It could be as simple as "We have a cool concept, so choose a scan model from our database to start from, and modify it to match the concept"-- for all anyone knows. I don't see why attractiveness on its own would even be a consideration; the vibe is the thing. Unless it's just meant to be a sexy hot character, which as…
maybe after great research it was discovered that there are more gamers who want slightly more realistic looking characters that they can relate with rather than babes or something. who knows? could be anything. the people complaining that their favorite games 3d characters aren't hot enough are clearly enormous losers.…
I'm mostly curious about why they added those changes, maybe it builds into the story of the game. I disagreed with it because with the game character being based on the scan of an obviously attractive actor who doesn't have a chin cleft, it really stands out and not in the most positive way. Like I wonder what research…
I think beyond the rather sterile "she's ugly, not my StarWars lol" VS "she's just a regular woman you biggot" discourse there's definitely something to be said about what can happen when deviating from a realistic reference (regardless of it being photo ref or a scan). Human faces are *incredibly* subtle and delicate to…
I really am intrigued by Abby's design process and I'm looking into more articles and case studies from Naughty dog to understand their design decisions. They did release this documentary about the game, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC3C7GMMfDU So I'm going to watch it today and then reply more in depth, since the…