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morganagod — Chun Li Squats
Published: 2012-06-29 07:40:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 18591; Favourites: 676; Downloads: 812
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Commission forI feel like this one isn't as strong as my last piece in terms of execution, but I like the idea and I hope that makes up for its apparent failings.
I'm probably going to edit and improve this, but I'm too tired to think right now, so here's a copypasta of the idea behind this.
"If you go to TVtropes and look up Chun Li there is this section that talks about how Ono and the character designer (whose name escapes me at the moment) have a difference of opinion on what Chun Li should look like. The artist prefers thunderous thighs. Ono prefers the “slimmer” interpretation of Alpha.
My thought was what if she developed Thunderous thighs as a result of the events of Alpha. What if her Alpha outfit was a gym uniform of some kind or something (I’m sure it isn’t, but this is where my mind went.)
Anyway, one of the best ways to get thunderous thighs is squats so that’s why she’s doing squats. This is her transitioning from her body type on Alpha to her body type afterward."
Edit, adjusted the arms. I looked at references of people squatting, and most commonly I saw that the elbows trend towards being pulled inward and pushed back. [link] I'll admit, it looks weird to me, the prespective of it makes her arms look way short, but I'd rather go for accuracy.
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I follow your logic and it looks good. I'm in the thunder thighs camp myself, so goo stuff.
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With those thighs but her squat count and weight is high.lol
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nah can't really see her doing this with her arms, maybe her legs but not her arms
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She's trying not to show off by using fewer weights....LOL
But anyways, awesome job!
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Chunli has always been know for having some strong powerful legs so either way it goes as long as she is in a good physical shape she has always been a balanced character in fighting.
Nice artwork btw.
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i love the idea, the pose is nice too, You could work on facial expression, maybe add some blush 
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In the words of Spike Spiegel,
"I love a woman that can kick my ass."
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Gosh!.... O_o... and actually I believe she could do it...
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FYI on squats: The bar rests further down on the muscles between the shoulders and the neck.
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For low bar squats, sure. But she's clearly doing high bar, her face would be pointed down more on low.
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I want you to red line this picture and have her doing it properly please.
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Thank you. What I've been struggling with all day is the technical aspects of producing this correctly. So while I'm aware of the "form" of the exercise, I am not aware of the "form" of the drawing.
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No, the drawing is fine. What you've depicted here is a good high-bar squat. For low bar, which this guy is talking about, her whole torso/head would be angled further down.
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To be fair, you're commenting on this after I adjusted it. I'm an artist that will fight tooth and nail if I think a critique is wrong, but when it's right I'll try adjust it if I can.
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Totally understandable. Weightlifting form isn't exactly normal artistic figure drawing fodder.
I will note you the link to the image. Once you have it I'll take it down from photobucket to protect your privacy.
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Those are unrealistically small weights.
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I know. I'm sorry.
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As long as you know
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She's not bench pressing anything in this pic...
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Also lolnope, 4 plates ~180kg.
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I really don't understand Ono's logic in that regard...In Alpha, in game especially...Chun's legs were monsterous.
The only real time her legs were slim were in SF2, The EX games, and MVC3.
I would say 3rd Strike too, but even though they don't look as defined...They are still pretty meaty.
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First link broked, [link]
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Chun Li in Alpha was much more svelt. Yes, her legs were monstrous, but by comparison they were skinny. Here's a good couple of examples
Alpha: [link] (XvSF_Alpha).png and [link]
Yes, her thighs are monstrous buuut
Third Strike: [link] and [link]
But Third Strike Chun Li's thighs are basically leviathans
Check out this little article. [link]
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Wow this article captured how I looked at them too.
I'm baffled that for all this time I though SF4 had the end all be all Thighs.
I still prefer 3s' thighs though over them. They just look better.
But I have to say EX Chun-Li and MVC3 are my two favorite iterations of her iconic legs.
How about you?
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I prefer slimmer thighs on Chun as well. And by slim I mean strong and muscular, but not thunderous. There's no way she could maintain her quickness and agility and perform lightning kicks and spinning bird kicks if she was overly thick. Even a game world with hadokens and cyborgs need realistic boundaries, IMO.
Great pic, btw, and Chun's tight buns in the reflection are a nice detail.
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With those legs, she could squat with a car on her shoulders.
Great work ^^
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I often thought she'd use this attire to work out in.
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So she developed the giant thighs as a result of wanting stronger legs? I do recall she had some painful moments in Alpha, or at least she did in the anime movie >_<
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Yeah, in my head she kicks M.Bison in Alpha, he blocks it and is all "pshh, you call that a kick? You aren't even worth killing." She goes to the gym, works on her leg strength, and in Street Fighter 2 kicks him so hard that she breaks some of his bones.
That's my head canon at least.
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