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HEELS HEELS HEELSby *Shattered-Earth

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This is not a tutorial! I am not a shoe maker! I do not design shoes for a living! DO NOT COPY THESE, I don't know what I am doing! If you have problems DRAWING heels, i HIGHLY recommend you look up photos! Most shoe stores online organize their shoes by heel height already, easy peasy boys and girls!
Here's a great example!

There are lots of things i didn't cover, like you must walk heel to toe or your shoes are no good. But if you must run for an emergency always run toe to toe unless you're in a low or sufficiently chunky heel. Better just avoid situations with running if you're in tall heels really.

This is just quick messy ugly chart of things I thought about in college regarding shoes. I kind of really got into heels then, because i realized that liking "girly" stuff didn't lessen my nerd cred (Yes, you can like girly things AND nerdy things, human brains are not limited to liking only one type of thing, DURRRR).

Anyway, i just gotta say lots of professional people design really dumb ass shoes for their characters. No doubt they have never worn heels in their life or they would stop that.

Stop it now.

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~stevep12 Apr 28, 2013

very nice work !!!

*Shattered-Earth Apr 28, 2013 Digital Artist

thanks!

~EtheralMoonlight Feb 23, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

LOVE!

*Shattered-Earth Feb 27, 2013 Digital Artist

ty :3

~EtheralMoonlight Feb 28, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

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*Shattered-Earth Dec 3, 2012 Digital Artist

first no problem xOx, you're welcome! And yes, the platformed heels here are very popular right now! they've been in the last few years, even if i personally do not like them XD. your aunt sounds hilarious though, i hope she doesn't hurt herself!
And those are fetish shoes, they're ballerina heels and are worn for things like photo shoots or fetish play, NOT in real life! Here is more info lol: [link]

I lol @ the idea of someone being invincible only in their feet though that's great XD, would make stuff make more sense too haha.

So for my opinion, if you're talking about true practicality, flat shoes will always be the best no matter how you spin it. The only time i've heard any heel being better is for people with slight leg/spine alignment issues and they need a little heel to offset it, but otherwise flats will always be better. Even 1-2" heels will hurt if you are on your feet for hours and hours, so it depends on how long they're wearing them i guess.

But aside from that, even if it's true that flats are better, i do often give a pass for 1 or 2" heels on super heroes or characters, especially characters that like fashion or like to look good. You can definitely still run in 1-2" heels, i think 2" might be pushing it for fighting, but it should be possible. The thing is most women can run in even 5" heels, they can run for the bus or run away from someone, but it will be in very short bursts, they would not be running after a bugler or competing in a race for example. The chance of snapping a heel would also rise the more you run.

I would just ask myself, how much does this character value looking good versus how much do they value fighting well? are they strong enough that it doesn't matter? Do my male characters have similar flaws? Do they ever like something so much they sacrifice utility for looks? And decide for yourself. It is a tough choice because i agree, that we are raised in a world where we see a heeled foot on women more than not so we get used to thinking that's the only pretty way to see a foot but maybe it's a time to break out from that? It's up to you, i wouldn't fault you for a 1-2" heel, it's better than most depictions..

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*Shattered-Earth Dec 6, 2012 Digital Artist

Well i am not a writing so i can't say what counts as a good enough flaw or not ([link] is probably more helpful), but your heel choice seems to make sense because you think about if they have to fight in them and such.