Escher Girls

Float like a butterfly, Sting like a WTF!?

This is a blog to archive and showcase the prevalence of certain ways women are depicted in illustrated pop media, specifically how women are posed, drawn, distorted, and/or sexualized out of context, often in ridiculous, impossible or disturbing ways that sacrifice storytelling.

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paperparachute submitted: I’m not really an expert on anatomy, but…. The official female ‘Witch Doctor’ art in Diablo 3 has always put me off. A lot. Sexualized and racial exotification.  Yay.

paperparachute submitted:

I’m not really an expert on anatomy, but…. The official female ‘Witch Doctor’ art in Diablo 3 has always put me off. A lot.

Sexualized and racial exotification.  Yay.

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    I FINALLY figured out what was throwing me off so much - her left arm is arched like she’s grabbing the staff palm-BACK,...
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  9. ozziescribbler said: Too bad sexualization distracts us from awesome design of her mask.
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  11. paperparachute reblogged this from po-jun and added:
    Yes. The Crotch Skull. I lolled.
  12. hrtsmom said: The person who drew this clearly never held a staff or a fighting knife in his life. Left hand/wrist = PAIN. And the knife can only slash downward from that position.
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    She’s quite badass. I’m just curious, is that a child’s skull in her crotch?
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    Disregarding 98% of the many things wrong with this picture, why the fuck is she wearing different shoes? They only...
  18. theoneandonlynoun reblogged this from eschergirls and added:
    Oh god, the Witch Doctor class. One of the main reasons I didn’t pick up Diablo III
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