Artist's commentary
Violet Lance
This is a gift for my good friend Agu-Fungus of his character Violet Lance
from his drawing "Gymnastics Violet":
Gymnastics Violet by Agu-Fungus
I really wanted to draw this character a lot so here she is, in her beautiful
high cut leotard! ^.^
Speaking of leotards, if you're a fan of rhythmic gymnastics or at least watch
it from time to time, you must have noticed how much the RG world changed
after the Olympic games held in Sydney in 2000. Journalists called it an
"upside down turn" because there was a fundamental change in Rhythmic
Gymnastics Rules, enforcing a completely new dress code. The fans said
goodbye to those embarassing leotards of the 90s and forgot it like a
horrible nightmare! From now on, according to the new dress code rules
gymnasts had to wear exclusively high cut leotards with fully revealed
buttocks. Finally, our best dreams came true!
The costume innovations were liked by everybody and almost all the
gymnasts wore new, more revealing leotards by the end of the season, at
the World Championship in Madrid. During the Championship, however,
gymnasts had to renew their leotards urgently as not all of them read the
rules carefully enough, for example, semi-transparent models and leotards
cut higher than the waistline weren't allowed. Later the gymnastics
committee allowed both transparency and super high cut leotards, as they
understood how much the variety of costumes attracts the audience.
So thank you, dear gymnastics committee for making the dreams of millions
gymnastics fans come true! Even I wasn't much of a big RG fan before these
innovations but the changes instantly made me fall in love with this beautiful
sport and surely made it more artistic and I'd say even poetic... I've also
heard rumors that they might allow rhythmic gymnasts to perform in bikini by
2020 and hopefully some full frontal nudity or at least topless performances
will be eventually allowed by 2030! ^.^
Anyhow... it's always great when the world changes for the better and not
the other way round! Imagine how awful the RG would be if instead of
enforcing high cut leotards they'd force all the gymnasts to wear (god forbid)
mini-skirts! Or something equally horrific. Sooo... phew! Glad that didn't
happen! So we can enjoy beautiful Violet dancing her dance today the way
it's always meant to be! <3
Violet Lance belongs to Agu-Fungus