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I really like the idea of the redraws and this blog in general. But I’m worried about the message the redraws are sending lately: that “proper” anatomy is more important than making an image dynamic and interesting. A lot of the redraws ignore basic costume designs and make everything very plain, the poses too are very rigid. I don’t want to come off too negatively, but I thought this should be brought up just as a guideline at least.

I don’t have guidelines for redraws, because this isn’t some sort of competition.  I think a lot of the redraws are limited by what they started with, and the problem is the poses that start aren’t really dynamic in the first place but just look that way because she’s twisted up.  A lot of the time people are focusing on the broken spines and untwisting the woman up and trying to find a way for her to be standing balanced first and foremost.  Sometimes you get a pose that’s a woman punching, and you can make that even MORE dynamic, but often the woman is just standing there, and fixing the issues ends up making it so they are even less interesting.  Given their own free rein, I assume the redraw artists would choose a different pose that is more dynamic, and design more interesting costumes.   It’s funny, because when they deviate from the pose, I get feedback complaining that “that’s not a redraw!  the pose is different!” so you can’t win sometimes. 

I personally see the redraws as something fun that amateur artists are doing and not the be all and end all of what people should do.  And everybody has their own focus and some might just be trying to work on the anatomy.  But I appreciate you giving your opinion. :)  I do agree sometimes the redrawn poses are a bit less dynamic, and if people also see it as an issue and want to keep that in mind for their next redraw, then more power to you.  :)