you know what I couldnāt stay away iām adding pics.Ā
#1: Heās notoās natasha underwater:
thereās no overdefined bust, her hips, her thighs everything is realistic. he hasnāt added a glaze or smth over her suit to make it look extra-leatheryĀ or smth the suit is realistic as are as arms look how toned they are, how strong because sheās muscular and she needs that muscle.
#2: now thereās this whole panel:
look at those realistic action moves, nothingās over sexualized about the way she falls or how her butt looks or smth. it isnāt overtly SEXU itās realistic. She falls and scrambles and her chest isnāt popping out of her suit. ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION BUT NOTICE HOW HER SUIT IS FULLY ZIPPED UP. NOT ENDING AT HER CLEAVAGE BUT UP TO THE FUCKING COLLAR.
#3: also, look at how he draws/colours her backside too:
thereās nothing hypersexualized about her butt. itās normal. her thighs her legs, everything is in motion, in action and he draws her like sheās a CHARACTER not an object of the male gaze.Ā
#4: ok hereās more action moves and LOOK:
look at how when sheās jumping, her hands are out to brace herself, how HER HAIR IS TIED BACK IN A PONYTAIL. How sheās kicking and loving and none of it is used to emphasize her butt or smth. its just realistic body movement. Look at the angles, the way she walks. She is on a mission and her face has EXPRESSIONS that show that sheās here ON BUSINESS and not to look pretty like most BW comics do. (refer to #2 for expressive faces as well)
#5: you might say, hey eldritch-beau thats just because he uses the colour black on her like that. to which i raise you:Ā
heās just as good at drawing Natasha in white and its the white fucking SUIT fellas, that suit FUCKS and its realistic too and just as GOOD so its not just his style of Natashaās suit, itās how he draws HER. He doesnāt draw her to fit the suit, he draws the suit to fit HER.
#6: now look at how he draws her in civilian clothes. I donāt even need to tell you the difference.
see how her clothes are not unnecessarily skin-tight? see how her pants/leggings are in civies are good in the sense that they let her move, breathe and not be restricted to just her being slender and looking sexy. Her coat flaps about, her shirt doesnāt stick to her skin, her pants are loose enough and SHE IS WEARING FLATS. Sheās efficient and Noto draws her with that efficiency because she is a PERSON and the drawing is consistent, her figure is consistent and she isnāt very tall but that did not make Noto make her tiny. He made her muscular and you can SEE it in the calves, in how she moves and how she runs.Ā
#7: hereās a pic of natasha coming home after a long day and you know what?
noto is the only valid make artist allowed to draw women lounging look at how thereās literally nothing sexualized about how she just flops onto the bed, how her waist isnāt five sizes smaller than her chest when she comes into her room. And when sheās just lying down. tired, sheās exhausted and you can see that. and itās OK. she doesnāt have to fit the male gaze and itās FINE.
tldr: notoās art is amazing and besides the fact that I love the way he colours, I also REALLY love the way he draws Natasha and yall need to go read his comic run asap bc its really good and heartfelt and i canāt gush enough about his art and this post will get too long if I pull up every panel so Iāll leave this post here, go check out Natashaās 2014 run. That was Notoās and I can assure you, you wont regret it.
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