Subject: It's HTML...
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Posted on: 2010-09-04 08:27:00 UTC
You use the HTML <IMG> tag, like this:
<IMG SRC="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/266/7/8/TemujinbyLycaenionScribbles.jpg">
Which gives:
<img src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/266/7/8/TemujinbyLycaenionScribbles.jpg">
Obviously, replace the URL of the picture I borrowed for whatever image you want to post. (My thanks to Lycaenion for the ypur pic - it's rather nifty.)
So. I know a fair number of us draw, and I know for a fact that most of us write or at least like good writing.
I have a challenge.
While looking through the DeviantArt gallery of one of my favorite artists that I hadn't looked at in a while, I noticed that she had stopped drawing the usual, stick-skinny, "Pretty" in the conventional sense girls that used to dominate her gallery, and, among other things, was posting drawings of her own outfits, which, given that she's on the large side, were all large, and drawn to actually look how they look on her. For instance: 
This got me thinking. Why don't more writers/artists represent those of us who are not, in fact, a size two? I find myself guilty of this, as well.
So here's my challenge:
Find a character who is (actually) average to overweight. Draw them how they normally/actually look. Don't make them look disgusting just because they're fat.
Said character can be your own, or someone else's. They can be for published or unpublished work. Just go forth and find a character who isn't tiny.
Draw them how they normally look. Normal clothes, normal hair, normal facial expression and stance. Or draw them looking fancy, doing something special. You pick.
Finally: Post a link here.
So. Who will take up my challenge? *scuttles away*
I'm not an artist, but this intrigues me. Skinny people *do* get all the art, don't they?
They do, don't they?
In fact, dare I say all the better if you start out drawing things that aren't "The Standard"? Hope for the future of art, and all that.
Ah, so you're DawnBlueWings. I was a bit confused. Thanks for the devwatch, though--I shall return it forthwith.
I like the idea of your challenge. I don't know if I'll be able to participate right now, but I'm sure I can manage eventually!
Cheers,
~Neshomeh
Basically I go by all of two handles on the 'Net. And don't feel rushed. Mostly just put this out there to get people thinking. ^_^
One of the main characters in my webcomic fits this description, so I believe I will go do that sometime soon. /nods
Agent Laburnum herself is quite big, but I'm not sure my drawings get that across properly:
http://chelonianmobile.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1kck6z
I think I need practice. (Excuse crappy artwork, it's really old.)
Here we go. *shrug*
I've done some drawings like that myself - sketched my own body accurately from photographs. I heartily agree with you - it's so silly that every figure drawn is tiny. This Must Change.
So I'll do my best, Rosie. Good challenge :)
I need to ask, how did you post a pic on the board?
You use the HTML <IMG> tag, like this:
<IMG SRC="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/266/7/8/TemujinbyLycaenionScribbles.jpg">
Which gives:
<img src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/266/7/8/TemujinbyLycaenionScribbles.jpg">
Obviously, replace the URL of the picture I borrowed for whatever image you want to post. (My thanks to Lycaenion for the ypur pic - it's rather nifty.)
You add more HTML tags around the Image URL. In this case, you'll want (Image tags) 
For instance, to get that, it's
