Laurenn McCubbin creates illustrations that aren’t simply two-dimensional renderings of pretty ladies in seductive poses. Her work forces the viewer to shy away from viewing the female form as simply an object of desire and to absorb the full impact of emotion wrenched from every line, color, and shape. McCubbin’s illustrations have graced the covers of books, magazines, and comic books. Her images have spread themselves across the pages of Michelle Tea’s Rent Girl and McCubbin’s own self-published work, XXXLive Nude Girls. But she doesn’t just stop with sirens. “You know, I don’t just draw sexy girls,” McCubbin says. “I am a little obsessed with underpasses, old neon signs. Drawing women is a moneymaker.”
