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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.

How did I just know you'd jump on the bloody Dragon Age top surgery scars? Come on, man. You're telling me magic and elves and dragons and dwarves in techno armour with guns is all good, but the idea that someone might've invented top surgery is too much? And that's a horrible suggestion.....Essentially what you just suggested is "cis people get to look like themselves for free, trans people have to pay for it as DLC". Does that honestly seem right to you?

Not to mention, it's trivially easy to explain away. Like, it's part of a spell that gets rid of the breast tissue, and involves making an incision as part of the enchantment, or they were just removed surgically and healed with magic, leaving a scar. The blood mage in DA2 literally runs themselves through with their staff every single fight to draw blood to fuel their spells, and is then running around afterwards with no problems. If that's fine, I'm pretty sure a tiny cosmetic element is fine.

You can say it's superficial, but it's not. It's very meaningful to trans people. So are options for pronouns. I don't really want to hear cis people cissplain about how it's "pandering". You know what pandering actually looks like? Go and load any video game made before, hmm, 2015 if I'm generous and look at the women. Off the top of my head, go open Arkham City, play as Catwoman, and try crawling around. Then do the same as Batman and tell me if you think the way they're animated looks and feels the same. I can wait. And yes, I realise I'm getting a bit arsey here, but that shit hits close to home when you're trans and the mere suggestion that we exist is called "pandering" and mocked.

As for Kay....You're just overthinking the entire thing. It isn't generally - and shouldn't be - the case that you have to consider "Gamers might get upset because this doesn't make their dicks hard" when designing and modeling characters the same you think "It might be worth taking an umbrella" when you see the sky is filled with dark clouds. It wasn't inevitable at all that her face would cause backlash. It's something those people chose to do. And honestly, it's not a coincidence, is it? Gamergate 1.0 was about mobilising angry men to get Trump elected. It's not a bit shock that they've been trying to get 2.0 off the ground with myriad culture war shite when he's running for president again.

Saying it's some Disney mandate is just a ridiculous conspiracy theory. That's wild. You're like two steps removed from just saying "'They' want to take the things you love away and replace it with WOKE."

Nobody could be this dense. There's no way you just so happen to repeat all those alt-right gamergate dudebro talking points all the time, exactly at the same time as Asmongold and his fellow losers are going on about them. You try to make it sound respectable and like something to "debate" but the points you're making are ultimately just exclusionary, conspiratorial, and deeply laced with the idea that anything that isn't cishet, anything that isn't pandering to male gaze or typical beauty standards, is something that has to justify itself and doesn't deserve the same standing as cisheteronormative, male gaze based works. What are you trying to accomplish here? You're either speaking in bad faith the entire time trying to push gamegater shit or you're on the autistic spectrum, and I don't mean that as an insult; it's just the only way I can see you having this much fixation without having ill intent.

Rima

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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.

A lot of people speculating on Concords faliure being about how the game looks, but maybe there's just too many games. At the same time Concord came out Spectre Divided and Deadlock open beta started (both free). These multiplayer games are also starting to look a lot similar gameplaywise, maybe paid reskined Overwatchs and Counter Strike is not what gamers are looking for

Udjani

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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.

I've watched asmongold ever since he was bitching about WoW during Warlords of Draenor. He isn't alt-right, he's just an asshole, in his own words. One can argue that alt-right people are assholes, but one can also simply exist as a stand-alone asshole. He's a vulture who feasts during famine, it's horrific, just like his room

zetheros

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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | July - August (91)

I've completed the cathedral project and uploaded it to ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/a0GKqq. if you have any feedback let me know!

Ewan

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Re: What Are You Working On? (3D) 2024

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My latest prop piece. Found a picture of this unique looking instrument and had to take a crack at it.
Full project can be found on my ArtStation
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3E9wLo

StykaSmith

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Looking for a 3D Artist to Recreate Phosphophyllite (Houseki no Kuni) [CLOSED]

I’m currently searching for a skilled 3D modeler who can help me recreate a figure of Phosphophyllite from Houseki no Kuni for personal use. This specific figure was originally released exclusively in Japan and has since become extremely rare and hard to find.

While I’ve managed to find some reference images and even a few screenshots of 3D scans, the actual model remains elusive. That’s why I’m hoping to commission someone with the experience and talent to bring this beautiful character to life in a detailed 3D model.

Details:

Character: Phosphophyllite from Houseki no Kuni
Purpose: Personal use (3D printing)
References: I have several more images, including screenshots of 3D scans of the figure and close ups
Requirements: I’m looking for high-quality modeling and accuracy to the original figure’s design

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, please feel free to reach out! I’d love to discuss the project further, including sharing the reference materials and getting your insights on the best way to approach it.

Looking forward to hearing from you and excited to see what we can create together!

Best regards,
Alpaca

Alpaca

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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | September - October (92)

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baked and ready for the rest of texture painting

stahlwart

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Re: Ironmonger

Ladder texture now looks a bit too blurry, compared to the edges of the rung-ends.

I'm not a fan of pure-black shadows, it would be nice to see some bounce lighting in those areas, especially behind the chandelier, under the green counter, behind the ladder.

I also feel like the piece is missing a focal point. Composition-wise, my eye keeps coming back to the tallest stack in the center, but there's not a lot there to hold attention. So the composition is a bit aimless. Might help to study composition some? http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Concept_Fundamentals#Composition

Eric Chadwick

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Re: ⚒ Spectre Divide - Commons Environment Art ⚒

Eric Chadwick said:

Love it! Can you talk a bit about your materials process? What were some of the biggest obstacles or challenges you had making all this?

Hey, Thanks for the reply. Alot of the Material work was done by Andy Kreutzer and Jeff Horal, My leads. Our goal with the Materials were to get it to look like an anime background. We made use of vertex painting for rust, wash color and paint stripping. The main look of the materials were driven by lerping basic color constants with various brushstroke masks which were World Aligned. All the materials/ textures were created to maximize re-use since this is a tac shooter and Optimization is very important to achieve high frame rates.

markcarier25

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Re: ⚒ Spectre Divide - Commons Environment Art ⚒

nice work, i love the vehicles or whatever they may be, superb.

iam717

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