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VINTAGE CON SKETCHES: S'more EMPOWERED pieces & the photoref that inspired 'em!
🕑 Added 2021-06-04 13:01:03 +0000 UTCBehold, a pair of 2010 con sketches based on photos of Empowered cosplay! First off is a high-contrast inked piece:
...which was based on excellent Ninjette cosplay from cosplayer Gren, as seen on deviantART (no link handy, alas):
In fact, I've used her cosplay as Ninjette reference throughout the series. Very handy!
The piece above was based on cosplayer R!ddle's likewise badass Emp cosplay:
This cosplay also had an influence on actual Empowered, as I incorporated the high heels from R!ddle's costume into Emp's faux suit when cosplaying as herself(!) for a part-time job.
Note, howeva, that the fictional cosplay was latex-based as opposed to the Spandex/ Lycra material seen above. For the record, I have a long rant prepared covering how much I hate realistically rendering stretch fabric (due to its annoying, pebbly texture and sausage-like flattening of body contours) and how "actual" superhero costumes wouldn't be Spandex-based, but that's a subject for another post.
The final sketch of this group isn't photoref-based, but is cosplay-adjacent:
Not that this finishes off all the con sketches lurking in my Empowered vol.7 folder; next time, we'll probably move on to the 2012-ish pieces hiding in the vol.8 folder. Yay!
NEXT MONDAY ON THIS HERE PATREON: More life drawings, as usual!
Comments
Ross Fisher-Davis
So if I'd commissioned that last piece I would have been damn impressed! Great art and the character personality to go with it.
Jack Hallows
awesome and amazing cosplay of our fave ninja ^___
Dave Van Domelen
In my own superhero universe, I simply established that "actually looks good in spandex and not like multicolored sausage" is a very common minor superpower. A side effect of how all powers are a sort of wish fulfillment magic. :)
Will_K
Some great art here. Also, nice rendering on the C3PO (or the more formal See-Threepio) cosplay !!
