POV-Ray - The Persistence of Vision Raytracer. THE ART OF MONICA. A u d r e y * k a w a s a k i. The Art of Chris Sanders. Perfectus Arts. Fairy Art - Welcome to the Magical Fairy Art of Marjolein Gulinski. Ratcreature: how to draw female comic characters (according to Wizard)... Brown_betty asked for examples "to illustrate the exactly how and why female comic characters are illustrated differently than the male. " And I thought, really, what's better to illustrate these things than the books teaching the style in the first place? A while ago I posted some scans from Wizard How To Draw series on drawing female superheroes (here and here), and I thought I'd post a bunch more from the first book of the series on "How To Draw: Heroic Anatomy".
As everything, it starts with the basics, i.e. proportions. First the male superhero The female example is similar, but slightly different, notice how he stands firm and straight, wheras she stands with her hips cocked a little and the leg thrust forward? Also notice in the direct torso comparison below, how the male one is ramrod straight, but she curves and leans just a little bit in the same pose? Now onwards to the chapter "Sultry Women". Next, Michael Turner explains "Sex Appeal".