[Image: An illustration of a female warrior in leather armor in a tavern, backlight by a fireplace. There are streaks of soot on her face, and she holds a hammer in one hand while brandishing a knife at the viewer.]
“You wanna come into MY forge and get all up in MY face?”
by Jason Chan for Bioware.
I haven’t played Dragon Age. I’m sure it’s awesome, I just suck at roleplaying games that aren’t of the shaking-a-handful-of-dice variety.
[Image: A woman with old-timey leather and metal boxing gloves resting on a stool with a bucket on the floor next to her, which looks like it was used to mop up her bloody nose. ]
Here’s an old-timey fantasticalish boxing champ by Richard Lyons.
Fully owning up to being outside the purview of “reasonable armor” but I find it a compelling and powerful portrait.
[Images: Two photos of a chubby woman of color wearing a belted black-and-white-striped dress with black leggings and shoes.]
Circus Pleats. [Outfit Details] [Youtube]
I’m seeing all these big bold vertical stripe shirts and dresses and I really want one. I’m thinking blue/white, pink/white, or yellow/white.
I really kinda want to look like those iconic striped beach tents that I think you’re supposed to change in.
[Image: Photo of a dapper person of color in a tweed jacket, button-up shirt, green bowtie, and rolled up jeans with brown leather boots on her feet.]
swag.
Ooooh, style inspiration for Audrey, maybe.
Female Body Type Image Gallery
IF YOU’RE AN ARTIST SHUT UP AND LOOK AT THIS AMAZING RESOURCE I FOUND.
It is literally a plethora of pictures of different body types for girls and you can search by a variety of different factors until you find your art subjects’ exact body type.
It is literally one of the single most helpful resources on body types I’ve ever found [although I’m disappointed males aren’t included as well] especially since A WHOLE LOT of my characters have body types that aren’t usually represented in body type charts.
Personaje: Mujer Maravilla
Titulo: DC Comics  Â
I want THIS to be the starting point for a Wonder Woman movie. So awesome.
Athletic Body Diversity Reference for Artists.
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.