![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Actually, this one is more ruminations on the subject matter, rather than about the art itself, although the art is certainly well-executed. :)

'Vixen 'kini' by dingbat
It's a bikini babe in a cheesecake pose. Go fig.
Instead of going "Huhuhuh, bikini..." when I encounter an image like this one, I always find myself wondering what the woman is thinking at the moment captured. I realize that represents Guy Failure on my part and might possibly be considered insulting to the artist, but what can I say? I'm an eccentric. I also realize the irony of it, considering I do a comic about a supermodel and her Pretty People pals ... but in some ways, I think it may be the reason I can do a comic like that and have it work as a story.
The reality of life is that I have a decent number of women friends, but few of them have the build (and fewer the inclination) to pull cheesecake poses in bikinis. It occurs to me that the sort of gal this image depicts is about as alien to me as a small blue furry creature from the Crab Nebula might be. Is she thinking about the viewer? Is she thinking about her own feelings? Does she take the situation seriously or is it all a put-on that she'll giggle about later?
Granted, this particular gal is a complete fiction anyway. But there are real gals like this out there -- the Dragon*Con Booth Bunny comes to mind. I wonder what they're like, when they're not being bikini babes?
-The Gneech

'Vixen 'kini' by dingbat
It's a bikini babe in a cheesecake pose. Go fig.
Instead of going "Huhuhuh, bikini..." when I encounter an image like this one, I always find myself wondering what the woman is thinking at the moment captured. I realize that represents Guy Failure on my part and might possibly be considered insulting to the artist, but what can I say? I'm an eccentric. I also realize the irony of it, considering I do a comic about a supermodel and her Pretty People pals ... but in some ways, I think it may be the reason I can do a comic like that and have it work as a story.
The reality of life is that I have a decent number of women friends, but few of them have the build (and fewer the inclination) to pull cheesecake poses in bikinis. It occurs to me that the sort of gal this image depicts is about as alien to me as a small blue furry creature from the Crab Nebula might be. Is she thinking about the viewer? Is she thinking about her own feelings? Does she take the situation seriously or is it all a put-on that she'll giggle about later?
Granted, this particular gal is a complete fiction anyway. But there are real gals like this out there -- the Dragon*Con Booth Bunny comes to mind. I wonder what they're like, when they're not being bikini babes?
-The Gneech
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:23 pm (UTC)Me to. Like "Collegiate Hepcats" said, "This is why we have comics."
She's probably focusing on her work, in all seriousness. When she's not vamping for the camera, she's likely to be just like anyone else. She might be an insufferable you-know-what who has always gotten her way by her looks, or she may be easy to get along with and just does her thing, much like Tiffany does.
One thing that's GOT to be on her mind... "You're only pretty for about 15 minutes." I know it would be on mine.
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:48 pm (UTC)Never once seen her in a bikini, tho.
-TG
no subject
Have the best
-=Kiyoshi
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 03:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 06:35 pm (UTC)Foxes DO have neeeeeeeeeds. :)
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:23 pm (UTC)What springs most to mind is an NPR interview i heard a while back, and for the life of me, i can't remember who it was with, so we'll call her Generic Cute Primetime Gal.
GCPG had become fairly popular on $show, and the cast had been asked to pose for some cheesecake type pictures, a'la the vixen up above. Telling the story about it later, all she was thinking about at the time was how silly she felt, being told to bend over further, part her lips a bit, make eyes at the camera, that her leg was starting to cramp up, that it's really rather chilly in here, etc.
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:51 pm (UTC)I can hear it now:
"Okay, we need you to be spontaneously sexy on cue."
"Say what?"
-The Gneech
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:29 pm (UTC)Usually what's going on in their heads is:
"He's taking an awfully long time fiddling with the light meter."
"It's cold in here."
"60 dollars an hour. 2 hours to go. Car payment is made. I have to schedule three more shoots for next week."
"Pizza for dinner, sounds good. I'll call on the way home."
etc.
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:45 pm (UTC)-TG
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:38 pm (UTC)As an artist, I'm sure your brain is trying to figure out where, exactly, the weight is distributed through this pose.
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:44 pm (UTC)-TG
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 03:07 pm (UTC)Well, tigers have needs, too!
Have the best
-=Kiyoshi
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 05:06 pm (UTC)Staples, Randy!
Date: 2008-01-18 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 02:56 pm (UTC)Try being in Los Angeles...we've actually had a few lookers as admin that could easily model for this. I remember hearing rumors one of them had wanted to be an actress (she's doing the mom thang now, though).
So I dunno, I can picture this gal thinking "Okay, he's got a 2:00 conference call he'll probably forget, and I need to schedule his flight to Boston next week..."
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 03:02 pm (UTC)-TG
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 04:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 05:48 pm (UTC)http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=232340808
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 09:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-18 02:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 08:20 pm (UTC)And yes, these kinds of women are completely alien to me too. In fact, I usually have an aversion to very pretty women (and men for that matter)... most of the ones I've met have not been very nice. :P But men seem to like them!
no subject
Date: 2008-01-17 09:21 pm (UTC)-TG
Vixy-ness!
Date: 2008-01-18 06:30 am (UTC)