I can see the point of the Photoshop but Iâm not sure I agree with it entirely. Theyâre looking at it as if superheroes were normal people and not athletic types. There are some characters where their body isnât drawn realistically but either way they arenât going to be chubby, for the most part at least.
Most of the extreme examples of ridiculous body types is usually going to be the skinny bimbo female characters.
Agreed. If you want to say these characters should be more muscular with thicker, trunk-like waists, thatâs one thing. But to say Batman makes more sense with fat rolls over his belt is pretty dumb.
My perception of people/figures has to be off. I had to read the description before I managed to see the differences.
Because when I think âsuperheroesâ, I think ârealisticâ.
Although I suppose if I were going for believability, Iâd use something like this as a model: http://www.boredpanda.com/athlete-body-types-comparison-howard-schatz/
i get what theyâre trying to do, but i think a better way to approach it would be to just make the womensâ breasts smaller, their waists more in line with their hips and their legs shorter. thatâs actually how most extremely fit women look. (note that i said âmostâ. iâve spent a lot of time around really fit people)
I always liked the DC character Amanda Waller, a woman so tough she can stare-down the Batman. I am not pleased with the revised character design that makes her thin and sexy.
Black Widow, Batman and Poison Ivy have all been altered to a point where they are probably overweight. This canât be the âpositive rolemodelâ kids need, what with obesity and diabetes forming a serious problem in our societyâŚ
Besides, these are superheroes who train their bodies for a large portion of the day. There is no way they have a âspare tireâ like the average Joe or Jane has.
I get the point they are trying to make, but theyâve chosen the one group of people who actually look more realistic (for as far as a comicbook drawing is realistic) by looking less ânormalâ.
The problem is, these arenât real people - theyâre comics, i.e. caricatures. And caricatures exaggerate normal human features for purposes of illustration, because all they have to work with is a static, 2-dimensional format. A 2-D illustration of a person provides a highly diluted impression of encountering the same person in real life, so to have a similar impact the illustration needs to exaggerate prominent features - height, a barrel chest, massive upper arms, a slender waist, long legs, full lips, etc. Photographic models are chosen because they are human caricatures that look good in 2-D, even though theyâre absurdly thin in person. And why do you think movie stars tend to have unusually large heads in proportion to their bodies with big eyes and mouths?
Itâs not the comics or photos of models that make bulimics starve themselves - itâs their OCD.
Now this is a totally unrealistic bodyâŚsomeone ought to photoshop this caricature with an extra 40 poundsâŚwonât someone think of the children??
Ugh. I agree with Christopher_Jensen 100%.
Iâd love to see comic book ladies with more ârealisticâ proportions, however to me that doesnât mean they need to look like theyâve been living on big macs and milkshakes.
Totally agree on this one. The JLU version of Waller was an awesome character. This redesign is awful.
I personally think every lady is sexier on the adjusted image. IMO
They could have at least made the bodysuit more realistically form fitting and added seams. Psylocke still has the miraculous latex that cups her underboob.
Those photos by Schatz are fascinating to to look at. Iâve never seen those before.
agreed. I find the shopped women more attractive. Any ladies out there care to comment on Batmanâs shopped physique?
Disappointing ideas in this thread so far: women with waists larger than the width of their heads are âobeseâ (as opposed to possessing internal organs), the adjusted female figures are better because they are âsexierâ and âmore attractiveâ (we all know what really matters around here is the male gaze).
I dunno what ppl are complaining about w/the shooped batman.
The unshopped one is a bodybuilder, the shopped one is a strongman. The bodybuilder isnât flexible enough to do all the martial arts & acrobatics a batman needs, the strongman can be. The bodybuilder doesnât have the stamina to do al the batman things, the strongman would be.
A roll of fat round the middle doesnât mean squat.
