Dylan Tan
04. Drop Dead Gorgeous
Illustration
2023
Adobe Photoshop
16" x 9" in.
A love-stricken lady reacts to her cliched reality through her embarassment of the way she looks during a blind date. Drop Dead Gorgeous delves into the poorly written character archetype of the femme fatale, and how depictions of dangerous and seductive women often fall flat in service of their over-sexualization.
“Are these how blinds dates are supposed to go? I can't see anything!”
Work by
Dylan Tan aka. Kweikun
Illustration
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