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This is a question I have been thinking about lately.  The more I thought about it the more I felt that if I asked I would potentially get a variety of different responses.  Curiousity has finally provoked me into blantly asking...

"Why do you draw muscular females?"  It doesn't matter what size or shape, if there's any form of muscle on the body you have illustrated it counts.  However, being the good sport that I am I will go into why I draw female muscle.

Basics what you already know:

- It looks sexy, the body is very appealing and fun to draw especially those yummy growth sequences.

What you DON'T know:

- Why I chose to draw is not because I am an accomplished or professional artist who figured it would be a fun side hobby.  I am far from it, I never studied art and my artwork shows that, it's not great but it's not awful either, it's definitely more geared toward animation than anything else.

I chose to draw muscular females because as I scoured through the internet I never once found a single website which dealt in detailed female muscle growth animations.  Sure you'd get the occassional AVI here and there, and sometimes really short animations.  But I wanted something that was longer, more complex, more detailed.

In the end what I wanted was a cartoon that I could tune in to watch for weekly updates.  Hell I know if I had money I would even considering PAYING for it, but money has been tough to come by lately.  So I started drawing in order to fill the gap that was missing, starting from simple animations to more complicated ones that instead of taking weeks to complete now took months and currently years.

As I drew the animations I slowly began to realize that the reason I was drawing was becoming less and less for me.  Sure I felt an immense amount of satisfaction upon properly animating a nipple popping out of a shirt or a bicep ripping open a sleeve, but what I really wanted was to share what I had finished with everyone else and get their comments from them.  Everytime I got a positive compliment from someone or even constructive criticism I turned it up a notch going higher and higher.  Until eventually the only reason I drew animations of beautiful, good girl woman growing big muscles and ripping out of their clothes, was simply for the sheer satisfaction of knowing that others out there can see my work and say, "Man thanks for doing that for us!"


But that's only part 1, part 2 is the reason why I even considered starting to draw in the first place!

I view female muscle as an 'earned' sign of respect, to me a woman with gorgeous muscles who has worked for years on building her body earns a great amount of respect for me.  In my own little world any woman who I could visualize turning from a normal average sized woman into a hulking, spectacular, muscle goddess was A-OK in my book.

It gave them great power, but I always liked the good girl so whenever she would have that 'gift' from me I would always make sure she used it for the benefit of others.  To be a role model, to be a symbol of strength, to be a paragon of virtue.  I enjoy seeing that, I think Mikazuki is one of the few people who convey that very well in her illustrations!  The one with the girl standing in the colissuem is the perfect example of how heroic I visualize a woman with muscles.  That's why when I choose to draw them, it is not to humiliate the women the illustrations are based off of but rather it is a way to idolize them and flatter them in ways they had never ever dreamed of.  (With the exception of villains who get the greatest insult.)


So now that you know why I chose to draw muscular females, why do -YOU- choose to draw them?

And if it's something as simple as 'It's sexy."  Then so be it, that's how it will be.  But I get the feeling there might be some variety in the next couple of posts.  (Assuming someone posts!)


So go ahead and give it a go, see what happens!

I draw them because I like huge.
Basically it was something on TV that sparked it off, and I thought.. hmm.. I wanna do that.
So I did, and I found this nice little niche in the impossibly huge, with massive boobies :3 because I just LIKE them that big. I like the idea of an almost immesureable strength, all in a feminine package, without being typically feminine. Plus massive bulging clothes-busting muscles are just plain hot.

And I draw it because I can. If I couldn't, I'd just hang around looking at it. I've never had anyone help me draw and no classes to do so, so it's one of those things I can go and do whatever I like with.

I don't eaxctly daw them, but... I do muscle morphs because kinda like with Syberstyk, something just sparked me off one day. I was just surfing around the net...doing....stuf f. o.o And i found a gallery w/ muscle women, and here we are.

My parents didn’t raise me right.  :-D

I'm afraid I can't add any variety to the responses, Collector_2; you've pretty much covered most of the reasons I draw them (even down to the "good girl" part).

And hey, they are sexy!

Heh heh, awesome.  Morphs are included too, anything that basically requires pictures I think is considered.  But it's interesting to see the responses that have come up so far.

I drew muscular females so I could have a big wank.

I soon realised that I didn't need to draw women to have an erection, and thus, stopped drawing.

On the bright side, I am quite sore all the time now.

Oh. Whoo.
I morph pictures of fbbs, regular chicks, and even drawings sometimes because I basically like bigger as well.
Ive been into muscular chicks for a fairly decent couple years, not really all that long, but Ive never EVER been able to say "Well now a pox on this picture, its too big for my tastes."
I dont have the morphing ability to even match up to some of the bigger stuff Ive seen (Like our own Kulli here *squeeze*) but eh, it works towards a bigger girl, and thats what Ive always liked.
Plus seriously, like Im sure the collector stated, being the object of a muscular fantasy such as most fbbs are isnt easy. Theres a lot of fetishes out there that dont require someone to do shit to fall into, like really heavy set women.
No wrong in liking that at all, but just saying, it doesnt take much work. More or less a lack thereof really. Or, diggin chicks with huge implants. Chelsea Charms and Keisha Evans dont really have to work out every day to keep their boobs huge and whatnot. But with musculature, you gotta work every day to keep it there and keep it presentable. Thats just something I always pondered upon too, a little. Neat topic Collector.


I just laughed so hard there my head drooped and smacked the table.
Ultimate dude answer, it does indeed win.
(I bet my wank is bigger dude. >:"o)
Lol.

Ah, a thought provoking thread :)

Honest to goodness, Mr Fett, I wish you'd draw more though.

As for me... [begin philosophical rant]

I started drawing muscular women because it conveniently expressed my inner state of being. My earlier drawings were rough and aggressive, because I felt oppressed by the outside world. Whenever I felt weak, I'd draw (so to speak) on the explosive power of these women.

After meeting my husband, he encouraged me to express myself. So for the first time, I openly drew muscular women. My drawings were initially shy, then more daring. After joining amaz0ns, they became liberating. The community opened my eyes to the beauty and strength of the muscular form, and from that, I began to see the beauty and strength in myself.

Neon Black told me, "Learn all you can and then strengthen your Soul, before you strengthen your flesh, and make all the World your Path and your teacher." That's what I want to strive for. My art mirrors my progress, and while far from smooth, has been steady.

I thank you, Collector, for your kind words. They have given new meaning to my artwork, and I'm deeply touched.

I honestly dont know. I started out seeing random instances of muscled females in the media and was very intrigued by them. I picked up a pencil and started to see others art on the net which inspired me to get at it (people like Red, Freaker, and others) and I kept at it. Longer I did it, the more intrested I got in the subject.

i suppose i like to draw fmg becuase i have a natural talent for drawing.  i inherited that from my dad's side, and i try to draw anything and everything that comes to my mind.  i have drawn human bodies, normal and exaggerated, buildings, cars, fight sequences, comics, and so on, i originally liked drawing fmg not becuase it was hot, but that it was different. whenever there's a joke of muscle, everyone expects it to be on a male, however, when you draw something that's unconventional, it looks cool.  besides, isn't that what an artist is supposed to be? being a bit odd, and expresses his or her emotions through their art?

I agree. Although I would like to think that our "oddity" will inspire others to express -their- emotions through whatever means which suit them. I believe humans are creators by nature, so it should simply be natural for us to create, not just the ones dubbed "artists".

Also, I would be most intrigued to see your art. Pleased to meet you, sacul.
Edit: Ah, pardon my ignorance. I was slack and didn't do my due research. Most wonderful art.

Because back in 1987, nobody else I knew was drawing them. Seriously, I thought, "Ok, if women are gonna be superheroic, why the hell don't they look like it?" I drew my first draft of Andrah back in 1987 when I was in the military, and I never looked back. I'm told I'm kinda good at drawing them, too.


A more contemporary reason is because I feel that muscular women are often reviled or misunderstood; mind you, a lot of it is deserved. Still, not all of them are alike, and i feel the need to make that distinction in the majority of my work. Sure, I like to draw eye-candy as much as anyone else, but by drawing muscular women in a positive light, I might possibly bring a little bit of a positive slant to the perception of them. Andrah, who is arguably the most popular and recognizable of my women over the years, is known more for her spirit and heart than her strength...and THAT is a big victory, at least on a personal level, because I've gotten people to look at at least ONE massive woman as something other than a ballcrusher.

Before I start I used to go under the name Illtown22. I know that probably doesnt help identify me but....yeah.

Honestly for me it started the first time I saw Andrulla Blanchette. I'd already been interested in art so naturally in time i sketched a few. Nothing other worldly.
I agree with Chris in that a heroic female should look heroic. Thats how i used to draw.

Then I found this little community and sought acceptance here. However noone really showed any interest in my art, and my parents have always insisted anything artistic or creative was dumb or gay. I stopped drawing completely for some time.

Everyday i'd go online and get ideas then feel the life drained out of me by my living situation but no more. I came to a realiztion not so long ago. The thing that really hurt me was my desire for acceptance. I have to do what I love for myself and noone else. I've since then gotten back into my art, after i study some anatomy i should be back in the game full swing.

Dayum. For young 'uns like me thats. Wow. Thats a long time ago. So is this the golden age of FMG? :p

Please don't beat me with your walking stick.

Golden age of FMG?  Nah I think in my opinion it really hit its stride in the 90's, probably around either '96 or '98 when some really great bodybuilders were more popular than they are now, like Cory Everson.  That's also around the same time they actually broadcast bodybuilding shows on TV, I don't think they do that anymore nowadays though.

FMG was way more taboo then, than it is now.  Although it's still taboo enough that you will never see a movie based on FMG in mainstream, and people STILL get grossed out by female bodybuilders.  With current society trends it's a lot less shocking and repulsive than it would have been back during She-Hulk's beginning days.

Maybe as far as art goes, yes. The "sport" itself it circling the drain, and FBBs are spiraling downward into the realm of "freakish internet fetish" objects.

So it's bad with the "extreme" art of FBB?

Just because I do anything I want, while it doesn't hurt anyone who doesn't deserve it  ;D
And I also just draw anything, though I have never could draw a decent spaceship (still trying at at that)

If I might interject for a moment, this question could just as easily be asked of the authors here as to Why do you write about femuscular females?

In my own case, it was a combination of factors - but isn't that true with everyone?  (That was purely rhetorical, no need to answer).  But two - nay, three, in particular were galvanizing for me.  One, that on the GTS forums that I then patronized, there was an almost complete lack of full length stories (Hi-Standard being a major exception) and two, that no one was tackling the subject of Growth Couples (m/f).  The third being when he posted Cindy and the Macromizer.  It was a story that had great inherent growth couple potential - however, rather then carrying through on it, he went for the conventional GTS story line instead.

Thus feeling the challenge (if they will not build it, it's up to you to supply it), I proceeded to craft my first two stories, but it was with my third attempt that I was confident enough to publicly post it . . . the rest, as they say, is history.

I don't remember when, but why? 

Because I'm kinda attracted to them... :-[

Plus I'm trying to present them in a positive image unlike that presented in that Axe Commercial and in Kinsyo's page.  If you've seen the page before, you knoiw what I'm talking about. If not, then look at elee's Links topic. and go to the topic titled "Kinsyo". Kinsyo is a good artist, but some of his pics...you know how they involve a little boy...those...

Brb.  Can't talk for too long. I'll finish later.

 ;D ;D ;D Eeeeea! Ti is real SEXY!

I'll  be drawing again because I want to do a study comparison of superheroine physiques.

Ideas:
1. Ninja Psylocke, Storm, Jean Grey against. Shadowcat (Kitty obviously having more muscle than those three.)
2. She-Hulk vs. Wonder Woman
3. Ms. Marvel vs. Rogue

I have two reasons for producing art that contains muscular women.

First: (and I think most obviose) I think their sexy.

Second: They are not something you see that aften in the differrent shapes and sizes of humanity. The from of a muscular female is
as far as Im conserned the most beautifully shaped form of humanity. It just so happens that it's also the rairest of forms out there.
society says "don't work out and get strong women, or no man will want you" and thats a load of crap.
I have met many women who were fasion modle gorgiouse but Thats not what I value physiaclly in a woman. I do beleive it's also one
of the reasons why I'm still single. I'm not one to hide my tastes and many people think its an odd one to like muscular women. They
are so rair that In order to actually see one I ussually end up drawing her.

  As for me, since I can remember I was always fascinated with muscle
Even in my VERY young years when I could barely draw, I was drawing
characters with muscles, the point of interest werent women at that
time. I always loved strong, dominant female characters, I loved X-MEN
comics, the women fighting, defeating men, while saying something cocky.
Cocky, intelligent, athletic or muscular, dominant women that was what made
butterflies in my stomach really fly...
  As soon as I started to get interested in girls, the muscle fascination moved
to that area. I started off drawing my own lil comic books and pinups.
There was no bodybuilding magazines to buy at that time in Poland, no internet
whatsoever (well it was but it was so expensive that it was beyond my reach).
So i had to substitute lack of sources with my own drawings and imagination.
With time I found a program called Poser which opened a whole new world of endless
possibilities. Creating a character i wanted, making them do whatever
I wanted. Since then all my free time i spent on mastering my 3d graphics
skills, texturing, modelling, also drawing but on the monitor :P. I guess
I can still draw pretty good, you dont forget that, but i just dont do
that as often, because its not as productive. Takes too much time.

Why do I create them ? Because they are my world! They are hot, powerful
so powerful that I can't stand a day without seeing a muscular female
body hehe. Its my artistic inspiration... its my passion... ::)

I started when I realized they'd only show one bb'ing show on TV every few months, and I wanted to see more muscle women.  I wasn't up to buying WPWs (too young for one thing). I thought they were one of the most beautiful things on the planet, but to say they were rare would be an understatement. 

So I started drawing them.  I drew quite a few until '98 when I first discovered online FBB photos (but have since resumed in recent years).  I started out with smaller, realistic babes but soon pushed it to the absurd (we're talking parabolic muscle bulges here).  Soon I realized sometimes less is more, so I cut back and tried to get it somewhere near reality.   My girls are still quite huge and stocky, but rarely very tall.  I've always been tall (about 6-7 now), and I sometimes wish I was short and less of a sore thumb in the crowd.  Plus I've always hated trying to build muscle on such a tall frame, so I don't give my female characters these disadvantages.

Funny how being tall and somewhat lanky (not any more, just fat now), I find short, stocky dynamos the most attractive body types on women.  Go figure.

The one thing that shocked me upon going online was seeing how women were getting close to the size I was fantasizing about all those years w/o the internet.   I had seen Karla Nelson on the back of a few wrestling mags in the late 80s/early 90s,  Chyna had been in the WWF for a few years, and Nicole Bass was on Howard Stern, but one woman that completely blew me away was Tina Lockwood.  She seemed to come closest to my freakishly huge fantasy women, and I became 'addicted' to her photos instantly. 

Even though more and more women are getting into FBB'ing, I still find the drawing is the easiest way to get the look I want, and I don't have many limits when drawing.  And let's face it, when you get the FBB bug there are never too many muscle women.  Real FBBs are inspiring and sexy, but I will always have a place for the woman populating the near limitless realm of paper and pixel.

Hey, can I join the party too? 

I agree with Mikazuki about why I draw as well.  I've always seen men portrayed as the strong, and women as the weak.  I would buy muscle mags just to see the women in them, and get mad because the men either:  dominated the photos, or the women in them would be very thin and have very little muscle.  I never understood why that was always the promoted image, and to make matters worse, I was always against the grain:  A man who loved strong women.  (Where I live, a woman with actual muscles-let alone BIG MUSCLES is looked down on, and I hate it!) 
 
Also, drawing them has been a kind of release for me...(no, not like that!)...just a good break from the hectic life I lead.  I feel like I can be myself, and not feel bad about it.  I enjoy putting my imagination on paper and in a sense, showing my own interpretation of a "powerful woman". 

It's about the challenge.  I'm not as good as Iczerman, Black K, The Collector, Mikazuki and many, many other talented artists at Amaz0ns, but I keep practicing.  (Besides, if I were to show my high school stuff, you'd know why drawing FBB's and FMG is such a challenge :D)

That's true of just about everyone on this board, I think... we all live someplace where "a woman with actual muscles... is looked down on".

Because I can't get them out of my head! :o

I first did it to shock people, but the "genre" has surpassed me a million times over by now...my stuff's so middle-of-the-road, it's got a white stripe up its back!

Nice to see this topic is still going, it is quite amazing how much the genre has improved over the years indeed!  Awesome responses!

Because they are fun to draw and also a challenge too.

granted, my girls are on the punier side compared to the rest of you folks but the reason I do it is:

I think for me it's one thing for a girl to be attractive and cute and all, but it's another if she actually DOES something.  The best example of this I can think of in my experience is Trish Stratus.  Now there were other divas in WWE who many would consider more traditionally attractive (keibler, wilson, etc.), but Trish might very well be the best female wrestler outside of Japan.  With me it got to the point where I forgot she was attractive and just noticed her skill.

With ladies like Mary Lado, Christine Pomponio, the blonde girl in this month's flex who's name I can't recall, Jelena Abbou, etc, it's almost a recognition of what they've done to get their bodies to that point and maintain it.  You can put on make up, you can go the low road and show off every hole you've got, but it's not the same level of reverence to me.  Sydney Moon puts me in the lustful state.  April Hunter puts me in awe.

I simply draw the muhsulls on women because I became very bored of seeing women looking either like complete Hoes or complete matchsticks. After a few years i started to develop a love for them.

Now, I love muscular women AND average looking cutesypies AND full-figured plump-ish women with a good set of curves.

It pays to have a very short attention span. Seriously. 8)

I should hire you to draw me then.   ;)

XOXO's

~Mimi

I'm borrowing a page from AlexG, here, and talking about writing instead of drawing (mainly because my drawings make stick figures look like technical masterpieces... :D)

The reasons I write about muscular women, though, are various.  First and foremost is simply that I enjoy a story with a strong, competent, capable woman.  There is a depressing shortage of such in mainstream literature, so I've felt compelled to create some of my own. 

Another reason I write about muscular women is because they fascinate me-both as physically powerful people and as women (I've been fascinated with women pretty much since I realized there was a difference)-and the juxtaposition of what is traditionally considered to be the male role (the protector/provider/physically dominant person) with the traditional feminine roles (such as nurturer and caregiver).  Muscular women give me the opportunity to play around with those stereotypes, to blend them back and forth, and to use and discard them in new and interesting ways.

Finally, I'm vain enough to hope that my writing will someday inspire someone else to write a story or draw a picture or (dream of dreams) pencil a comic that features a character of mine.

... :) I think everyone would like to see that... ;)

She's curveh! xD Lol. Oh join the club.

LOL, I bet you would Baditude... or Bad Boy, I should say... ;)  Oh Beehaaaaave.  Here’s a picture my GF took of me in May getting into my SUV... will that cool you off and send you screaming away from here?  LOL

(http://www.geocities.com/mejau71/mimi30.jpg)

And yes, I am curvy and proud of it.  But I probably could have used a "WIDE LOAD" sign to hang off my ass. 

XOXO’s

~Mimi       

SCREAMING WITH DELIGHT!!!  WOW and WOW! :o :o Absolutely Gorgeous!!!
Yes, you're curvy, and should be proud of it.  Remember the Subway commercial where the woman asked for a "Badonka-donk butt"?  Well, I was jumping up and down sayin' "Yes, yes!  THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!!  Mimi...I'm just glad that's not an animation, or I'd have to call the Life Squad.  But, seriously, you're fabulous!
     

Thanks, sweetie.  I’m really not good with compliments but its nice to hear them.  Yea, I’ve seen that Subway commercial.  LOL   

I’m sorry if I probably hijacked this thread.  I didn’t mean to, I SWEAR!!  :D

Back to the news desk for more on ‘Why artists draw muscular females’, our Chicago correspondent, Meredith...   

XOXO's

~Mimi

Umm... wow that's spectacular.  However!  It is magnified by the charming personality heh heh!

All of you are so sweet...  Thx...

XOXO's

~Mimi

Thanks for representing the curvy girl faction Mimi! Sweetheart you have no business with the "wide load" sign though. I am presently using it...lol. Back on subject...
 I am not really sure why I am drawing ultra muscular women but the first one I did was a request from a friend and then I found I enjoyed the shock value, like Grandmaster stated. Part of my drive now is to defy people you said I shouldn't but that isn't really all of it. The more I research anatomy and other artists the more I am falling in love with this genre. I think the power of a really muscular woman excites me as well as the aspect of a woman being impowered by something other than sex appeal in the traditional sense.You know "big boobs".Lol. My hubby says its because I secretly want to kick his ass,(shhh,it's true);) but everything is fighting to him, he's a catfight nut. Anyway thats my 2 cents. I guess I don't know why yet...for certain.

The idea of She-Hulk has always really appealed to me.  It's a situation where a woman could wear her inner strength as actual strength, at least following the Peter David interpretation of the manifestations of gamma power. Like that Roger Ebert line about Dick Tracy characters all wearing their souls on their faces.

But as I've accumulated a few comic series/stories of my own, I find I'm more drawn to the way random characters would react when given a superpowered body (they all tend to be of the same build, I realize).   Would they act differently, or would they revert to their old habits and eventually wind up socially where they started before the transformation occurred? Honestly, that's what sends me back to the well again and again. The fmg and musculature is more like icing on the cake...

Other than that, how does anyone explain a fetish? It doesn't make any logical sense. You just like what you like and live with it.  ;D

Being British, I don't know the Subway advert, but the rest I endorse 150%.  My reaction was "If a woman isn't especially muscular (not all want to be or can be), then that's what she should look like!"  Forget the Hollywood downward race to the thinnest shape possible, or the supermodel "early death chic" thing that has seen models who've died of anorexia-related illnesses - THAT PHOTO sums-up what a sexy woman (as opposed to a pubsecent girl) looks like, if she isn't muscular.

I draw muscular women...Because i like too.

Nuff' said.

I expect so. <explodes in sympathy and ecstasy at photo of Mimi's lush bum.> ;)

Oh, it was a good explosion.


Very good.


The bed didn't think so, but....I did.

No hint of egomania.  You would have every right if you had been - a talented writer, artist, a very sweet lady and, if I might be so bold, with a curvaceous bod to make the girls chase you and the boys gnash their teeth about being unable to woo you. ;D ;)

*gnash gnash gnash*  ;D ;D ;D My teeth don't like it, but you're worth it, Mimi! :D

Oh...and by the way, I also like drawing muscular females because it's a way to express what I like to see, feel or believe.  (I know I posted an answer to this before, but I thought I'd try to steer this train back on track! ;) )

Now just because I draw muscular women, doesnt mean im turned off by other types... O_O I must say Mimi, as non ignorant as possible.

"Good googely moogly!"

Everyone should be proud of what theyve got. :P Its better to have it then not get it at all.

Most of use have morning halitosis - it apparently has to do with muscus from the sinuses passing down through the tubes into the throat.  As for your comments, Mimi, thank you for them; they're so sweet. :-*   I hope you're right. ;D

Now that right there is nothing to be ashamed of. I do feel a little weird about complimenting your behind mimi without having seen your face though. Unless thats you in the avatar picture?

Ugly?  That is NOT the face of an ugly woman, trust me. :o 8)
Jaussaud, French origins there, Mimi?  You wouldn't happen to be a relative of the Le Mans 24-Hour race winner Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, by any chance?

Ah, an exotic mix of Southern French and Spanish - hence, perhaps the looks and glorious curves.  I've just looked him up, and Jean-Pierre was born in 1937; however, he was from the other end of France from you, as he was born in Caen.

Checked out your blog and that is NOT the face of an ugly woman. And we all look like trogdor in the morning it's part of the human condition.  ;D

Heehee - very true! ;D

My reasons are that I believe that women should be as sexually dominant as men, if only to a slightly lesser degree. If you look as some of my latest pictures on my website, you will know that I value equality among sexes the most, as well as affectionate love. To only want a women for her body is pointless if you don't appreciate all that she represents, body, soul, and spirit.

That's essentially my approach as well.  I rarely do one gender over-powering the other.  A good analogy lions.  A lioness is pretty strong and can hold her own.  She is strong enough to do the hunting, etc., but the male lion is still strong and masculine, in some ways stronger than the female, in other ways slightly weaker.  Overall it's a good balance of power.

Why I draw muscla girls? Becuase I would never see them in real life.

true. and the only good reason. i like the look. i'm thankful that there are those ladies and that they have their sites and their life. i hope they continue what they are doing for a long time to come. in some ways they are an elite, and i'm aware of the fact that my so called deepest secret wishes of someday meeting one will not come true and i'm pretty sure that the ladies do not think very high of us artists or fanboys or whatever you want to call us, because it is easier for them to think of us in such a way, (we, at least i, regard them as sexobjects, which is not a very pleasing thought for them, i guess. ) so i try not to go deeper because that would not be satisfactory for either side and would only lead to mischief.

thank you ladies for the inspiration you are to me.

t.
t.

I can't draw... but I sure enjoy you alls work! :D

I think the days of female bodybuilders exclusively dating male bodybuilders are well and truly over, so you may one day get your wish. Don't forget that they are into the look as well, albeit from a different perspective, so at least you have that in common.

I'm not sure if all them look down on us fanboys, either. I mean a lot of us have a great deal of respect for the combination of genetics and dedication it takes to achieve that look. I think it's that unique mixture of sexual attraction and awe that makes them so appealing and it's hardly a reason to look down on us.

Oh and to get back on topic, if I had to be completely honest, I would have to say that the reason I draw muscular females is that's what I fantasize about, and I just draw what I see in my head.

i hope you're right.

i tend to have my expectations not flying to high. in my reality i am constantly being put down for what i do.

and by the way, the thought of a equaly muscled couple having fun is very entertaining.

t.

Well, I might have missed it, but I don't see any intro threads or sub-forums, so I might as well introduce my self here.  I'm on DA under the name 1stSurugi (http://1stsurugi.deviantart.com/), probably because every time I've registered using that name till now, I forgot that there's a T in Tsurugi. :P  But I digress.


Anyway, the reason I draw muscular women...  I think it all started when I was very little.  No, seriously it did. I think I was about 4.  I recall once looking at my mother, who I suppose fit the ordinary standard for attractiveness at the time, and deciding right then that there was something I didn't like about her physique.  Now mind you, I was already into girls my age, and somewhat older, but grown women typically held very little interest for me.

It wasn't till many years later that I was watching a show on ESPN, obviously a FBB show, and was able to *quickly* figure out what I wanted  ;).  Then there was the sudden, though pleasurable rise to prominence of muscular women in the media during the mid-late 90's. I particularly liked how they were being portrayed in comic books and I had quite a few to reference.  Eventually, I started to get bored with the fact that my mind was coming up with things that I didn't get to see in comics and elsewhere.  So at some point, I started taking pictures I saw in comics, and redrawing them for myself.  I was soon able to produce some half decent stuff of my own.

Then, in high school, I got into the works of Burne Hogarth, and I spent the better part of my freshman year learning proper anatomy, while using Bodybuilder mags for further reference.  The result was my first real attempt at an anatomically correct muscular form.  I told myself that I might draw a man, but I always knew it was going to be a chick.  I should post that one sometime.  From that point, I was able to draw a few more, and, in my senior year, I submitted this picture (http://1stsurugi.deviantart.com/art/Djinni-81044171) in my high school art show, damning all the small-minded insults to do so.  Got a LOT of positive feedback from girls with it though.

So, to conclude, I always had a thing for athletic women, particularly muscular ones, and I was constantly fed up with the fact that I couldn't find all that I wanted, so I had to make it myself.  So there :D Hope that wasn't too long winded.

Welcome 1st_Tsurugi! I do like your style, and you can rest assured that, had I been at that art show, I'd have been fully supportive. ;)

Thank you very much.  I appreciate it, and the welcome.  As it happens, the insults really didn't bother me that much; to me, it made them look stupid. ;)

well, it seems that i didn t see that topic before...

why i draw huge muscular women...

probably for the same reasons as most of you, because i like it!
more seriously, in that way, i can express some fantasms , i can see what i ll never see in real life...

I love drawing muscular human bodies.  I love the way the muscles of the body flow and intersect and work together, I've never grown tired of drawing muscular figures.  By the same token, I enjoy drawing the female form, for pretty much the same reasons.  The lines and shapes and general flow of the female physique are very attractive, and I never tire of trying to draw it.  Thus, drawing muscular females is... the Peanut Butter Cups of artwork for me, two things that I enjoy, combined into an even more enjoyable form.

And for me, drawing has almost always been strictly a hobby done for enjoyment.  Back in the early 90s I had strongly considered trying to make it in the comics business (and my skill at the time makes that a very unlikely possibility, even though I did get published two or three times), but an opportunity in IT opened up at my workplace and it was too good to pass up (computers being another of my great loves).  So these days I make a comfortable living while still being able to draw only what I want and only when I want it.  So even if no one else wanted to see my drawings of muscular females, I can draw them all day long without a care. :)

We'd like to see your renditions of female muscles, I know that's for a fact!

How could I miss this topic?

There are so many interesting stories... :) Okay, most of them is quite boring. :)

And I haven't got an interesting one either. I draw them because they're sexy, and to keep my illusion alive that one day I can meet one of them...

PS: OH! A buttshot of Mimi! :) Nice:)

I draw muscular women, because i can do it!  ;D

Seriously, it's because i'm interested in woman bodybuilding since 20 years. I looooove their muscular bodies! And it's a part of phantasm or something.
Because muscles are incredibly sexy on women. I think what i feel is a mix between aesthetics considerations and sexual attraction.

And another reason, this is maybe i'm crazy  :P Most of the people i know would say that, they don't understand why i draw this sort of women.

   I think a lot of us fans draw muscular women because, as much as we adore them, real female bodybuilders can never quite achieve the perfection that we are looking for. Especially now with the IFBB determined to water down the female physiques as much as possible (and has that drawn more fans as they had hoped? Of course not. A far smarter strategy would have been to let the girls be BODYBUILDERS -- as muscular as they want to be -- and cater to we the hardcore fans rather than making pathetic overtures to the forever elusive "mainstream")
   But as an artist, you can really create that perfection (or at least come close, depending on your skill  -- the formidable size, magnificent proportions, exquisite feminity.
The artwork has gotten so good as of late that I spend more time checking out female muscle art on the web that real women themselves!