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You know exactly what this stems from

Hey there, true believers (I've always wanted to say that)! This little lady here would be the Spider-Woman of "Earth-919," a sex + gender-reversed Marvel Comics universe that exists only in my mind.

I had this concept on my mind for a while, but didn't dare draw it because I'm intimidated by the art in American Comics. That's why there's barely any Marvel oriented art in my gallery. I know that is not an original idea for a universe, but hang on, it gets worse.

Pietra Parker (who looks in no way Italian for some reason) is a nerdy, anxious, fear-ridden 17-year-old girl who lives with her Aunt Beth and Uncle Max. At school she's constantly tormented by Jean Thompson and rejected by Lee Allan. Her only friends are Harley Osborn and the boy she tutors in chemistry--Matthew James "M.J." Watson. Once her aunt is killed by a criminial Pietra was too afraid of to turn into police she starts taking odd jobs to help with funeral and living expenses out of guilt. She eventually decides to sell her body to science, signing up to be subject 1 of 6 in a "genetics study," but before she ever makes it through the door, she gets bitten by a genetically altered spider and becomes violently ill. She subsequenly discovers she has the abilities of a spider. Swearing never to fear--or let others fear--again, she suits up as Earth-919's Spider-Woman.

Really this exists because, when I was five, all I wanted to be for Halloween was Spider-Man. My dad said no. Gender roles, all that crap. And I've been bitter ever since. So I've recently sworn to myself that, in the off chance I get a male companion, I will force him to join me in a "genderbender Spidey and MJ cosplay." This is the design for that hypothetical costume. But I couldn't stop there, nooooo. Because then I wouldn't be me. So she got a backstory.

----------On to logistics----------

I've started trying a new inking style--bold out-lines, thin interior lines. Y'get what I mean? Anyway, I like it.

Spidey's pose is taken from www.dynamicforces.com/images/C… an Alex Ross painting of Spider-Man and Woman.He did the opening credit art for the second movie, and really you should be looking at his art instead of the crap I drew

Piete's name was reached after scrolling through all the female P-names I could think of (except my own, because we all know that just screams Mary-Sue). My mother suggested "Petra Parker," I mispronounced it as Pietra and settled on it because I thought it sounded more like Peter.

I wish the legs/feet had turned out better. Unfortunately, I can't contort my body like the Spider-Family can, so my number-one model was unable to help me.

You can't see it here, but the bare fingers are supposed to have red polish to keep the color scheme. This exists for no reason other that for it to be noticed by a certain red-head after Piete becomes so lazy she only colors the required fingers (and with a Sharpie marker).

"webbing" is actually a curved grid, because, well, I'm just lazy.

At one point in the character design I thought about giving her high heeled boots, like the "adult" Spider-Girl costume has. But, being a geek, I quickly realized "that would half her feet's 'stick-um powers.'"

The costume itself is probably best described as "Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman meets Mayday Parker as Spider-Girl meets the suit from Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark"

Speaking of which, is that the background from the broadway ad? Yes. Yes it is. But I drew it all over myself, so I have no guilt.

On a related note, I have a font similar to the one from the musical on my computer, but put her name in the movie font because I like it better.

Drawn on the Gimp for Windows on a Wacom Bamboo tablet.

Description
You know exactly what this stems from

Hey there, true believers (I've always wanted to say that)! This little lady here would be the Spider-Woman of "Earth-919," a sex + gender-reversed Marvel Comics universe that exists only in my mind.

I had this concept on my mind for a while, but didn't dare draw it because I'm intimidated by the art in American Comics. That's why there's barely any Marvel oriented art in my gallery. I know that is not an original idea for a universe, but hang on, it gets worse.

Pietra Parker (who looks in no way Italian for some reason) is a nerdy, anxious, fear-ridden 17-year-old girl who lives with her Aunt Beth and Uncle Max. At school she's constantly tormented by Jean Thompson and rejected by Lee Allan. Her only friends are Harley Osborn and the boy she tutors in chemistry--Matthew James "M.J." Watson. Once her aunt is killed by a criminial Pietra was too afraid of to turn into police she starts taking odd jobs to help with funeral and living expenses out of guilt. She eventually decides to sell her body to science, signing up to be subject 1 of 6 in a "genetics study," but before she ever makes it through the door, she gets bitten by a genetically altered spider and becomes violently ill. She subsequenly discovers she has the abilities of a spider. Swearing never to fear--or let others fear--again, she suits up as Earth-919's Spider-Woman.

Really this exists because, when I was five, all I wanted to be for Halloween was Spider-Man. My dad said no. Gender roles, all that crap. And I've been bitter ever since. So I've recently sworn to myself that, in the off chance I get a male companion, I will force him to join me in a "genderbender Spidey and MJ cosplay." This is the design for that hypothetical costume. But I couldn't stop there, nooooo. Because then I wouldn't be me. So she got a backstory.

----------On to logistics----------

I've started trying a new inking style--bold out-lines, thin interior lines. Y'get what I mean? Anyway, I like it.

Spidey's pose is taken from www.dynamicforces.com/images/C… an Alex Ross painting of Spider-Man and Woman.He did the opening credit art for the second movie, and really you should be looking at his art instead of the crap I drew

Piete's name was reached after scrolling through all the female P-names I could think of (except my own, because we all know that just screams Mary-Sue). My mother suggested "Petra Parker," I mispronounced it as Pietra and settled on it because I thought it sounded more like Peter.

I wish the legs/feet had turned out better. Unfortunately, I can't contort my body like the Spider-Family can, so my number-one model was unable to help me.

You can't see it here, but the bare fingers are supposed to have red polish to keep the color scheme. This exists for no reason other that for it to be noticed by a certain red-head after Piete becomes so lazy she only colors the required fingers (and with a Sharpie marker).

"webbing" is actually a curved grid, because, well, I'm just lazy.

At one point in the character design I thought about giving her high heeled boots, like the "adult" Spider-Girl costume has. But, being a geek, I quickly realized "that would half her feet's 'stick-um powers.'"

The costume itself is probably best described as "Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman meets Mayday Parker as Spider-Girl meets the suit from Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark"

Speaking of which, is that the background from the broadway ad? Yes. Yes it is. But I drew it all over myself, so I have no guilt.

On a related note, I have a font similar to the one from the musical on my computer, but put her name in the movie font because I like it better.

Drawn on the Gimp for Windows on a Wacom Bamboo tablet.