eschergirls:http://www.tor.com/2013/09/21/mercy-thompson-model-patricia-briggs/I was writing a paper

eschergirls:http://www.tor.com/2013/09/21/mercy-thompson-model-patricia-briggs/I was writing a paper for school about the depictions of women and people of color in advertising, and analyzing the cover of Moon Called in that vein (including how Mercy is marked as being Native American with feathered earrings, and sexualized with that outfit despite being a mechanic and not dressing like this in the book).  And I ran into this interview with the cover artist.I thought this quote was especially relevant to what we talk about on this blog:And yet, despite that attention to detail, even the prettiest of models still needs to be idealized even further. Mixing different photos, stretching limbs into impossible positions, emphasizing features, and changing hair styles is pretty much a given in every piece for me. Bold mine.We’re so used to the distorted images of women we see that it apparently appears weird if you just draw a real model (who is already chosen for idealized features) and you need to distort her.I thought that quote was from some parody article at first. I can’t believe he’s actually serious about this.“Unfortunately, some things look fine in photos that just look odd when you paint them. We have been taught to accept photographs as truth, so we don’t question the details. But when you look at a painting, everything is open to scrutiny, and suddenly subtle things like the positioning of a finger can become really awkward.”Well…. maybe you’re just a crappy painter? “I pay very close attention to details when I do a shoot, and often focus more on individual body parts than I do the entire figure.”Ok. Yeah, you’re definitely a crappy painter. -- source link

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