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With Marvel Comics hinting that Black Panther will become "American Panther", a typical storm of controversy and speculation has occurred over the supposed Americanization of an African character.

The artists over at The Temple of Cartoon Mojo on the other hand, wondered what would happen if MORE iconic characters were made patriotic. The results ( Read more... )

OK, so I admit it: as a kid I liked playing with my G.I. Joe (original large size) and Johhny West dolls action figures. I also like perusing art site for interesting character designs, and one of my favorite parts of WoW and City of Heroes were the character builders.

That's why I've been having a lot of fun with Anime Character Maker 2, It's a ( Read more... )

For a project, I've been looking at a lot of fantasy artwork, particularly that of female costumes. And while there is actually quite a bit of good artwork out there, standard fantasy art seems to be commissioned on a different basis.  For people who want artwork like that, I give you the specifications you should use for the artist.

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I think we've all seen it. The book cover, illustration, or painting on a fantasy topic where you just have to stoip and ask yourself, "Did they mean to do that? No, it's too earnest, too unreflective." But still, you have to wonder how the artist didn't know they were making something quite unlike what they intended ( Read more... )

So what's a better art subject than women in cheesecake-y outfits? Women in cheesecake-y outfits, WITH DINOSAURS!

Meluran at Deviantart, knows what people like:


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Tebe Interesno shows where guitars come from. And knowing is half the battle.

Note: Tebe Interesno is the journal of my favorite Russian modern surrealist.

(Edit: Forgot to mention: original story nicked from James Nicoll's blog) Britney Spears shows original pictures of herself next to airbrushed ones. Just to show how the perfection-obsessed world of mass media alters already attractive humans to remove any "imperfections" and make them adhere to an inhuman standard of beauty.

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If you ladies are still strapped for costume ideas at this late date, well, there's this original idea from a Japanese designer:


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Those strange and strangely enthusiastic  Japanese fans have done it again. In this case, it's the cast of Watchman, turned into Bishoujo-style girls. It's evidently a page describing the background of characters in anticipation of the upcoming movie, and is all part of the grand japanese fan tradition of taking serious concepts, and making them ( Read more... )