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- May 1, 2018
That's a really good point! If it were any other artist I'd sympathize accidentally making a character taller. Pretty easy to do when they're in a void without anyone else to compare to.Ok this is stupid. But it's driving me fucking crazy.
I'm a fat little short fuck IRL. Shorter than Salem is supposed to be. Our proportions do NOT work like that. It's so clear to me that the refs are from much taller (and thinner) characters/people, because nothing at all flags to my mind that the character is 5'3". You don't just take an average/tall body... Draw it the same... And say they're short. Our femurs are shorter. Our torsos are shorter. We carry fat differently as a result of literally having less body to pack it onto. Salem's got Lizzo (5'10") proportions, when it should be far more like fat Melissa McCarthy (5'2") proportions.
Salem has gotten taller-looking, over time. When you draw a person who is skinny, you can draw them a little stubbier to show their height without sacrificing the overall look. The reality of it is, when you're short and fat, there's a point at which things begin to look a lot less elegant and a fair bit more Michelin Man. So clearly, as Salem has gotten fatter, Salem has also gotten taller so that the overall "not too awkwardly compact, not too many rolls" look can be maintained. A 5'3" person of that mass would have rolls. They might even be bordering on "wider than they are tall". And I'm not even necessarily judging for that, is the thing! I don't give a shit if somebody's a fat sack! Me too, motherfucker! But god damn, at least draw them accurately if you're going to insist on making them fat and short???
Absent all of the other shit to talk about here which everyone else has already done, this just chafes my nuts something fierce. If you're so preoccupied with representing ReAl PeOpLe in your work, draw an actual fat short person, and not just a regular-tall person who you SAY is short. Use a fucking reference from somebody with that body type, you doofus!!
Probably a terrible idea but if she really wants to draw her actual body type she should photograph herself doing reference poses. Or find some online to study if she wasn't so lazy.
I'd harp on the guitar but I'll be honest drawing the strings is my least favorite part.