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That's a sexy explorer there, with a very '70s cultural outfit but the teeming hopes of both the '70s and the ray-punk era from the '20s. I must say that the 80s-90s grid-line æsthetics meshed in with the pure black-and-white æsthetics worked well, especially with how cartoon-like the lass explorer be. Though even then, there's this slight influence of realism that works well in this art's favor as it anchors it to the morning show æsthetics seen at the time while respecting the sci-fi setting.
Even for an contest piece, it very much shouts a positive reflection and influence of both the '70s sci-fi era along with the ray-punk æsthetics and enthusiasm of the '20s while beaming the 80's/90's grid-line æsthetics. And, funnily enough, within the Global North at least, it was already paraded in Socialist blocs, there was the major push for female characters. With shows like Star Trek, Star Wars (later on I know), general Sci-Fi and the what not. And they all reflected the great attitude of the '60s when radical movements where at their height in both frustration and organization against the Social Order they had to live under.
One of them, other than the vast amount I wish to list rn, would be both the Feminist movements, particularly Second-wave Feminism. Figures like Existentialist (and friend of Jean-Paul Sartre) Simone de Beauvoir and Friedan, though more with Beauvoir, would inspire the Second Wave to take action and to fight for their rights they've been long denied. Call them successes or not, the culture of the Global North couldn't continue its old slog and we would see the frustrations still living on past the '60s. For which, TV shows could capitalize on the new audience that now had to include women and would attempt to include women as a means to increase their ratings and revenue. However 'tis a shame we still have to ask ourselves if women characters "are appropriate" when we didn't necessarily question the inclusion of women characters in the '70s that much as we do now. And this a trend not to ignore of course.
And this piece does reflect both the movements and the "normalization" of woman characters while doing them both justice. Upvot'd and resteem'd.
Oh my. That is certainly one of the best comments I have received on Steemit.
I am so grateful that you wrote me such a long comment to articulate your well thought of point of view. I am not familiar with some of these names, so I am doubly thankful because it's always good when I learn something new.
You are right of course, there was the feminist movement that underlied the artistic choice of what creators put out in the comics and movies of the 1970s. And I have a lot of things to say also about women representation in art, I hope they are communicated well in my art. Since I'm clumsy with words, I'm one of those who prefer to show than tell.
OWOH i love it ! She is super retro cool~ I love the costume design and the pose :D That costume is soooooooooooooo retro-scifi!!! <3 <3 <3 Can already feel that this will need colouring, @scrawly !!!
I also like the background, the perspective and lines, very cool~ Kinda makes me feel she is in a tv show set for an alien planet :D :D :D
I like this one because it's one of those nice and behaving art that didn't need a lot of revisions to finish. I feel that I can see the colours also, so I will paint it :).
Oh cool. lol And oh yeah, they are! I liked some of the music that was in it too. I wasn't sure if you had heard of that game before because I didn't know how popular the game was on Dreamcast.
Yeh the 70s had some amazing (and amazingly bad! XD) scifi design, like this looks awesome and awesomely impractical for space exploration XD I love the patterns on the dress thing and the retro space helmet!
Oh yes! All eras have amazingly bad design, it's almost endearing to me, except if they're too gratuitous. I'm glad you like her design, despite the impractical space explorer costume xD.
I think you nailed it with giving the drawing 70s vibe! Especially since even before I read you were going for that in your post I was like "ohh cool this has a retro feeling" Good luck for the contest by the way!
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That's a sexy explorer there, with a very '70s cultural outfit but the teeming hopes of both the '70s and the ray-punk era from the '20s. I must say that the 80s-90s grid-line æsthetics meshed in with the pure black-and-white æsthetics worked well, especially with how cartoon-like the lass explorer be. Though even then, there's this slight influence of realism that works well in this art's favor as it anchors it to the morning show æsthetics seen at the time while respecting the sci-fi setting.
Even for an contest piece, it very much shouts a positive reflection and influence of both the '70s sci-fi era along with the ray-punk æsthetics and enthusiasm of the '20s while beaming the 80's/90's grid-line æsthetics. And, funnily enough, within the Global North at least, it was already paraded in Socialist blocs, there was the major push for female characters. With shows like Star Trek, Star Wars (later on I know), general Sci-Fi and the what not. And they all reflected the great attitude of the '60s when radical movements where at their height in both frustration and organization against the Social Order they had to live under.
One of them, other than the vast amount I wish to list rn, would be both the Feminist movements, particularly Second-wave Feminism. Figures like Existentialist (and friend of Jean-Paul Sartre) Simone de Beauvoir and Friedan, though more with Beauvoir, would inspire the Second Wave to take action and to fight for their rights they've been long denied. Call them successes or not, the culture of the Global North couldn't continue its old slog and we would see the frustrations still living on past the '60s. For which, TV shows could capitalize on the new audience that now had to include women and would attempt to include women as a means to increase their ratings and revenue. However 'tis a shame we still have to ask ourselves if women characters "are appropriate" when we didn't necessarily question the inclusion of women characters in the '70s that much as we do now. And this a trend not to ignore of course.
Oh my. That is certainly one of the best comments I have received on Steemit.
I am so grateful that you wrote me such a long comment to articulate your well thought of point of view. I am not familiar with some of these names, so I am doubly thankful because it's always good when I learn something new.
You are right of course, there was the feminist movement that underlied the artistic choice of what creators put out in the comics and movies of the 1970s. And I have a lot of things to say also about women representation in art, I hope they are communicated well in my art. Since I'm clumsy with words, I'm one of those who prefer to show than tell.
Thank you very much, Felix :).
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OWOH i love it ! She is super retro cool~ I love the costume design and the pose :D That costume is soooooooooooooo retro-scifi!!! <3 <3 <3 Can already feel that this will need colouring, @scrawly !!!
I also like the background, the perspective and lines, very cool~ Kinda makes me feel she is in a tv show set for an alien planet :D :D :D
Really nice, @scrawly !
Good luck with the contest \o/
I like this one because it's one of those nice and behaving art that didn't need a lot of revisions to finish. I feel that I can see the colours also, so I will paint it :).
Thank you spider ^_^.
Good luck with the contest!
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Thank you macchiata ^_^.
I don't know about this contest, but this is an amazing drawing and I hope you win. I LOVE that 70's late 60s Barbarella look about it!
Barbarella! Ahhh what a wonderful new phrase for my dictionary. I looked it up and this movie apparently influenced the Fifth Element. Interesting.
Thank you Donna ^_^.
Nice! She reminds me of a character from Jet Set Radio for some reason. lol And good luck on the contest. :)
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I've never played JRF, but I like Jet Set Radio Future, the characters and the game are both very stylish :D.
Thanks Blue ^_^.
Oh cool. lol And oh yeah, they are! I liked some of the music that was in it too. I wasn't sure if you had heard of that game before because I didn't know how popular the game was on Dreamcast.
I played it on xbox :D. And yeah, the music is awwwwwwwweeeeesome <3.
Yeh the 70s had some amazing (and amazingly bad! XD) scifi design, like this looks awesome and awesomely impractical for space exploration XD I love the patterns on the dress thing and the retro space helmet!
Good luck with the contest :D
Oh yes! All eras have amazingly bad design, it's almost endearing to me, except if they're too gratuitous. I'm glad you like her design, despite the impractical space explorer costume xD.
Thanks fyn ^_^.
I think you nailed it with giving the drawing 70s vibe! Especially since even before I read you were going for that in your post I was like "ohh cool this has a retro feeling" Good luck for the contest by the way!
I'm glad you get the vibe of this drawing even before you read the description :D.
Thank you thilah-chan. I am glad that you have a new laptop, so maybe you will continue on your comic xD.
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