Vezon shall Return Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) Ok, so I wanted to draw two female characters... What? I so happen to like the female form.Just in case you were wondering, yes Gali is blocking... and yes her expression just means she doesn't like insects. I mean, who does right? So creepy... spider-ly hands.... Hahaha... *Oh and do look up Gorast's mask power, it might add some better context to what's going on in this picture. (Note... I totally did go back and changed a few things... Hahaha... I realized that the original version of this picture was a bit too detail for the younger views of this site, so I toned it down a bit.) Edited October 3, 2014 by TrueshadowX01 "Don't! They will kill you like a small dog. Instead let your anger be as if it were a monkey on a treadmill; confused and tripping around." -Lelouch of Britania- (Here is my BZPRPG Profile, Diotrua.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentalones Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 ......why? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon shall Return Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) ......why? Hahahaha... I don't know... Because some people just want to watch the world burn. Edited October 3, 2014 by TrueshadowX01 "Don't! They will kill you like a small dog. Instead let your anger be as if it were a monkey on a treadmill; confused and tripping around." -Lelouch of Britania- (Here is my BZPRPG Profile, Diotrua.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pohatu: Uniter of Stone Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hey, Gali Mistika's mask actually looks good here! I commend you for that admirable feat. I HATE SCORPIOS ~Pohatu Master of Stone, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon shall Return Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hey, Gali Mistika's mask actually looks good here! I commend you for that admirable feat. It was easy... for you draw this head... then you erase the minor details and then you get this head... thingy. Nah just kidding, thanks man (or woman?) But serious no comment on the awkward expression on Gali's face? No? Hahaha... Ok... Hahaha... "Don't! They will kill you like a small dog. Instead let your anger be as if it were a monkey on a treadmill; confused and tripping around." -Lelouch of Britania- (Here is my BZPRPG Profile, Diotrua.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentalones Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 theyre hypersexualized for no reason.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon shall Return Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) theyre hypersexualized for no reason.... Well, I guess that's your opinion. Hahaha... I mean it wasn't the intended to be taken that way. I mean... I was just practice drawing the female form. Besides, I've seen other members on here occasionally draw female characters with similar styles. I apologize if this style is not to your liking, but hey can't please everyone. Edited October 3, 2014 by TrueshadowX01 1 "Don't! They will kill you like a small dog. Instead let your anger be as if it were a monkey on a treadmill; confused and tripping around." -Lelouch of Britania- (Here is my BZPRPG Profile, Diotrua.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentalones Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 do you draw all of your characters like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UngluedBike Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 GORAST IS A FEMALE?! This is new knowledge to me. Can you send me the original of this please? I'm...curious. Also, if you're a resident of the UK and like Bionicle, go ahead and join us at this awesome Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BFUK7/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomreviewerbros Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Another great Anime version of BIONICLE characters! Its great the way you draw these, it really captures the way the characters would look if they were a cartoon! Go check out our Youtube channel! We review BIONICLE and other LEGO related items! https://www.youtube.com/user/RandomReviewerBros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon shall Return Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) do you draw all of your characters like that? Not always, but I can if you want me to. GORAST IS A FEMALE?! This is new knowledge to me. Can you send me the original of this please? I'm...curious. Yes, she is female. I did send you the original version, since you asked so politely. (If anyone else is curious about the original version, just open the current picture into a new tab and replace the g2 with: g1.) Another great Anime version of BIONICLE characters! Its great the way you draw these, it really captures the way the characters would look if they were a cartoon! Thanks for the feedback. Edited October 4, 2014 by TrueshadowX01 "Don't! They will kill you like a small dog. Instead let your anger be as if it were a monkey on a treadmill; confused and tripping around." -Lelouch of Britania- (Here is my BZPRPG Profile, Diotrua.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentalones Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) no i'd rather not see this style again (but if you like it continue drawing this way lol) but its good to see young people invested in making artwork. just stick with what you like and continue to get better is probably all i have to say... lol Edited October 4, 2014 by Tentalones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon shall Return Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 no i'd rather not see this style again (but if you like it continue drawing this way lol) but its good to see young people invested in making artwork. just stick with what you like and continue to get better is probably all i have to say... lol Hmmm... well that's some awesome sauce. Don't get me wrong, I love all of this input so far. After all, you know when you are doing something right (or slightly wrong), when it is mixed with various views. So... peace out dude! lol (Spoiler alert... I probably will continue doing a similar style, but I will try to tone it down a little.) "Don't! They will kill you like a small dog. Instead let your anger be as if it were a monkey on a treadmill; confused and tripping around." -Lelouch of Britania- (Here is my BZPRPG Profile, Diotrua.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderscoreChronix Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 what and why 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Lothbrok Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I see no problem with over-sexualising Anime drawings, as it is very common in anime to have characters that are overly sexualised. Look at the main female characters in Yu-Gi-Oh, for an example. I like Gorast's colours, with the different shades of green. She also looks insectoid but graceful, and her wing colour is very nice, too Twitter: @enkindle_this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow pridak money gang Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I see no problem with over-sexualising Anime drawings, as it is very common in anime to have characters that are overly sexualised. Look at the main female characters in Yu-Gi-Oh, for an example. I like Gorast's colours, with the different shades of green. She also looks insectoid but graceful, and her wing colour is very nice, too ayy sexism -Tyler 4 ＳＡＹ ＩＴ ＯＮＥ ＭＯＲＥ ＴＩＭＥ ＴＥＬＬ ＭＥ ＷＨＡＴ ＩＳ ＯＮ ＹＯＵＲ ＭＩＮＤ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Lothbrok Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I see no problem with over-sexualising Anime drawings, as it is very common in anime to have characters that are overly sexualised. Look at the main female characters in Yu-Gi-Oh, for an example. I like Gorast's colours, with the different shades of green. She also looks insectoid but graceful, and her wing colour is very nice, too ayy sexism -Tyler You're right. Anime is quite sexist at times. Twitter: @enkindle_this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow pridak money gang Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 ...and you don't see a problem with more sexist anime being produced, because anime is sexist to...begin with? -Tyler 1 ＳＡＹ ＩＴ ＯＮＥ ＭＯＲＥ ＴＩＭＥ ＴＥＬＬ ＭＥ ＷＨＡＴ ＩＳ ＯＮ ＹＯＵＲ ＭＩＮＤ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Lothbrok Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I expect the guy to get constructive criticism. It's alright suggesting he tone it down. But when he's getting posts like "what and why" that will knock his confidence. The guy wants to share artwork and people on here are bashing him for it. 1 Twitter: @enkindle_this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snelly Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) ...and you don't see a problem with more sexist anime being produced, because anime is sexist to...begin with? -Tyler Aren't people wonderful? I expect the guy to get constructive criticism. It's alright suggesting he tone it down. But when he's getting posts like "what and why" that will knock his confidence. The guy wants to share artwork and people on here are bashing him for it. Sorry are we suppose to be okay with sexism? Edited October 5, 2014 by Skitty My Bzprpg Profiles, Ghosts of Bara Magna Skyra | Hakari | Oceanna | Taleen | Arisaka | Zanakra | Kaminari | Drakkar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Lothbrok Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 :nodlaugh: :nodlaugh: :nodlaugh: You're too funny. Twist my words if you wish, but don't bash the guy for drawing anime-style artwork. If he does end up crossing the lines with artwork that actually are sexually inappropriate, then a moderator will deal with it. Twitter: @enkindle_this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snelly Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 He can draw anime-style art as much as he wants. Whether it's sexist or not has nothing to do with the style. My Bzprpg Profiles, Ghosts of Bara Magna Skyra | Hakari | Oceanna | Taleen | Arisaka | Zanakra | Kaminari | Drakkar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrinkledlion X Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Everyone, please lighten up. The moment you start getting self-righteous on here, just calm yourself down and remind yourself that you're on a website devoted to children's building toys. That said, Trueshadow: sexualized Bionicles tend to be extremely awkward, especially when they're in a context that isn't appropriate. If you want to draw sexy ladies, I suggest you go the 1950s pinup route, where the sexualization is appropriate for the genre. You can have all the fun you want with your heavy-lidded eyes and feminine curves in that context. But when you're illustrating actual dramatic scenes and still inserting weird sexual stuff into them, it gives the impression that "highly sexualized" is the only way you know how to draw female characters. I go to an art school, and I know a guy like this. Everyone hates working with him on projects, because he can't help but inject his sexual fixations into everything he draws, and it comes across as pervy and gets in the way of the story being told. I like the female form as much as anybody, but trying to contort your characters into sexy poses and high heels when the scene apparently involves strangling (?) is just inappropriate and weird. Edited October 5, 2014 by Wrinkledlion X 4 [bloog] [brickshelf] [This used to be my library but the link is broken] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon shall Return Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 I see no problem with over-sexualising Anime drawings, as it is very common in anime to have characters that are overly sexualised. Look at the main female characters in Yu-Gi-Oh, for an example. I like Gorast's colours, with the different shades of green. She also looks insectoid but graceful, and her wing colour is very nice, too Dude thanks for for the support, but nothing anyone could ever say on here could ever to me. lol And from what I could tell, I have not been given a notification by anyone that my artwork breaks the guidelines. ...and you don't see a problem with more sexist anime being produced, because anime is sexist to...begin with? -Tyler Aren't people wonderful? I expect the guy to get constructive criticism. It's alright suggesting he tone it down. But when he's getting posts like "what and why" that will knock his confidence. The guy wants to share artwork and people on here are bashing him for it. Sorry are we suppose to be okay with sexism? The concept of sexism is completely subjective to cultural norms, which is why Anime can easily come across as sexist. The modern interpretations of what sexism is still widely debatable in both social and political acceptance of gender equality or inequalities. So objectively speaking, your high horse of morality has no bearing in a sea of conflicting voices. But, yeah, I would say this is the least threatening and mildest form of sexism. After all, I believe it is the feminists that say sexuality empowers women, so how are imagery that empowers women that sexist? Never quite understood that, but hey that's an interesting social theory that's thrown around. Now telling women they can't have certain job positions, but men can, that women don't get equal pay are a serious sexist issues, in both cases that can't be discussed on this website, nor do they have much to do with my artwork, meaning my "sexist" artwork has little to no impact on society's ever changing values on views of gender equality. If it did that would be quite amazing to say the least. lol Everyone, please lighten up. The moment you start getting self-righteous on here, just calm yourself down and remind yourself that you're on a website devoted to children's building toys. That said, Trueshadow: sexualized Bionicles tend to be extremely awkward, especially when they're in a context that isn't appropriate. If you want to draw sexy ladies, I suggest you go the 1950s pinup route, where the sexualization is appropriate for the genre. You can have all the fun you want with your heavy-lidded eyes and feminine curves in that context. But when you're illustrating actual dramatic scenes and still inserting weird sexual stuff into them, it gives the impression that "highly sexualized" is the only way you know how to draw female characters. I go to an art school, and I know a guy like this. Everyone hates working with him on projects, because he can't help but inject his sexual fixations onto everything he draws, and it comes across as pervy and gets in the way of the story being told. I like the female form as much as anybody, but trying to contort your characters into sexy poses and high heels when the scene apparently involved strangling (?) is just inappropriate and weird. Oh I know, but the funny thing is that unlike my previous two, involving Matoro, and my latest artistic entry, the Jaller and Hali one (which I did revise for certain complaints)... anyway, this one was meant to be awkward. I did not intend the Jaller and Hali one to be so controversial, now that was unintentional. But controversy does leads to so many unexpected responses, which I find most fascinating and amusing to me, so I guess that was a win, win, for me. Muhahahahaha.... But why would I purposely present something that was awkward? Well, half of it was because I was bored and wanted to practice drawing the female form. The other half was because I wanted to see people's reaction to seeing two unexpected characters to be interacting uncharacteristically. After all, Gali isn't suppose to be timid, but here she is passive, and Gorast isn't suppose to be so calm, but more violent and out of control. (In case you are unfamiliar with their characteristics.) In other words, this work of art was more of a parody; a comedic representation of characters. Therefore, much like Adventure Time's style of using subtle/awkward images or concepts by taking seemingly two opposites and creating a flat note in that moment of phantasm when someone viewing the the image. Imagery is a powerful way of manipulation people's first initial emotional reaction. In other words, it was mostly to mess with people and to see what would happen, and boy did it not disappoint me. Well... it's been fun. (I'n not insane... I prefer the term... "creative"... lol) "Don't! They will kill you like a small dog. Instead let your anger be as if it were a monkey on a treadmill; confused and tripping around." -Lelouch of Britania- (Here is my BZPRPG Profile, Diotrua.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon~ Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Saw both the G1 and G2 versions.Great job honestly, I really like the curvature of the drawings. B) 1 Archon *** "For one to truly feel alive, the person must kill oneself a little bit each and every day." Check out my MOC, one of the new generation of Toa on Spherus Magna! ***Toa Kyraan*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Windrider- Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 From the BZPower Rules and Guidelines... "No pornographic, sexually offensive, sexually explicit, or objectifying material. Sexually suggestive images will be heavily scrutinized."Emphasis mine. Consider this my heavy scrutinizing. Furthermore, the General Art forum is not the place for discussion of sexism or the propagation of misogyny, the latter being inappropriate for all of BZPower. You need to consider the appropriateness of your artwork and especially your commentary before posting again. Topic closed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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