ka-atis: I just had to try doing a

ka-atis submitted:

I just had to try doing a redraw of this Red sonja image -

Original -

While that pose doesn’t make any sense at all (she is looking in the wrong direction, and the sword points in the wrong direction as well) I saw that by just turning her 180 degrees it would  suddenly make a whole lot of sense - as in stumbling backwards as the monster attacks while still facing it and trying to keep the sword in the right position.

Now, I must confess I’m no saint when it comes to sexualizing characters or exaggerating stuff - so there will still be a lot T & A, narrow waist, or generally warped anatomy. Also, hair which doesn’t make sense and lol chainmail bikini. But since I would treat male characters the same way it’s fair enough.. :P

I also decided to keep the sword stab, because -even though it may actually be rather stupid - it has this aura of something final - Die, monster, DIE!! XD

But please - give the girl some muscles! I’m so tired of all these muscle-denied heroines. Why, just why??? And after all, this is a sword wielding heroine! Also, there are no “superpowers” here, and swords are darn heavy. Right? ;)

The slight changes in her feet and arm positions, the muscles, the expression no her face, the facing the creature… they make SUCH a big difference!