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 sexualized out of context, often in ridiculous, impossible or disturbing ways that sacrifice storytelling.

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The legs!  Where are the legs!?

The legs!  Where are the legs!?

Greg Land traced a crime scene photo for that third panel didn’t he?

Greg Land traced a crime scene photo for that third panel didn’t he?

kalinara:

Scott has a flamethrower.  <3
Bonus: shirtless Wolverine, if you like that sort of thing.  :-)
(Uncanny X-Men #534)

How can you trace your art from photos and still mess up anatomy that badly!? (check Blonde girl’s legs, Brunette girl’s right arm placement, Psylocke’s weird hand and vampire face)

kalinara:

Scott has a flamethrower.  <3

Bonus: shirtless Wolverine, if you like that sort of thing.  :-)

(Uncanny X-Men #534)

How can you trace your art from photos and still mess up anatomy that badly!? (check Blonde girl’s legs, Brunette girl’s right arm placement, Psylocke’s weird hand and vampire face)

I would feel bad that Emma seems to be breaking apart, but since Wolverine&#8217;s arm is about to explode, it&#8217;ll all be over soon anyway.

I would feel bad that Emma seems to be breaking apart, but since Wolverine’s arm is about to explode, it’ll all be over soon anyway.

For any other artist, I&#8217;d say that he wants a leg-back pose but doesn&#8217;t know how to draw it in a front perspective.  For Greg Land, it means he doesn&#8217;t know how to integrate his cut and paste.

For any other artist, I’d say that he wants a leg-back pose but doesn’t know how to draw it in a front perspective.  For Greg Land, it means he doesn’t know how to integrate his cut and paste.

1) Just because she has 6 arms doesn&#8217;t mean you have to draw her torso like a centipede.
2) I&#8217;ve seen crotch legs&#8230; this is the first time I&#8217;ve seen a crotch arm. 

1) Just because she has 6 arms doesn’t mean you have to draw her torso like a centipede.

2) I’ve seen crotch legs… this is the first time I’ve seen a crotch arm. 

She either has the longest pair of breasts EVER or this is the worst example of collarboobs yet.

She either has the longest pair of breasts EVER or this is the worst example of collarboobs yet.

So she has one boob, and it&#8217;s a collarboob, and she has the godmother of all crotchlegs.  Who the heck did Land photo-reference for this!?

So she has one boob, and it’s a collarboob, and she has the godmother of all crotchlegs.  Who the heck did Land photo-reference for this!?

Won&#8217;t the troll be surprised when her torso spins another 90 degrees and she shoots him in the face.

Won’t the troll be surprised when her torso spins another 90 degrees and she shoots him in the face.

I think this is less of an Escher Girl than a Frankenstein Girl.

I think this is less of an Escher Girl than a Frankenstein Girl.