Interesting and Varied Female Characters

[Seedling]

Around this forum, it is easy to find characters who are old, creepy, sinister, proud, uplifting, spiritual, cocky, dangerous, meek, lofty, sly, happy, sad, moody, brooding, pondering, introverted, outgoing, loud, quiet, young, disheveled, well-groomed – but by and large, most of these characters are male. Overwhelmingly, the first word that can be used to describe a female character presented at ConceptArt.org is “sexy”.

This thread is dedicated to female characters whose primary characteristic is something other than “sexy”. Show us your interesting and varied women! Show your old art, new art, refined pieces, and sketches.

I’ll kick this off by sharing some of my quick paintings. But I know you all can do better. Let’s see what you’ve got!


This thread has been brought to you by the women of ConceptArt.org.

[Seedling]

Neener neener!

[Seedling]

. . .and another. . .

[Seedling]

Myself. . .

[Seedling]

Me, aaaaangry! Grr!

[chaosrocks]

when the poll closes I'll post my art goddess over here.....
chaos

[arttorney]

I think this is cool and I will look through my stuff to see what I can find. I'm working with a handicap though. Women with the following characteristics are generally sexy to me: sinister, proud, uplifting, spiritual, cocky, dangerous, meek, lofty, sly, happy, sad, brooding, pondering, introverted, outgoing, quiet, young, disheveled, and well-groomed (Sorry, testosterone is in me).

Moody women are sexy to me part time, and annoying part time.

Old women have been known to cause me to feel admiration and profound regret that I didn't know them back in their day.

That leaves me with creepy and loud out of the categories listed above, and depending on the nature of creepy, maybe that one's out too. I always greatly envied Gomez Addams. I wanted to be in that family rather than my own. (Tish, you spoke French!)

Henrietta was not primarily sexy.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/arttorney/henrietta.jpg

[Ilaekae]

Way t'go, Seedling. All I have right now are some really old illustrations, but...

http://photos.imageevent.com/aljmary/illustration/BradDancer.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/aljmary/illustration/or-shoplifter-1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/aljmary/illustration/griefbper26w.jpg

...will these do until I get some good stuff?

[chaosrocks]

hey art... all those traits can be portrayed in a varied an interesting fashion AS WOMEN! theres nothing that says these women can't be sexy.
I d like to see that in fact
chaos

[biascurtu]

hi, some of my works are here, I hope they are not sexy :teeth:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/biascurtu/concept_2.jpg

[biascurtu]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/biascurtu/8.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/biascurtu/fatfrumos2.jpg

[arttorney]

hey art... all those traits can be portrayed in a varied an interesting fashion AS WOMEN! theres nothing that says these women can't be sexy.
I d like to see that in fact
chaos

Good. I was hoping that might be the case. Many times the thing that moves me is something I can see more on the inside than on the outside. I think that speaks more to the person they are, rather than being some form of objectification.

[BohemianChaos]

My repost from the girlie forum ...

I don't know how "varied" these would be considered, but I figure it doesn't hurt to post. :tihi:

The first three are studies from my trip to the InSOMAnia workshop. They were great models btw. ;)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/gyspy7/WorkshopGirlWeb.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/gyspy7/WorkshopSketchweb2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/gyspy7/WorkshopSketchweb.jpg

A sketch based off of a photo... I don't think I'm finished with it, but I'm involved w/ a few other projects, so it may go unfinished for a bit.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/gyspy7/womansketchweb.jpg

.... and a little something I did to resolve some stress in regards to an asshole man. heh. (yes, these are likenesses of both myself and the *ahem* asshole) This is also my first attempt at rendering in markers, so any c&c would be welcome :)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/gyspy7/EYHOweb2.jpg

[Qitsune]

I'd also like to see variations on bodytypes (aka, unusual chicks that could also be considered sexy by some.)

[Seedling]

(Sorry, testosterone is in me)

A female character who is primarily of some particular trait, and secondarily hawt stuff to you, would be pretty spiffy here, I think. :^^:

[arttorney]

I took some ballpoint sketch notes at the game tonight of a woman who is possibly a more rabid hockey fan than I am, which is saying quite a bit. She's loud there, I admit, but so am I. I wear foam earplugs so I am not bothered by my usual noise issues. I see her a lot so I can remember her, and may be able to convert the notes into a presentable charcoal drawing. She's quite hot, but with a rather sharp edge on her. (We won on a shootout by the way).:nintendo:

[TomCardin]

Here are a couple females I have drawn.

this one is without reference...just an inspired digital painting.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r182/tomcardin/spacegirl08a.jpg

this is from reference.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r182/tomcardin/nude03_sketch_color.jpg

[biascurtu]

...and more
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/biascurtu/fata-bcopy.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/biascurtu/fatababei.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/biascurtu/7.jpg

[Steph Laberis]

Great work so far! Really dig your second image, Tom!

When Marko was drawing his elderly gypsy character in Montreal, I started doodling my own.

http://flyingclam.com/tmp/gypsy_doodle.jpg

Should I flesh her out more? (oh, so punny!) ;) I do have more "odd" females, but sadly they're all NDA. Failure. .__.

[chaosrocks]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/ch-lichw.jpg
my very first CHOW

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/CHaosrocks-chow55-artgod.jpg
mmost recent chow

[Miss Wiggle]

Seedling: Awesome idea. This isn't just a tendency of CA but just about everywhere. I'm sick to death of how jaded the "sexy" chicks can be.

Here's one from a year ago to add. Doesn't show much personality, now that I look at it. You can be sure I'll draw up more. :D This time I'll do better. :)

btw, Steph, your picture made me laugh so hard. When I get old, I want to be just like that picture. :D

http://wiggle.howarddesigns.biz/artwork/lg/cgsketch_174.jpg

[Nepheris]

Hey :) Uhm, new here and first post and stuff...

Anyway, amazing work! Here's one of mine that I'm quite fond of.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/LunaFeline/nakedskin.jpg

[arttorney]

This woman had the most well behaved little dog I ever saw.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/arttorney/littledoglady001.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/arttorney/littledoglady002.jpg

[NathanLong]

Hmmm. Interesting. I was going to post a picture to this thread, but I find that I MAY NOT post attachements to it. I can still pst to finally finished, WIP and Crit. Is there something special about this thread?

[chaosrocks]

um outside hosts work best. I dunno why attachment doesn't work
chaos

[arttorney]

As a rule of thumb, I'd say you are limited to outside hosts everywhere in Community Activities, and also I think the Challenge Arena of Thunderdome. It's probably because of all the polls.

[NathanLong]

Ah. Got it. Thanks.

[Cookiedough]

I'll post as soon as my new provider talks to me again. I posted some in my blog for now.

[Chuck,mate.]

guess I could revive this child for this thread:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2256/chuckmatechow36smallko6.jpg
dare to call her "sexy"?
:)

[ASVogel]

While working on character designs for the graphic novel I'm working on, I intentionally avoided the "Supermodel Heroine." Instead I tried for a face that was attractive, but at the foremost expressive so the reader can hopefully really get into the character. We'll see how that works out.;)

http://www.aliciavogel.com/crits/inksub.jpg

[0kelvin]

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/sketchHoodie.jpg
A girl I saw on the train once and decided to draw from memory like three months later.

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/natalie.jpg

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/MourningQueen.jpg
My first vector art!


Eric

[arttorney]

I don't wanna be a pinhead no more.
I just met a nurse that I could go for.
I don't wanna be a pinhead no more.
I just met a nurse that I could go for.
Gabba Gabba Hey! Gabba Gabba Hey!

This stuff was produced tonight in modified coutour exercises where I was not supposed to look at the paper much. I got to draw a mom whose teenage daughter is taking the class. Because the mom does not draw, I got to draw her a second time when everybody was supposed to switch.

All you other beautiful women out there, I can make you look really weird too. PM me for my rates.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/arttorney/tonight1.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/arttorney/tonight2.jpg

[Corrick]

Wow. Just looking into my own cache of work, I find that my hypocracy knows no bounds. A bunch of "sexy" women in there. I am suitably humbled. Funny how you never notice until someone brings it up.

I always get a kick out of revisiting this CHOW entry. One of my favorites so far:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Corrick/Nancy1.jpg

... and from an old forum entry...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Corrick/vagrant_v1.jpg

... and one from a long, long time ago... not singularly a "woman" piece, but...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Corrick/somber1.jpg

[KaWaii]

There, my share:

http://www.kawais-domain.com/Arts/Girlsword1.jpg

[Seedling]

Hmm, not sexy... that means girls which hides their body with clothes and crap ?


Not necessarily. I would say there are many many many possible ways to solve this challenge. Just look at what has already been posted here. Oh, and nice image!

Wow. Just looking into my own cache of work, I find that my hypocracy knows no bounds. A bunch of "sexy" women in there. I am suitably humbled. Funny how you never notice until someone brings it up.

You totally just made my day, Corrick. :-)

[Nephthys]

Here are a few of "my ladies".
All are old.
THat last one was colored by me and drawn by another artist-Prowler974. It's his concept of a female transformer named Burnout.

[Nephthys]

Another female Transformer, named Redliner. Drawm by Tim Barnett and colored my me.

[masque]

a small bevy:
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9325/naiadui4.jpg
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9454/kickfemmesz1.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/439/joan03bce5.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6523/imissamerica2pw2.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4565/moirapencilweb0uc.jpg
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/9451/cmdrjessmayam1zs.jpg

[CandlePhoenix]

SO Seedling found my thread in the critiques section and told me to check out this thread... some great work here, its always interesting to put a little spin on the stereotypical "pretty woman"
Mine needs a fair amount of work (especially the tail and background) but i think she fits fairly well with this group!

oh and Chuck, Mate.... that think is freakin awesome. cracked me up as i slowly scrolled down the page!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/faithoffallen/Mermaidyellow.jpg

[KaWaii]

Updated above, had fun making it ^^.

Seedling: Yeah, yur right, there are indeed many possibillity's for a non sexy female character. Well, I hope there will be others joining in soon.

and, nice work guys/girls, I especially like those Tranformers Nephthys :P

Another question:

When does this thread close/ end??

[arttorney]

I bet it's forever, like post your dragons. After all, when could we ever run out of interesting females?

[RobHughes]

Here's one
She's interesting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/Vernal-Equinox-jpeg.jpg

Now this may not be quite what you ment but...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/Blood-riding-hood-jpeg.jpg

Or...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/DSG01a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/SloanesAtavar_006.jpg

[RobHughes]

Or, how about some fine art.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/Untitled-7-Rio.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/Untitled-4-Alison.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/Untitled-2-Haylee.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/Untitled-1-Rachel.jpg

Masque- lovin' "I Miss America", she sooo hot.

This one's going to run and run.

Rob

[masque]

pastel portraits that aren't all smudgy 'n' smooth! nice, Rob. "Rachel" is particularly well done imo.

and thanks for the comment on my Miss -- she just sorta snuck up on me one day, insisted on being brought to "life."

your jacked she-devil reminds me of a sketch i did for my very first CA submission (a ChOW weekly):
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/9159/mortimer037jb.jpg
center figure

and some other femmes (not human, though):
Hani crewwomen from Cherryh's The Pride of Chanur and subsequent sequels:
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5028/pyanfarstanding01web7ua.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4108/haralsketch1web2jt.jpg

i like naiads:
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/8369/naiadforest2es.jpg

quintessential, primordial, geological(!) femininity:
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7994/gaiatemplecavern1nf.jpg

[chaosrocks]

those last two are beautiful Masquie
hers my td goddess
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/Chaosrocks_GodTDfinal.jpg

a merengue of a dress
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/floofy-dress.jpg
and Sir Carolyn
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/sir-carolyn.jpg

a zombie singer
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/lilysings.jpg

[RobHughes]

Masque- Thanks for the feedback. The pastel portraits are part of a series I've done at a local youthclub. I go there every week and help out and draw the kids. These were some of the first i did and some of the best. It has become very hard to avoid becomming stale. Your Niad is nice, I should practice more. There used to be an old rule amongst the English pastoral painters :- Brown , Green, Blue. meaning put brown in the foreground. It would have aided the Naiad piece.

Corric- There's some beautifull drawing going on there. I love the frenetic line work in the first piece and looking at my own contribution i will forgive any hypocracy.

Rob

[Visionspring]

This piece was done for an Australian fantasy author - Its certainly the most unique female that I've had to paint!

http://sanjana.nilut.com/cgnz/af.jpg

She is terribly thin, dangerously bordering on death due to a score of years of malnourishment, but she has learnt to live with few meals and has survived on fresh flesh and carrion for her entire life.

She wears a suit of plate-mail made entirely of Dragon scales which, although kept in good condition, is permanently soiled by blood and dirt. Her silver tabard with a blood red crescent moon emblazoned on the chest is kept in a similar condition. The armor hugs her slim form tightly, revealing sickening curves that tell of a body abused and starved.

EDIT - Yar, it seems that my server is having some down time.....for the first time in forever. The image will show up in a few hours :(

[Seedling]

Hey Vision, check that link. I'm seeing a red X.

[Sigurd]

I love many of these.

Its great to see a Character that is a woman, not a pinup superimposed over a character.


Sigurd

[Lorenzo`Lee]

MINE~HEHE~:)

http://bbs.chinadv.com/attachment/Day_070304/12_140567_a36401340f5d434.jpg

http://bbs.chinadv.com/attachment/Day_061118/12_140567_d0c72053902f996.jpg

http://bbs.chinadv.com/attachment/Day_061201/12_140567_6b87b9fbdd3b5af.jpg


http://bbs.chinadv.com/attachment/Day_061201/12_140567_d39a78853443d49.jpg

[Seedling]

I am so thrilled with the art you have all shared here! :D Lorenzo, the hat in that first image - I want one!!

[Craig Houghton]

hrmm.. something other than "sexy"

howabout... talented
http://www.leversandpulleys.com/uploads/fluteb.jpg

cute?
http://www.leversandpulleys.com/uploads/pollyb.jpg

professional
http://www.leversandpulleys.com/uploads/ltcmdrSeda_mod_fonts.JPG

diminutive and wide-eyed (literally too)
http://www.leversandpulleys.com/uploads/concept_portrait.JPG

lots of stuff in here.. is that a nun down there?
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/881/femfacesresized4gb.jpg
http://www.leversandpulleys.com//uploads/fem_page.jpg

i don't think she's smiled in years
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5144/chserran28et.jpg

-Craig