Escher Girls

Float like a butterfly, Sting like a WTF!?

This is a blog to archive and showcase the prevalence of certain ways women are depicted in illustrated pop media, such as how women are posed, drawn, distorted, and/or sexualized out of context, often in ridiculous, impossible or disturbing ways that sacrifice storytelling.

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ariafaline submitted:
“From Mahou Shoujo of the End (aka Magical Girl Apocalypse) where boobs run away from the monsters too apparently
(Also massive tw for gore to anyone who checks this series out)
”
Maybe they aren’t running but being dragged by...

ariafaline submitted:                        

From Mahou Shoujo of the End (aka Magical Girl Apocalypse) where boobs run away from the monsters too apparently

(Also massive tw for gore to anyone who checks this series out)

Maybe they aren’t running but being dragged by their breasts which have better survival instincts o:

(Also the tag runaway breasts has never been more apt xD)

Bryan submitted:
“It’s just a quick rough sketch … But the original cover bothered me so much I had to redraw it. I straightened her spine, shortened her torso, lined her rib cage, boobs and hips up, got everything pointing in more or less the right...

Bryan submitted:                        

It’s just a quick rough sketch … But the original cover bothered me so much I had to redraw it. I straightened her spine, shortened her torso, lined her rib cage, boobs and hips up, got everything pointing in more or less the right direction and made her stand up right.

Thanks for this!  And thanks for the breakdown!

exceedinglyokart submitted:
“Found this in a marvel wolverine comic. I guess her organs gravitated into her boobs?
”
Sure Wolverine has a metal skeleton, but can he defeat a person with a melted candy bar skeleton?
(Panel from Wolverine #99, Marvel...

exceedinglyokart submitted:                        

Found this in a marvel wolverine comic. I guess her organs gravitated into her boobs?

Sure Wolverine has a metal skeleton, but can he defeat a person with a melted candy bar skeleton?

(Panel from Wolverine #99, Marvel Comics)

eschergirls:
“  confusiongrows submitted:
“I don’t know if it’s Carol Danvers’ giant head or inflatable body that gets me the most in this Ms Marvel cover by Greg Horn.
”
She’ll fly through as many vortexes of bodies as it takes until she finds the...

eschergirls:

confusiongrows submitted:                        

I don’t know if it’s Carol Danvers’ giant head or inflatable body that gets me the most in this Ms Marvel cover by Greg Horn.

She’ll fly through as many vortexes of bodies as it takes until she finds the body that’s hers.

(Caption by @aesmael)

Actually, I think I’ll use this for my holiday caption contest!  You can submit your caption via email, Disqus comment, reblog, or tumblr answer.

I’ll choose 3 winners in a week who will get Steam prizes! :D

So, what’s she saying/doing?

:SteeSorry for the delay, I’ve been sick :(

I hope everybody’s had a good holidays :)

Anyway, here are my favourites from the Holiday Caption contest:

Liz answered:

The real title is Secret Inflation, and it’s all about Miss Marvel getting sucked into the balloon animal dimension.

Glitchy answered:

“…And to this day, no one ever forgot the Ms. Marvel Balloon disaster at the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade.”

babykinnsenshi answered:

They took her body, now she’s coming for theirs!

mereaudioscience answered:

I CHOOSE GEODUDE!

babypunter3000 answered:

“The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade turned to tragedy as the Ms Marvel balloon sprung a leak and shot through the crowd of onlookers.”

darkestelemental616 answered:

“WHERE ARE THE BRAKES?”

frahbulous answered:

Hearing someone open a pack of gum at school

And the 3 winners:

In 3rd place:

Glitchy answered:

“…And to this day, no one ever forgot the Ms. Marvel Balloon disaster at the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade.”

In 2nd place:

mereaudioscience answered:

I CHOOSE GEODUDE!

And the winner is….

frahbulous answered:

Hearing someone open a pack of gum at school

Congratulations!

The Steam prizes I have available for this contest are:

The Blackwell Bundle

Castle Crashers

Contraption Maker

Doom 3

Hotel Giant 2

Not The Robots

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution

The Ship: Single Player + Murder Party

Velvet Assassin (I have 3 copies of this)

If you won please message me with your game choice(s) and your Steam name or email to send the game to.

If you are in 3rd place, message me with your top 3 choices (in order), if you’re in 2nd place, message me with your top 2 choices, and if you’re in first place, just pick the game you want :)  I’ll distribute the games based on what the higher winners didn’t pick.

Thanks to everybody who participated!

introducing-maryjaneholland submitted:
“Where does Rin start and where does Rin end? I cannot make head or tail of what’s going on around the backside section. Is it supposed to be some kind of exercising pose?
Source: Rin Hoshizora from Love Live!...

introducing-maryjaneholland submitted:                        

Where does Rin start and where does Rin end? I cannot make head or tail of what’s going on around the backside section. Is it supposed to be some kind of exercising pose?

Source: Rin Hoshizora from Love Live! School Idol Project, in the mobile game Love Live! School Idol Festival.

Helicopter girls need to keep in shape!

JUANDELACRUZ submitted:
“Remember that infamous manga, Monster Musume? Well, it’s proven to be so popular that they’re now going to release a pc and online dating sim (no word yet if the online version is free like some other hentai dating sims...

JUANDELACRUZ submitted:                        

Remember that infamous manga, Monster Musume?  Well, it’s proven to be so popular that they’re now going to release a pc and online dating sim (no word yet if the online version is free like some other hentai dating sims online).  http://www.desudaily.com/2015/07/get-yourself-ready-for-monster-musume_7.html  

The snakegirl featured above is one of the original monstergirl characters to be featured in the game as dating options/possible romantic interests (she could even be the main girl or the first girl, because such was the role of the lamia in the manga/anime).  Note how she is in a “boobs-and-butts” pose, but this time at least, she has an excuse since she is an actual honest-to-goodness lamia/snakegirl.

Being a snake-girl explains it, but it’s still really weird to me her butt is sticking out of her snake part, like I keep feeling this urge to be like “pull up your snake pants!” xD  That must be so annoying, it’d be drafty!

@leekalba​ submitted:
“ a classic EG from x-force 68
”
Also Dragoness at the back looks like she’s falling apart a little.
(Panel from X-Force #68, Marvel Comics)

@leekalba​ submitted:

a classic EG from x-force 68

Also Dragoness at the back looks like she’s falling apart a little.

(Panel from X-Force #68, Marvel Comics)

davidserret submitted:
“I try to collect all Black Cat appearances in Marvel comics, and as we can imagine she’s constantly the sexualized center of attention in the covers she’s been at, but this time I can tell it’s the weirdest cover I’ve seen of...

davidserret submitted:

I try to collect all Black Cat appearances in Marvel comics, and as we can imagine she’s constantly the sexualized center of attention in the covers she’s been at, but this time I can tell it’s the weirdest cover I’ve seen of her, and it’s not exactly because of sexualized positions, but in the painful pose of her leg. I can only imagine that artist Ed McGuiness miscalculated the artwork space?  It’s Black Cat anyway, and it’s a variant cover, so it will sell however.

Felicia’s just expanding her horizons beyond cats and to horses, that’s all.

“rice-baller submitted:
I tried my hand at an Eschergirl. I hate to say it but I used to draw a very similar pose when I first started drawing…
”
Good job! 10/10. Would break my brain for again.

rice-baller submitted:

I tried my hand at an Eschergirl. I hate to say it but I used to draw a very similar pose when I first started drawing…

Good job! 10/10. Would break my brain for again.

Hyler submitted:

Art of Sword by Siamgame Mobile

More like “Art of Boobs”

Plus her face looks very child-like which isn’t helping at all. 

Maybe you should have a tag for “face of a child, body of a woman” or something.

That would end up with like everything being tagged. >_>

I feel like these games are missing a chance at cross-promotion by not teaming up with Jello or something.