Female Heroes as Male Heroes

[kybearfuzz]

The other night, while watching yet another bad horror movie, I was doodling on my sketchpad. I was drawing a male figure and I suddenly wondered what he would look like dressed in Wonder Girl's classic costume. Some female heroes wear skimpy outfits that don't look good if worn by a male counterparts. Can you imagine a guy in Wonder Woman's bustier? Yeah, it comes off as pure cross-dresser.

However, some of them are not so bad. I drew a couple and colored them to see how they'd look.


Wonder Girl's classic outfit actually looks like it could be a decent man's costume. Of course, I took some artistic liberty in giving him a beard and a hairy chest, but then it is how I'd see him. After seeing how this one turned out, I questioned how a male "Starfire" would look. And...


This one doesn't look so great. Starfire's armored bikini doesn't fit a male hero as well, though I do think it could have possibilities with a bit of redesign. As it stands, the male, bearish Starfire looks like a cross between Hagrid, Grizzly Adams, and some 70's glam rock star. However, I am impressed that I remembered the costume completely from memory.

I may try another some time.

Comments

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

You're impressed. I'm scared.

Yeah, the male Starfire (never heard of her...) does remind me of Barry Gibb.

Night fever, night fever...

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Of course, you did .... :)

[dendren.livejournal.com]

nice job on the Starfire costume. If I remember right, didn't her brother Ryandr wear one almost exactly the same, eliminating the is it really a girls outfit question? Or am I just mixing my 80s memories up? In any case, your version wears it very well.

I think the Wonder Girl one would look better in her later star field pattern, though I guess it would just look like a slightly skimpier version of Star Boy.

[huxbear.livejournal.com]

That's some pretty awesome awesomeness right there, is what that is... [nods]

Wow!

As for WW's classic bustier look, how about a white tank-top with the pecs area done up in her classic stylized eagle "boob-toob" colours/style? Just a thought... :-)

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I love both illustrations!

They would make excellent additions to Grizzly & the Bear Patrol, yes?

[syngerma.livejournal.com]

These are cool re-imaginings. More please!

[mort-83.livejournal.com]

Love that!

Bear Starfire looks like a beefy version of the love child between Grizzly Adams and Doug Henning.

I had a huge thing for Grizzly Adams. Did you know that the actor who played him (Dan Hegerty) was in Muscle Beach Party, the Frankie Avalon/Annette film? He was one of the bodybuilders.