Warrior women
Powerful heroines Tanya Combrinck meets four artists who revel in creating strong female characters with depth and complexity
There is a strong focus in fantasy art on female beauty, but some artists thrive on the exploration of powerful, confrontational female characters whose attitude will be the first thing you notice.
, lead 2D character artist at Vela Games, says she naturally gravitates towards painting female warriors. “While I don’t think there’s anything wrong with painting beautiful women for the sake of it, this is a genre of art that doesn’t resonate strongly with me personally,” she explains. “As a woman, I don’t find women who are simply beautiful aspirational, and I struggle to relate to that type of character – I love seeing determined, fierce women, who can of course also be beautiful!”
