I didn' t say I find them repulsive. Just unattractive in that they look like Barbie dolls. Do you admire the beauty of Barbie dolls? Is that artistry?
You say they' re " rendered to be attractive." Implying that real women aren' t as attractive as these digital characters? No way. Real women are far more attractive.
What is offensive to me is this: by creating these digital characters to represent one ideal of beauty, the implicit message is that real people are not living up to this ideal. But the reality of the situation is that the artists and designers aren' t living up to their potential as artists because they usually only represent what is essentially a false image.
I' ll say this, too, it' s not just about the way women are represented. The male character designs in Gears of War look equally like childish wish-fulfillment. Character designs can be bad-ass without being ridiculously deformed in this pseudo-realistic way.
I mean, at a certain point you have to step back and say that perhaps some of these images are a bit insulting to our intelligence. Hopefully that certain point is achieved sometime in your mid to late teenage years.
< Message edited by Zoy -- 11 Nov 06 21:04:40 >