Original character - no name yet, sue me

[Drewbacca]

I agree, but it's our opinion, and that is all. The mask could also be a touch of geneous aswell. She won't show her face, but she's not attest to instantly ripping her clothing off to reveal all of her parts. It's interesting, and kind of corky at the same time. A nice touch you may not have meant to portray

[negitoro]

Originally posted by mrdandy
That's a very cool idea, Toro! I'd feel really guilty stealing the dea from ya... hehehe. Ah, but it'd be a bitch to draw, though .

hehehe Whatever, steal away if you really like the idea. Group critques are all about stealing ideas anyway. If you feel really guilty, put in a special mention of my name in the fine, fine print of your book's credits or something.

Heh. That ain't happening. Eventhough I draw naked women in suggestive poses (or worse) that does not mean that I'm a chauvinist. I believe that women can be anything a man can be. I even believe that most are more intelligent and stable than us guys.

Certainly I agree with you... but you cannot argue what your publisher/editor says, which is an unfortunate truth of all creative industries. I guess, you might need to figure out the priorities in your book. For instance, what if you made concessions on character design but kept a personality to the type of person you wanted ? I mean, you take a look at the female warriors traditionally portrayed in fantasy art and it's rare they will be portrayed as a hard-bodied body builder... but yet, you would never describe them as dainty or cutesy.

That and the storytelling. Fan service is also alot more plentiful... in fact, it's become a bit redundant I believe.

Exactly. The American comic industry is settling into a very distrubing trend where all semblance of story and visual storytelling in art is being sacrificed for style and flash. A lot of comic artists for the big companies (Marvel, DC, Image) have no business drawing comics for them... some of them can't even draw to a quality usually found in more independant publishers.

Frankly, I'm none too impressed with this ridiculous (badly done) "American anime" style trend for bunch of big name titles. A lot of artists are only in the industry because their style has big eyes and cel shaded art, rather than strong technical drawing abilities, solid composition and strong sequential storytelling skills. It's poisoning the market.

[mrdandy]

She won't show her face, but she's not attest to instantly ripping her clothing off to reveal all of her parts.

Hehehe... how'd you know I was gonna have her leave her helmet on ? That's exactly what I had in mind. In fact, no one will ever see her face... EVER! Now THAT'S a tease .

Certainly I agree with you... but you cannot argue what your publisher/editor says, which is an unfortunate truth of all creative industries.

Actually, now he says he's o.k with it. I actually find muscular women to be quite attractive if their body is proportioned the right way. Alas, most guys don't agree with me . I just don't think a slim chick could put on a 30-50 pound armor and weild a 5 1/2 foot long sword with ease. Frank Frazetta said the same thing himself but his girls are more curvy rather than hard-boiled . Hard-boiled (and a bit thin) chicks would be Boris and Julie Bell's expertise.

Frankly, I'm none too impressed with this ridiculous (badly done) "American anime" style trend for bunch of big name titles.

Yeah. Hopefully, our artists will someday realize than anime/manga art is more than just big eyes, crazy hair styles and simplified human anatomy. Y'know, some comic fans who aren't into manga or who haven't discovered Japanese comics, are beginning to really hate this "American Anime" style and could in the end hate/blame anime and manga for it (if they haven't already). Sad, huh?

[Hero]

those legs could surely crack walnuts...

Dang...very Conan-ish ^^

[dAMON]

Muscular girls rules!!

[Rumpy]

Your art keeps getting better and better, but those legs. Holy shit is she diesel.

[Cerebal Assassin]

That's a fresh-ass pick you have their Dandy.I like the ink job you done on it also(note to self get Photoshop)IMO leaving her mask on adds some mystery to your character.When people have a chance to read your comic & see her,they'll be like"I wonder if she's fine as hell under that mask".3 questions before I go:1.Are yuo going to color it?2.Are we going to see another pics like this soon & 3.When are you going to have your own site?

[mrdandy]

Thanks guys. Hehehe... you'll see why I made her legs so ripped later... she's quite naughty !

Are yuo going to color it?

Nope. They want it to be in B&W. Hope I can color the cover though.

Are we going to see another pics like this soon

Maybe. I chose her because you guys seem to like her more than the rest of the fantasy pics I posted earlier. So perhaps I'll be 'using' you guys to sort of... y'know .

When are you going to have your own site?

When I can find someone who's kind, generous and willing enough to make one for me free of charge *wink* *wink*.

[DreadedFist]

man the tits are shaded really well. I won't comment on the muscular legs since that seems to be your style.

[SPINMASTER X]

Whoa, thats a really nice pic. I like it because like you say you wanted it to have that conan feel and I rather like the conan world and the artsyles he'd drawn in. Thats also why i'm a fan of Boris Vallejo's art cuz its in a similar world like your art and conan. Heh its a fresh breath of air from the usual Kawaii super huge impossibly large armored warrios you see in anime/manga. Here's a comic name suggestion "Valhalla Black", hehehe, ok yeah its cheesy but at least i tried.