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JamieFayX — Moonstar Colored
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here is the first part of our 8-part collab for the make-a-wish foundation charity auction at the pitts burgh comicon.lines/art by me
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dani moonstar (C) marvel comics
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weird because i actually used a photo reference for the hand
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personally i dont know anything about archery XD but i dont see anything wrong with it
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That's because you don't know anything about archery, but the character is supposed to be Cheyenne, and know a lot about archery.
It doesn't have to be perfect, and that's is not what I'm talking about. If more artist just took a little bit more time researching about what they are going to depict there would not be issues like this; [link]
You don't have to be a 'world-class' archer to know that you can't shoot or hold a bow and arrow this way. You just have to have common sense, you don't have to be a Native American, let alone Cheyenne.
Factual errors in art distract viewers who spot them and may undermine confidence in the work and the artist. Many careful viewers hold that if an artist cannot be trusted in details, he/she may not be trustworthy in larger matters. There are two types of errors that occur in fiction and comic art, external errors (those regarding the actual world in which the work is set) and internal errors (those involving the fictional world). I'm concerned here with external errors, that is, things in the actual world that comics get wrong for no good reason. For example; I'll accept that Green Arrow can shoot an arrow through an ant's ass at 100 yards while swinging upside-down from a chandelier... provided you first show me that he knows how to hold a bow. So saying that it's a drawing of ENERGY, and not the real thing (even though the character is Native American and supposedly 'in touch with her Native American (specifically Cheyenne) heritage and she is experienced in the use of such weapons as a bow, spear, and sword, which she carried as a Valkyrie. She is a good equestrian and swimmer, a good marksman with a rifle, and an excellent archer.) isn't really convincing. And that's what you, as an artist, should be trying to do; making the fictional convincing by getting the factual right. The laws of physics may not apply to Superman lifting a building, but they do apply to Danielle Moonstar aiming an arrow, otherwise there's no point in having an archery-themed superhero at all. At that point it merely becomes a fashion choice, a theme, and not an ability at all. Similarly, inconsistencies in the geography of Metropolis, or some far off planet, are not my concern, but inconsistencies in the geography of real-world places like New York, such as moving the Empire State Building, is an issue for those of us who like convincing fiction or fantasy.
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