"ÆON'S CLOTHING WAS A WAY TO SHOW OFF THE RANGE OF HER BODY, THE SAME WAY A DANCER'S TIGHT CLOTHING REVEALS THEIR FORM."
PIC INFO: Resolution at 902x1200 -- Spotlight on an "Æon Flux" piece, inks/markers by Scott Dalrymple, c. 2016.
""Even if they [viewers] were confused about what was happening or unsure about what they were watching in terms of the story line, they would still be engaged visually, viscerally,” says Chung. "Everything was designed in a way to make her riveting visually, something that would draw your attention."
The sexiness has a purpose, though. Aeon’s clothing was a way to show off the range of her body, the same way a dancer’s tight clothing reveals their form. If Chung were to choose layers of clothing, it would mean that he would have to illustrate and animate differently. “As an artist, what you find is it’s actually very difficult to draw realistic clothing, and even if you do it, your drawing then becomes more about what the character is wearing rather than the character itself,” says Chung. “It’s also another reason why you see, for example, in superhero comic books they wear skin-tight outfits. It is to show off the form of the body.""
-- VOGUE, "Revisiting the Dystopian Beauty of the ’90s Animated Show "Aeon Flux," by Liana Satenstein, November 6, 2020
Sources: https://www.comicartfans.com/ForSaleSearchResult.asp?PM=1&txtSearch=scott+dalrymple&PI=18 & www.vogue.com/article/aeon-flux-animation-series-peter-chung-interview.
