Miko Fanart (WIP... again)

**Carry2** · 2011-03-14, 02:23 AM (ISO 8601)

You can see the deviantart page here. Enjoy. One hopes.

EDIT: This is a heavily reworked newer version in a different pose.

**Tengu_temp** · 2011-03-14, 08:26 AM (ISO 8601)

Looks pretty good, but that square jaw... It wouldn't look out of place on an all-American superhero.

**Carry2** · 2011-03-14, 05:10 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Tengu_temp

Looks pretty good, but that square jaw... It wouldn't look out of place on an all-American superhero.

*sighs* ...back to the drawing board.

**Carry2** · 2011-03-14, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)

I *was* aiming for a sort of 'iron-jawed amazon look', but it's possible I overdid things... Any better?

**Threeshades** · 2011-03-14, 07:35 PM (ISO 8601)

The chin is still too manly, I don't think it works with an asian face.

Also the arms are a bit too short. I would make them just a tad longer.

**Prime32** · 2011-03-14, 07:58 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Carry2

I *was* aiming for a sort of 'iron-jawed amazon look', but it's possible I overdid things... Any better?

Decided to try editing this a little:

**Carry2** · 2011-03-15, 06:54 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Prime32

Decided to try editing this a little:

A little too far for my taste, but I see your point. I was sort of aiming for halfway-between Tia Carrere and Vanessa Mae, who both have pretty strong jawlines.

Any warmer?

Originally Posted by Threeshades

Also the arms are a bit too short. I would make them just a tad longer.

That's true, actually. In fact, the entire lower body may be too big.

I'll take a day or three to reconsider the whole setup and get back to y'all. In any case, I do appreciate the feedback.

**Ninjaman** · 2011-03-15, 10:38 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Prime32

Decided to try editing this a little:

Yeah too round, something in between would be fine.

**Carry2** · 2011-03-18, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)

EDIT: Yeah, I don't think this is going anywhere in particular. I'll have to rework this one completely.

**Carry2** · 2011-04-16, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)

Here's a substantially reworked version in a different pose. Still kinda sketchy.

**Ashen Lilies** · 2011-04-16, 07:56 PM (ISO 8601)

Excellent! I think the jawline works this time around. The issue I can see though is that her hairline is a little too high. It looks a little like she's balding/got a shaved head in one spot. Maybe it's a monk thing?

**Carry2** · 2011-04-17, 05:20 PM (ISO 8601)

Hopefully fixed now. Have restored the deviantart page here, and edited the OP to include the newer version.

**Winter_Wolf** · 2011-04-17, 10:07 PM (ISO 8601)

It's been my experience that a lot of Chinese and au natural* Korean women have very strong jaw lines. I don't see it much in other Asians though. I don't really consider it a "masculine" feature as such, maybe because most of the women I've met are very feminine in other aspects.

*Grinding down the jawline is a common cosmetic surgery in Korea. In fact Chinese women go to Korea to get the surgery done in increasing numbers.

As for your Miko, I like it. Well honestly I don't care for the hair so much, but that's how she's portrayed in OotS, so it's kind of a non-issue.

**Carry2** · 2011-04-18, 05:36 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Winter_Wolf

It's been my experience that a lot of Chinese and au natural* Korean women have very strong jaw lines. I don't see it much in other Asians though. I don't really consider it a "masculine" feature as such, maybe because most of the women I've met are very feminine in other aspects.

Yeah, the japanese-animé-schoolgirl ideal (huge eyes, tiny chin,) doesn't have much more to do with reality than the 'lollypop figure' would for westerners.

Anyway, this will probably be my last major revision for a while. ...I've given some thought to a Sapphire Guard ensemble, though.

**Winter_Wolf** · 2011-04-18, 03:02 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Carry2

Yeah, the japanese-animé-schoolgirl ideal (huge eyes, tiny chin,) doesn't have much more to do with reality than the 'lollypop figure' would for westerners.

Haha! Yeah, have you ever seen those images where they take a photo and modify it so that the proportions would be the same as the most common representations of anime/manga characters? Makes my skin crawl.

I'm unfamiliar with a lollipop figure. Is that anything like hourglass, or more like a lamp-post with a couple of melons glued to it?

**Ninjaman** · 2011-04-18, 03:04 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Winter_Wolf

Haha! Yeah, have you ever seen those images where they take a photo and modify it so that the proportions would be the same as the most common representations of anime/manga characters? Makes my skin crawl.

I'm unfamiliar with a lollipop figure. Is that anything like hourglass, or more like a lamp-post with a couple of melons glued to it?

Lol. I would like to see that.

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