21 Mar 07:26
--btw, people are too liberal with the term ''sexism''.
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21 Mar 07:25
--even valve, with it's holy standards, has to sex up characters in left 4 dead, you guys remember that?
21 Mar 07:25
--yep, Just listen to interview - and how much stuff dont get approved and need to be remade to "suit the market"
21 Mar 07:24
--I guess it's not a problem that completely undermines their intellect then.
21 Mar 07:24
--Companies hire you for certain stuff, because that stuff sells, they are a business
21 Mar 07:22
--hey now, chain mail bikini's give much better protection that leather bikini's. Thats valid :P
21 Mar 07:22
--That's not what he said, what he was talking about is that idealized imagery sells, because it's atractive
21 Mar 07:21
--Not really, I'm just saying that people use games and art to escape every day life.
21 Mar 07:21
--hehe you're not the only one Finn. But we are, unfortunately, not the one ordering the art. So we have little say on the matter; we are payed to please the client. And the client want chainmail bikinis
21 Mar 07:20
--Why am I the only one here who wants to fight sexism and design stagnation?
21 Mar 07:18
--so? its called escapism, if you are fat and ugly, who wants to play a game as a fat and ugly guy?
21 Mar 07:17
--People whinge too much about sexism in the industry. Its not just our industry. The illustration and concept design industry didn't coin the term 'sex sells'
21 Mar 07:16
--Someone should make a muscly barbarian dynamic pose that shows ass and pecs
21 Mar 07:16
--You can excuse people for creating sexist icons and imagery on the grounds that the other gender is equally hamstrung.
21 Mar 07:15
--I wouldn't call it sexism really since this industry's bread and butter are shirtless muscular male barbarians
21 Mar 07:15
--They just happen to get paid for something, and they work hard enough on it to be a portfolio piece
21 Mar 07:14
--What I mean is that the artists don't necessarily do them because that's what they like to do
21 Mar 07:11
--I'd also say Theo Prins, but since he's started putting out "sketches" to massive acclaim I kind of despise him.
21 Mar 07:09
--I also wish that as artists we weren't expected to replicate the same facial features and design tropes to get work. We need to see more stories like Tom Scholes.