In My Size

Fan art is a great medium. It (along with fan fiction) allows us to imagine a world — slightly or even radically — different from the ones that we’ve enjoyed already. It lets us play in a universe but tell our stories and express our realities. Thanks to the Geek Girls Assemble FB group, I was turned onto this gem of an artist, Edull Ardo.

Edull seems to love drawing fat women from imagination and from real life. His About information includes the tag line: Everyone in this world needs to see how beautiful plus size women are.

Amen to that. One of Edull’s previous collections is called POWER. Here are a few examples:

This is from Edull’s description of the collection:

This collection is called Power. The inspiration and the goal is to show (and encourage) the women's power. They are real women. And they don't gained superpowers by chemical accidents, laboratory experiments or came from another planet. They were born with their power naturally. The power that all women have. And I want to show this incredible diversity of races, styles and colors, each one has their own power and use it in their own way. I want to show that all women are powerful and make them reflect: "What is my power?" What's better on me? " So... SHOW YOUR POWER! :D

There are a total of 10 images in this collection and I seriously encourage you to check them all out.
What I love about Edull’s style is that these women are fat, sexy reimaginings of familiar superheroes. They are playful and in motion. They do not have time for your shit. And they will take you down if you cross them. I can’t tell you how much gender-bent, pinup style art I’ve seen where all the women have long, blond hair and ridiculously disproportionate breasts. Next time you’re at a convention, stop by Artist’s Alley. I promise you’ll find them. So, this is particularly refreshing to see.

I don’t know if any of this collection is for sale, but I would love to have a few of these for my very own.