El Goonish Shive

It looks like her knee is starting on her thigh. So that's just a perspective issue?

I enjoy his work, I mean I keep coming back, don't I? I've vamoosed far quicker on things I've genuinely disliked, and he's a fine artist, which is why I'm so disappointed with the leg, he should be better because he is.

Just out of MORBID CURIOSITY, where is this pinup blog exactly? Is it linked on the front page of EGS?

It's linked on his tumblr.

It's a tumblr that goes by egspinup. I'd link to it but the last person who did took the link down because wow, Ashley is really naked right there.

Eh, mostly naked. I doubt Shive will draw a nipple this decade.

<Shive has male nipples in his latest pinup>

Meanwhile in the EGS NP

Grace either is already partly male or just running flat chest right now. that or shive can't do bust lines in NP.

It was like that in the last page too. Breasts don't just flatten out behind folded arms.

edited 30th Nov '15 1:36:40 AM by stevebat

Oh golly, Shive fumbled with those legs.

Edit: Justin's legs look weird too.

edited 30th Nov '15 7:21:28 AM by God_of_Awesome

Justin?

The after spar pin-up, above Ashley Headcrab.

Oh crap, he's not actually doing it, is he? I mean, I know we've joked about it, but....

*checks*

Could be worse. This might actually be a good thing, as having a designated blog for this may result in fewer instances of characters being randomly provocative in the comic.

As I've said before, there's nothing wrong with a character looking or acting sexy if there's a narrative reason for it and it's handled appropriately by the character and characters surrounding him or her. But when it's just there to be there, then it feels like the author is going, "We interrupt your story in progress to bring you porn."

Grace being naked right now makes narrative sense. It's consistent with her established character, it's invoking a response from the other characters around her, and there's actually a really good reason for her to be naked. It serves her character and the story being told. It's not just empty fanservice.

It works in all the ways Ellen's decision to wear a shirt as a dress still doesn't; if anything, Ellen's wardrobe decision is now conflicting with her reaction to Grace's nudity.

edited 30th Nov '15 8:19:38 AM by TobiasDrake

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well the pinup abs are better than the previous. It's mostly strange because they're to defined relative to the art style. It makes everything else look cartoonish.

Alright, that joke? I liked that joke.

edited 30th Nov '15 11:48:42 AM by Matues

1. 21908 - Well, when we're dealing with a girl who can adjust her measurements on demand, it would figure that she would contract them when they are to some extent in the way, e.g. the folded arms.

On one hand, I can appreciate Occam's Razor coming into play.

That said, this is starting to feel like a "Shaggy Dog" Story. Tara got all flipped out because of someone with No Sense of Direction disappearing? Sigh.

Hey, the musculature in the Justin/Elliot pinup is actually pretty good. Way better than usual.

No, Tara got all flipped out because someone who is supposedly incapable of lying to her told her that Andrea was missing because of nefarious deeds. She's been played for a fool this entire time.

If I had a friend who was a couple hours late but made a habit of never showing up on time, I might not worry about it. But if Jesus Christ himself showed up in my living room and told me that my friend was kidnapped by terrorists, I probably wouldn't brush it off and assume my friend was just held up in traffic.

Personally, I love this development. Andrea's absence is the product of her own personality traits and not the result of some villainous master plan by shadowy ne'er-do-wells. This plays to Shive's strengths; he's always been better with character than with plot, and this puts Andrea's absence firmly in the realm of character.

Next thing you know, the griffon'll be turning into a pig.

I accidentally dropped this thread from my watchlist. I was wondering why it had been silent...

So yeah what the fuck egspinup. I mean all right shive. Bit awkward since everyone is in that gray area of underage-but-not but sure whatever. Learn to draw bodies better maybe.

And ellen and sarah both having the same reaction annoys me. Even if they were similar in tastes, they should be having different physical reactions in general. Not everyone goes ":O!!!" and whatnot. Some people grimace. Some people just avert their eyes and play it cool. Some just put their hand up and avoid looking. But nope instead it's identical reactions from two people who are supposed to be very different. It's just laziness for the sake of comedy.

edited 30th Nov '15 2:12:57 PM by MrAHR

Ellen who really shouldn't give a fuck (remember when she was elliots clone?), and Sarah who's a regular artist and probably see's a ton of this kind of thing anyways.

Ellen who showed up wearing a shirt converted into the sexiest dress she owns in response to spending an evening turning Sarah and Grace into sexy men and has probably already accidentally flashed Grace and Sarah several times now given the logistics of that thing.

I do not buy the "short shorts." If Ellen did not come here with sexy shenanigans in mind, she would not have worn that.

edited 30th Nov '15 3:31:44 PM by TobiasDrake

Also is this before or after Sarah has seen Tedd naked? Cause that is canon that during the summer because of transformation awkwardness, they did see skin before. And the fact is living in a college dorm has taught me you get desensitized pretty quickly, even if it's coming from a place you don't expect.

It's grace. everyone has seen her naked at least once.

It's not like Ellen was wearing that dress with the intention of getting freaky with M!Sarah or M!Grace, she wore it to tease/distract from serious discussion. She's far from the first to find flirtatious fluttering flummoxed by a furious fusillade of flesh.