Note that the high-contrast "regular Emp mask" recurs throughout most of this page, save for the one "blushing mask" seen in the first image at upper left.
Several Empowered side projects appearing on my Patreon have mentioned that Emp knows full well that she needs to work out without her supersuit for maximum physical improvement, but finds it difficult to do so, given how much more difficult such workouts would be.
OTOH, my view of Emp's gradually shifting physique later on in the series is that, while she's put on weight in later volumes as she grows less burdened by body-image insecurities, she's also gained a fair bit of muscle from all the high-intensity action she's been participating in, even while supersuited. (I admit, the timeframe in which she gets heavier doesn't quite make sense due to the ever-shrinking amount of "real time" elapsing during the later books, but ehh, screw it.)
Today’s Patreon update: In an attempt to scratch out more worktime to
complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over
to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the
fixed content format I previously used. So, who knows what today's post
might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels
content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or
something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design
departments, or possibly something entirely new. Golly!
-Adam Warren