfreeshitsicles:

The Pigmy Pouter is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. Pigmy Pouters, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia).

it looks like someone photoshopped a pigeon onto a bluejay

Liefeld birds!

This is why the Internet exists.

~liefledglings~

eschergirls:

ghostgreen:

another Escher Girls redraw because i can’t help it, it’s so much fun… 

_{also a small part of me hopes that some comics person will see these and hire me ;3;} 

this time it’s this cover, the artist of whom i don’t know (VIGIL?): 

some comments: 

i had to change up the poses a little bit, because the foremost demon-lady’s arm is fucking nuts and a slap in the face to everyone everywhere who’s ever even attempted proper perspective. so in order not to change the composition entirely (we do after all want to keep the artists’ vision intact, yes?) i had to have her lunging at the heroine instead of clutching her throat like the Elongated Man. 

secondly i apologize for the sloppiness of this drawing- it’s an inked thumbnail. and the background is terrible. i hope somebody enjoys it anyway :B 

Much more personality in the redraw. :)

allonsyblue:

mjolkk:

crosswhenwegetthere:

#HawkeyeInitiative at #ECCC. He was our hero.

hey everybody, meet my badass friend matt who spent the whole day showing off his baaaaaaaaaaaaaad~ ass

oh my god

eschergirls:

milkydayy:

Hey this is gonna be a little rant post! It’s just something I need to get off my chest!

I know a lot of people here on tumblr make fun of “sjb” and how “omgz ur tryin to change da worl on the internet ur a dum hahaha” lemme give you a little story

before i was on tumblr i was your average cookie cutter wannabe pro artist and knew nothing about nothing, the whole “social justice” (i hate calling it that because its really just basic morals) thing. I know some of you might remember my mlp superheroine series let me say that this is probably the thing that I have drawn that I am most ashamed of ever.

While on deviantART the reception of this was great, on tumblr it wasn’t so much and at first it made me angry that people didn’t like it. I never replied it but I thought things like “don’t like it don’t look at it” or “fuq u i draw what i want draw ur own then lol” but the message these people were trying to get across to me never really GOT across to me until months later. 

Yes there is a lot of things wrong with that series, I stripped my favorite characters off of their very own personalities to make them into your cookie cutter white able bodied “”babe”“” comic book females. And what terrifies me now is that at the moment it felt so natural, I drew them almost unthinkingly, just one after the other, the way my brain was used to drawing girls, because as an artist, by comic books I was taught “this is what girls look like in comic books”. I never once thought of making them POC or chubbier, or not able bodied, or trans*, or just making them be REAL girls for christ sake. The thought never crossed my mind at all and it really turns my stomach how brainwashed I was because I am a poc myself, yet I neglected making any of them a poc. It was almost automatic to me that when the idea came to me to make them superheroes was cookie cutter girls.

I was even posted on eschergirls, and at first when I read the post I felt angry and attacked, especially at the comments, but then I realized they were right. They were right to feel hurt and tired of the same old thing. And for that I apologize deeply from the bottom of my heart.

So to all those people that tell other “sjb” that they’re not gonna change anything let me tell you that I for one have to disagree, because it’s changed me, and while I am the same artist that drew those humanizations, I promise you I am not the same person. And to all the artists who feel victimized or attacked by a critique, try to look past the anger (if critique is worded angrily), and try to read what the person was really trying to say. Sure it’s true that people should be considerate to artists, but I also think as artists we’ve got to know how powerful art is and how it affects the people that see it.

Lastly, no it’s not wrong to draw “”“babes”“” but think of the societal standards of a babe and what constitutes it. Are you really drawing what you think a beautiful woman looks like or what you were taught a beautiful woman looks like? 

Again sorry for the rant, I really felt the need to clarify this, and sincerely sorry if my art has ever made anyone feel bad in any way.

Wow.  I just kinda stumbled upon this. o_o  As I recall, I didn’t post it as an official EG thing (it’s fan art), but because somebody talked about it, and it was on some news site, I just commented at how generic they ended up looking when made into superheroines, and just as an example of how when people think “superheroine” they think a very narrow look (and skin tone).  I actually really liked your art style. :)  I don’t think you should be ashamed of it.  It’s well drawn.  And it’s part of your learning and growing process as an artist.  Don’t be ashamed. :)

And you’re really right on how we can internalize messages about how things should look.  I’m East Asian, but when I create heroes, I still default them to white a lot.  Because almost every superheroine we see in fiction looks a certain way, when we think “superheroine” we think that look.

But, wow.  I really admire the way you viewed criticism, and more to the point, how you managed to separate your emotions from seeing the criticism (which is very understandable), from what was being said.  I’m sure some complaints you felt were off-base or just ad-hominems, but that you didn’t just dismiss everything and you evaluated them, is really cool. :)  I’m not just saying that because I agree with what you said, but that I really do think it’s important to be able to consider criticism, be able to set it aside if you don’t agree, or learn from it if you do, but not just lash out and then forget about the whole thing, which is a really automatic thing to want to do.

Also, love what you said at the end. :)

Given that I have some responsibility for drawing attention to your art, I also want to draw attention to this. :)  (Also, because what you said is awesome.)

i’m about to ruin molecules for you

eschergirls:

spooksdale:

every time i look at a diagram of a molecule i can’t not see some underwear and a crotch and some legs than have been chopped off

ok here do you see it now?

BUT WAIT it gets worse when you get to more complex molecules like hydrocarbons

and by worse i mean disturbing

THIS ISN’T CHEMISTRY ANY MORE THIS IS SILENT HILL

I like how people think of this blog when they see posts like this and send me it. XD  So yes, here is your dose of Escher Girl science for the day.

eschergirls:

chibiwakki submitted:

Epona Kroft

There, fixed it.

This needs to be a special stage.

dduane:

hedwig-dordt:

eschergirls:

onesideisgreatness submitted:

SF/F authors genderflip a cover

The blog post is here.

Would this be a good moment to tell you that Charles Stross is a brilliant interesting writer?

Yes he is.

eschergirls:

wincenworks:

There seemed to have been some confusion over why Greg’s drawing was so terrible - and to be fair it is terrible for so many reasons.  However two complaints that people were making were:

• The thought the joke was about the breast size, and we shouldn’t make fun of people’s breast sizes
• They thought the joke was about surgically enhanced breasts vs natural, and we shouldn’t make fun of people’s choice to get implants

And they are right on the points that we shouldn’t make fun of people for their breast size or whether they have chosen to get their breasts enhanced. It’s none of our business and the body in question isn’t the property of anyone but the person living in it.

However, what the artists have created here is not a woman with natural or unnatural unusually large endowments, he has drawn a woman with breasts that magically relocate and reshape so that he can fit them into the shot (presumably because he feels the effect of having a woman in the shot is diminished if we don’t have some T&A) and wrapped in a magical cloth that is normal everywhere but turns clingwrap on breasts.

The using a sphere for the shape and relocating them to the wrong portion of the torso is pretty stock standard for Greg because he relies far, far too heavily on tracing (not photo references, tracing). The overall shape is shocking because he’s mixed and matched naturally falling and flowing fabrics with space age vacuum packing clothes held in place with superglue.  Essentially he’s decided that breasts are not a part of woman’s body and realised they come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes (even wider now due to plastic surgery), he’s just tacked on a generic orb onto a bit of the body so that it’ll be “on display” regardless of how they’d actually be positioned, how clothing would sit, etc.

To further illustrate the point below is a reference pic someone provided to show how implants can dramatically alter the shape of the breast.  The model in the photo clearly treats her body as a temple so we can assume she chose the shape of the implants for her own reasons.  The draw over in red is how I would put the costume on on her in this pose, the drawover in blue is how Greg Land would have put the costume on her - skirt only partially done because I didn’t want to spend time on it.

Now the important thing to notice here is even with implants deliberately chosen to raise and separate her breasts, each individual breast still grows from the middle of each pectoral and even with her arms raised to lift them - they are still not touching her armpit or relocating to the sides to make room.

When this woman wears a shirt the fabric would rest evenly across it and create a curve plane, not a pair of spheres with the cloth wrapping around to provide definition.  It wouldn’t magically wrap around each breast and push them out further so her cloak doesn’t get in the way.

Basically I’m saying that if this character is important enough to be in the middle of the shot, she’s important enough to take the time for the artist to draw her as a real person and not just alter her body and draw part of it by a ultra-lazy shortcut.

A really thorough breakdown of that Greg Land Nightwing cover.

eschergirls:

kanehon submitted:

As soon as I saw This Post I realized what was going on. Like you said, Tidal butt attack. It is actually a form of Battle-Dance where they summon and control powerful tides with movements of their oversexualized butts

I approve of this theory.

elfhawk3:

Probably you’ve heard about Jim Hines attempting the poses of women on book covers earlier this year.  It was a huge hit, although he probably needed a massage and Tylenol afterwards.

After some ‘what about teh menz’ emails, he even did another photoshoot of men on covers.  No pain killers required afterwards.

He frequently gets emails and tweets asking for him to do it again.  HE’S FINALLY AGREED!  This time, he’s doing it for charity. From his page:

The Aicardi Syndrome Foundation is pretty much the only source in the United States for funding into research on this condition. The foundation also funds a family conference every two years, paying for hotel rooms, flying in researchers, and even covering many of the meals. It unites families fighting this disease, connecting them to a network of support they might otherwise never find.

I’m asking people to donate to the Aicardi Syndrome Foundation.In exchange, I will give you what the internet has deemed my most important contribution to society: ridiculous cover poses. All you have to do is email me at ASF@jimchines.comletting me know how much you donated. If you give more than $25, please include a copy of your receipt from the foundation.

I’ll pick donors at random to suggest covers for me to try to duplicate. My only rule is that it has to be PG-13 or less.

As a special reward bonus, he has challenged fellow author John Scalzi to a pose off or two.

An update: As BBC News was quick to point out to me, Jim Hines has raised a whopping FIFTEEN THOUSAND for this.  The Aicardi Foundation sent him (and his contributors) a lovely letter of thanks.  He has gotten right on with doing the poses, updating the list as he does so. (John Scalzi has also been a, uh, I wouldn’t say good, sport about this.)

So let me just leave this here to induce you to go check it it out.

… Jim shaved for this.

John Scalzi did not.  I don’t know how I feel about either of these things, beyond Jim having a lovely left leg.

leupagus:

uncreativeart:

poster made by request

individual posts here:

xx

all inspired by The Hawkeye Initiative and your asks

print available

edit: I realized Gimli’s sexy booty wasn’t visible. Fixed (:

MY BIRTHDAY’S COMING UP

JUST SAYIN’

eschergirls:

captnshane:

So the Eschergirls Tumblr posted this comic cover, and I really wanted to redraw it so that it’d look more natural and dynamic and fun.

I like this redraw a lot.  I think it captures well the scene the cover was trying to show.  I like the expression you gave the unicorn too.  “Goddammit, I’m not a clothes hanger.”

foxyplaydate:

lavendertentacle:

eldritchseer:

jensenavengers:

callmekitto:

SEXISM IS OVER

#taylor lautner is a Strong Female Character

HOW DOES A BODY ACTUALLY TURN LIKE THAT

OH MY GOD HE’S DOING THE TYPICAL FEMALE SUPERHERO POSE OF ASS AND TITTIES SDONGSDJKGNDFJHNDFJHNFGJK HAHAHAHAHA OH WOW.

it’s anatomically possible how

firetwerks:

IM SO IN LOVE

eschergirls:

lashworthe:

So my friends and I decided to re-enact comic book poses at our holiday party…. 

I love my friends. 

I don’t even know your friends and I love them too.