i agree that its a good idea to give 3d artists/programmers the exposure they deserve, and i certainly appreciate the talent and effort that goes into the production of digital figure painting/sculpting. but i think its sad that it will probably only further the problems of female representation in the media already. i enjoy looking at beautiful women, physical or virtual, but seriously, i can't even turn on the tv or open a fashion magazine without a sudden panic attack that i will never be so fortunate looking and therefor my life will suck until i do or buy some product. every music video you see in american has the women vertically stretched in medium to long shots to make them appear thinner. its not just playboy where the airbrushing is so blatantly obvious, but this practice of digital manipulation/re-creation permeates american culture to a pretty extreme and subtle level. here's an example of it... i love computer graphics as much as anyone else on here, and i want it to get the appreciation as an art medium it deserves, but the results are kind of confusing sometimes, for a female.
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i agree that its a good idea to give 3d artists/programmers the exposure they deserve, and i certainly appreciate the talent and effort that goes into the production of digital figure painting/sculpting. but i think its sad that it will probably only further the problems of female representation in the media already. i enjoy looking at beautiful women, physical or virtual, but seriously, i can't even turn on the tv or open a fashion magazine without a sudden panic attack that i will never be so fortunate looking and therefor my life will suck until i do or buy some product. every music video you see in american has the women vertically stretched in medium to long shots to make them appear thinner.
its not just playboy where the airbrushing is so blatantly obvious, but this practice of digital manipulation/re-creation permeates american culture to a pretty extreme and subtle level.
here's an example of it...
i love computer graphics as much as anyone else on here, and i want it to get the appreciation as an art medium it deserves, but the results are kind of confusing sometimes, for a female.