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Panel 1: Shen is sitting at his screen tablet, holding his tablet pen. He looks at you, smiling, and says “Wanna know one cool thing about being a comic artist?”
Panel 2: Shen is now standing upright, the tablet pen having become giant in his hand. How gestures outwards with his other hand and says “You can draw yourself however you want!”
Panel 3: Shen magically "ting"s his forehead with his tablet pen, changing himself into a Sol Badguy-esque buff dude with a belt and a ponytail. He says “For example, I can draw myself like THIS!”
Panel 4: Shen again magically "ting"s his forehead, changing himself into a girl with a sweatshirt-dress, gym shorts, and choker. He says “OR like THIS!”
Panel 5: Shen winks, does a peace sign, and sticks his tongue out, saying “Bet THIS makes you feel some funny new feelings about me, huh??”
Panel 6: Life now has to hold a raging and frothing-at-the-mouth Shen as he yells “Bet THIS would make it easier to get you to go to my PATREON!!!” and points at you, trying to fight you. Life is saying “Calm down, man!!”
Not gonna lie, still looking quite masculine (hairstyle perhaps?) Most trans women IRL end up passing better than this.
Edit: Nothing against people who aim for an androgynous or non-binary look or just want to crossdress, but if exploiting the supposed “femininity → Patreon popularity” correlation is the goal, he could have gone even further and still stay realistic. And of course, it’s a good idea to remind people of the great transformation powers IRL transition offers.
Do I need to remind you that how this character looks is fictional? The comic is playing with hypotheticals, so I have no ethical concerns about criticizing the style (like you’re allowed to say a movie costume does not represent a role as well as it could) even though I find it disgusting to look for “flaws” in an actual human’s sincere representation of their identity.