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WCDT 7-11 March 2011 (1876-80)
Lubricus:
The appearance of her legs depend on the angle you see them from, people. A human thigh isn't a cylinder - its cross-section is not circular. Thus the left leg, which we see from a different angle, appears wider the right.
Odal:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2011, 11:39 ---So remember kids, some good has come from the push for gender equality. Of course, this is one field where it went way past equality, like wjen observed. Hard to even find a male therapist anymore...
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Not sure what this is supposed to mean.
First, there's no such thing as going "passed equality" (assuming you meant "passed" and not "past"). That's called inequality. But I'm not sure what you mean by "some good has come from the push for gender equality" and then state that it's "hard to even find a male therapist."
akronnick:
No, he meant past, as in beyond.
An equal number of each gender would be equality.
A greater number of the former minority gender would be past equality.
SJCrew:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 09 Mar 2011, 13:43 ---
--- Quote from: SJCrew on 09 Mar 2011, 08:07 ---Dora's left leg in panel 3 depresses me.
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She is leaning against the counter (may be even "half sitting" on the edge?). It is hard to tell from the pic, which thigh would be pressed against the counter harder (and thus spread wider). Jeph probably had a 3D-image in his mind, so only he can tell.
Or were you worried about something else?
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This is not a perspective issue, this is an art discrepancy. Dora and Faye are approximately the same height, as are their wastelines. You'll notice that for one panel, the gap between Dora's legs is elevated slightly higher than it should be compromising the proportions of her thighs. Look at Faye's in the same panel; we're talking about a full centimeter in height difference.
The foreshortening of her left thigh is not caused by a different angle, but rather it being genuinely skinnier than the other one. Envision a full-body sketch of Dora in that panel and it will seem painfully obvious that the proportions are off. Jeph messed up.
Skewbrow:
I am unable to tell, whether something is definitely wrong in that pic. My best guess would be that Dora is sitting on the edge of the counter with her left leg pressed against the top, and her right leg hanging more freely. May be her right foot is resting on a piece of furniture out of our sight or something? Or she hasn't really settled into that position yet?
May be it's a mistake? Quite harmless.
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