DISTRESSED DAMSELS: S'more EMPOWERED pose-ref sketch sets of yore!

Just scanned a few more Empowered rough sketch sets from roughly 10 years ago (or more, in one case) that I found in an old folder, probably drawn to generate poses for future comic stories... maybe.

At one point, apparently had a story in mind in which Emp wound up trussed with straps (or bad buys' belts?) in a fairly unusual "hands-in-front" configuration. Not sure why this particular pose-generation set wound up looking so oddly finished, though. A follow-up page is more typical of this literally but, I hope, not figuratively "sketchy" type of sketch set:

Looking at the figure proportions on Emp, I'd say these roughs are at least 10 years old, maybe a bit more.

By a similar analysis, though, the next sketch is much older:

Just noticed that Emp is not only maskless in this sketch, but also topless(!); lordy loo!

Judging by both the figure proportions and wonky-AF "Mysteriously Intermittent Post-Millennial Torso Glitch" clearly in effect on her figure, I'd estimate this sketch was from somewhere in 2005-07, back when the dreaded Torso Glitch was rampaging unchecked through my Empowered drawing.

Finally, we close things out with a marginally more recent-looking (circa 2014-17) collection of pose-ref sketches:

The top pose from the set above looks vaguely (but only vaguely) similar to something from a recent Empowered vol.12 page:

Tricky part about a "damsel on her side" pose like this is rotating—well, tilting, more accurately—the hips and upper torso to adjust for the surface she's lying on, which I pulled off a fair bit better in the Emp12 page. Yay?

NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: Not sure at the moment as to exactly what's coming up in the next M/W/F slot, TBH. Let's find out together, shall we?