Month: March 2013

Athletic Body Diversity Reference for Artists.

Alex Heberling

Athletic Body Diversity Reference for Artists.

alexheberling:

The amazing Nina “Space Coyote” Matsumoto shares some photos of Olympic-caliber athletes and the diversity of their bodies, in hopes that her fellow artists will step up and stop using the same body types for their athletic characters.

My favorite picture is this one, which includes female weightlifters Tara Nott and Cheryl Haworth, who couldn’t look more different from each other, right next to one another.

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Alex Heberling

alexheberling:

shoomlah:

First things first. For those of you who swear by the pink dress, yes, there’s a version for you as well:

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…Aaaaand moving on. So Prince Philip does specifically and emphatically say “this is the 14th century!” at some point during the film, but Philip’s an idiot (a handsome, handsome idiot) and I, never afraid to ignore source material, ignored him.

Oddly enough Philip’s clothing is a better point of reference than Aurora’s (since the hourglass, off-the-shoulder cut of her dress is straight out of the 1950’s), and there are far more examples of his get-up from the 1460’s onward than in the 14th century. I went with my gut and ended up with something around 1485- a little later than one might expect, but it’s such a (beautifully) stylized film that all bets are off.

EDIT: OH ALSO HER EYES ARE OPEN.  WHOA.

This whole series is awesome.  Click through to her DA and check out the rest of the princesses!