"Lady Minouetta di Bastetti" by Zachariah Campbell

She's an f-ing persian diva to me. She can be as skinny as she pleases cause she doesn't really exist and is cool as hell. You have fashion design talent coming out of your ears boy. RAWK ON!

Zachariah Campbell replies: "Woohoo! Raging praise! Glad someone "gets" it at least... Not to compare myself to a master, but do people look at Klimt's Goldfish or other works, and say "Gee... they're too skinny". Yeesh. Thanks for the vote, man. "

I must say, very very nice. I love the way you mix the feminine with the angularity and lithe muscularity of felines, as you said in an earlier comment. The clothing is wonderful, and the character, on a whole is very nice. I understand where you are coming from in the whole thin issue, and though, she may be more thin than most are used to, I have known a few women that are that skinny, and eat like you wouldn't believe. So, kudos on the awesome drawing!!!
-A fan

Zachariah Campbell replies: "I guess that's the other side of it too... some people really are naturally thin, and aren't necessarily unhealthy. But then, I'm sure people assume they are anorexic anyway... but WHATEVER... thanks for the vote of confidence! I'm glad you like! "

oh, and I totally agree with your initial response about 'all women gotta be curvy or they're unnatural'. It IS just like saying all women have to be sticks.

Zachariah Campbell replies: "Exactly. And in a gallery setting where we draw pictures of characters from our imaginations, why should everyone have the same "healthy" body type. That's one of the things that irks me about comics often... everyone has the exact same body."

I think she looks fine. I totally see the cat-like grace and all that. And the fact that you didn't give her uber-boobs makes her lithe qualities seem all the more natural. Your grasp of anatomy and line quality is most impressive as well.

Zachariah Campbell replies: "Thanks... yeah "uber-boobs" would have kind of ruined the effect, huh? "

Pretty thin girl. I like her dress, i don't like the brown borders.

I LIKE your angular style. I sometimes try to go for that sort of effect, but I definately don't have it down like you do. It looks great; I personally like how her hips are drawn. To me, the style looks great no matter if you take liberties with actual human anatomy. (Which I often do, I think) As long as you understand it, you can mess with it all you like. Anyways, I like the graphic/illustrative-ness (is that even a word??) of this pic.

I like this. I thinks she's gorgeous. I have a thing for anorexic ppl. Meh. I like drawing them unnaturally thin. I think its a beautful quality. Oh well..... She looks fragile and delicate but oh soo strong and looks like she has alot of smarts behind those eyes of her's. But i know how it feels to get alot f shiat about characters being too thin...... Its dumb. Kudos kudos.

She's great....it does remind me of some fashion drawings I've seen...you should draw more like this! I love it!

It's not the skinny thing I'm commenting about, it's that her boobs are a bit too small if you draw the dress in that style. I draw lots of girls. Take it form an expert ;0)

Zachariah Campbell replies: "Too... small... ?I'm not sure what that has to do with the style of the dress though..."

«I guess that's the other side of it too... some people really are naturally thin, and aren't necessarily unhealthy. But then, I'm sure people assume they are anorexic anyway...»

That's EXACTLY it. I'm skinny (not as skinny as your Minouetta whom by the way I love, she's got a hell of an attitude) and people just assume I'm on a perpetual diet. Even if they *see* me eating like, like, like someone who's eating a lot, they go "huh, you're letting yourself go tonight", and if I dare reply "actually this is my average dinner" they give me a look that can be easily translated as "yeah sure, you say that, but we both know that once you're home you're going to make yourself vomit repeatedly and then masturbate in front of Kate Moss pics and then avoid eating for two weeks". I just hate that. I guess it's all part of the "let's-stop-chubby-woman-from-feeling-guilty movement", but I can't see why they should make US feel guilty instead. Can't you appreciate something without insulting its opposite?? I just don't get it. Pheeeeew now I got that out of my system. Anyway it should be OBVIOUS to anyone who looks at your pictures that any "anatomical impossible-ness" is ON PURPOSE. Realism is just a style among others. And actually, to deform anatomy and make it look cool anyway, you need a lot of talent AND knowledge of the *actual* anatomy. So there. Go you!

Zachariah Campbell replies: "Thanks for the support. I always find it interesting that skinny boys are considered normal (and very popular in the gothy/elfy sense around Elfwood), but nobody ever feels the need to comment on how "unhealthy" they are. People do come in all proportions, and often it's not a factor of health/malnourishment. There certainly is a body-bias problem in the world today, but whatever... obesity is WAY more of a problem in North American than anorexia. The fashion pendulum swings back and forth, and there's no reason skinny people need to bear the burden of other people's insecurities.And yeah... in the end, it's a drawing. A stylized drawing. People should get a grip. "