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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submitted by namidaaz It’s like a superhero origin story… a lab accident leads to the creation of SWIVEL GIRL.

submitted by namidaaz

It’s like a superhero origin story… a lab accident leads to the creation of SWIVEL GIRL.

pugsmalone submitted: This is a promotional poster for the Lovecraftian anime Haiyore! Nyaruko-san from Nyantype magazine. This boobs and butt pose reminds me of the geometry in R’lyeh. She looks a little like one of those donut-shaped droid control ships from the Star Wars prequels.

pugsmalone submitted:

This is a promotional poster for the Lovecraftian anime Haiyore! Nyaruko-san from Nyantype magazine. This boobs and butt pose reminds me of the geometry in R’lyeh.

She looks a little like one of those donut-shaped droid control ships from the Star Wars prequels.

comicsuffragette submitted: From “Mystique: dead drop gorgeous #1” with art by Jorge Lucas. They say it’s good for a person to have many perspectives, but I don’t think this is what they meant.

comicsuffragette submitted:

From “Mystique: dead drop gorgeous #1” with art by Jorge Lucas.

They say it’s good for a person to have many perspectives, but I don’t think this is what they meant.

weresquirrel submitted: I’ve been kinda nervous to submit anything for the longest time, so I hope you’ll like it. ^^ I came across this gem, casually browsing around… I have yet to figure out what’s going on (is she fighting? Just jumping? From which angle am I supposed to be looking at her? How does her leg bend that way?), but I’m  sure “emergency surprise” is a pretty fitting title. Ow.  Her boobs and butt have almost matched up! o_o
weresquirrel submitted:

I’ve been kinda nervous to submit anything for the longest time, so I hope you’ll like it. ^^

I came across this gem, casually browsing around… I have yet to figure out what’s going on (is she fighting? Just jumping? From which angle am I supposed to be looking at her? How does her leg bend that way?), but I’m  sure “emergency surprise” is a pretty fitting title.

Ow.  Her boobs and butt have almost matched up! o_o

caramelonion submitted: I know that boob and butt poses are popular on statues, but when I saw this, I thought it was a digital drawing just to make her look so broken.  Other pictures I’ve found in figure alone shows that she’s really a statue.  Her butt and legs are completely detached from her hips.  I just don’t know how her clothing is keeping her pulled together.
caramelonion submitted:

I know that boob and butt poses are popular on statues, but when I saw this, I thought it was a digital drawing just to make her look so broken.  Other pictures I’ve found in figure alone shows that she’s really a statue.  Her butt and legs are completely detached from her hips.  I just don’t know how her clothing is keeping her pulled together.

anon submitted: Cammy from the upcoming browser game Onimusha Souls The official Japanese website: http://members.oni-soul.jp/payment/cap_heroines/#latter (Also submitted by shambrook) Capcom commemorative Cammy bottles, with twist off tops.

anon submitted:

Cammy from the upcoming browser game Onimusha Souls

The official Japanese website:

http://members.oni-soul.jp/payment/cap_heroines/#latter

(Also submitted by shambrook)

Capcom commemorative Cammy bottles, with twist off tops.

Some Pervert submitted: This is from the anime High School DxD. I think there’s a tear in space-time around her waist.  Ow. Here is the unedited original image again, thanks to Wincenworks for making the edited SFW picture. :)

Some Pervert submitted:

This is from the anime High School DxD.

I think there’s a tear in space-time around her waist.  Ow.

Here is the unedited original image again, thanks to Wincenworks for making the edited SFW picture. :)

yadelah submitted: From the SOE Station Forum. The forum downtime must not have been on the schedule! We will be back as soon as we’ve got our mascot straightened out.

yadelah submitted:

From the SOE Station Forum. The forum downtime must not have been on the schedule!

We will be back as soon as we’ve got our mascot straightened out.

Sanaton submitted: I’ve been playing through the old Broken Sword games in anticipation of the fifth installment, and I happened to stumble upon this: It’s the Japanese cover for Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, the third game in the series (out in 2003). I’m not even that bothered about the B&B pose, but Nico’s choice of clothing instead. She wears pretty sensible clothes in the game(s), and I don’t really see the point of all teh sexayh, but hey, I never do. She’s trying to illustrate the title.
Sanaton submitted:

I’ve been playing through the old Broken Sword games in anticipation of the fifth installment, and I happened to stumble upon this:

It’s the Japanese cover for Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, the third game in the series (out in 2003).

I’m not even that bothered about the B&B pose, but Nico’s choice of clothing instead. She wears pretty sensible clothes in the game(s), and I don’t really see the point of all teh sexayh, but hey, I never do.

She’s trying to illustrate the title.

pointless-nonsense submitted: This is from Birds of Prey #17, credits conveniently included on the page. Even Black Canary can’t defend against the dreaded helicopter punch.

pointless-nonsense submitted:

This is from Birds of Prey #17, credits conveniently included on the page.

Even Black Canary can’t defend against the dreaded helicopter punch.