One night quite a few weeks ago, I came up with an idea for a pinup inspired vigilante MRA chick named Snowi Whitey.
Her first inked in design is here:
My original plan was to maybe turn her into a book series, a vigilante badass taking out politically correct baddies. I was slightly inspired by Tank Girl, Gorillaz, that kind of style.
As I drew her more and more, she soon became, well, this.
Warning, big boobs below!
Anyhow, yeah. She was quickly becoming a sort of sex symbol, which didn't really make me happy, and there was a sort of pervert feel to drawing her this way.
Sadly, I was indeed trying to sellout. I figured, the more sexual I make her, the more people will want to see me draw more of her.
As a starving artist desperate to make even a cent off of my work, I started making more of Sexy Snowi.
And then, I gave Snowi a BF.
Thinking this would make her less appealing, I held off on drawing him. His name was Dave, and she rescued him from prison after he was sentenced to death for having a penis.
I was nervous about drawing him into the situation, but, then I started to really like them as a couple.
I apologize tiny arms over here. I'm a starving artist, not a good one.
Anyhow, I started backing away from Snowi being overtly sexual. And I started to like her more.
I even drew a fanart of Snowi and Toon for TuenHueb, and he featured her in a video!
Wish I would have spent more time on that one. I can't get over the painful boobs.
Anyhow, I plan on continuing Snowi's adventures eventually. I may post more of her here, but if not, you can see the rest of her on my DeviantArt http://nikoladark.deviantart.com/gallery/
Also, Snowi wants everyone to know something...
Sadly, I haven't made money with her yet. I plan on making a few designs for the FN shop, though idk if that will be something thats decided to be opened to the public yet, for instance, users can submit their art and Marie will put it on the stuff in the shop. we've discussed it behind the scenes though so that will be one way to make money from Snowi.
Thank you very much though. Sadly, yeah, I know sex doesn;t really sell anymore, but I do know every artist and writer needs to sell out a little if they want to get noticed earlier, for instance I used to do fanart and would get a lot of fans of my work, but the minute I switched to OCs and my own stuff, the support dwindled significantly.
Not to mention that Snowi being for mens rights has been a struggle too. I remember gaining watchers when she was just the sexy girl, but the minute I began posting stuff that made it obvious what she was about, my follow base turned to none. the support that I do get for her has been awesome, and it encourages me to keep going. I've had lots of interesting convos on my deviantart page because of drawing her, convos about social issues, mens rights, and feminism.