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Some gems from http://www.howireally.com
I particularly like the second one notes that the world is ending outside and she hasn’t even finished gluing. Because really, a lot of the costumes we see would require a lot of carefully applied gluing, followed by very little moving, to stand a chance of staying on.
– wincenworks
Glass cannon definition taken from here.
Writing, preliminaries and backgrounds by @wincenworks
Linework and foreground colours by @icykitty, who is currently accepting commissions.
Following on from our discussion of visual design – it’s important to remember that there’s always a lot of options and usually you’ll want to explore what options work best for you initial concept and experiment from there.
If you can’t remember seeing any designs that translate well, look for new interpretations that emphasize the priorities you want to focus on.
Glass cannons, as an example, are really defined by how they compare to the “standard” units around them.
From there, it’s up to you to decide how you showcase their relative power and vulnerability. Generally speaking it’s pretty easy to tell when designers went with… other priorities.
And, of course, there’s always the option for non-sexual nudity that conveys savagery instead of availability.
– wincenworks
Tidy-Up Tuesday #15
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We are aware that many games which use questionable attire in their imagery have better armor in game, but we’re still not okay with that and we also know who’s generally to blame.
History (and even present day) has many quirks and examples of a lot of things, however when we talk about historical concepts we have to paint them with a broad brush in order to keep it concise enough to be useful.
Queries we got recently that were on BABD before:
- “Why do you hate the shape of breasts in plate armor so much?” – the most popular and comprehensive post explaining everything wrong with boobplates (and actually the second post BABD reblogged ever)
- Who’s the artist behind BABD’s avatar? (now added to the FAQ)
~Ozzie & – wincenworks
Tidy-Up Tuesday #15
When submitting a post and/or messaging us, please be considerate of the volume of our inbox and refrain from sending us multiple messages and/or submissions in a row. They are really hard to manage and scroll through.
If possible, put everything in a single post/message. That includes additional images (which should be inserted in the post’s text body).
Also, PLEASE do not forget to include sources to whatever you’re submitting/recommending for a BABD post.
We are aware that many games which use questionable attire in their imagery have better armor in game, but we’re still not okay with that and we also know who’s generally to blame.
History (and even present day) has many quirks and examples of a lot of things, however when we talk about historical concepts we have to paint them with a broad brush in order to keep it concise enough to be useful.
Queries we got recently that were on BABD before:
- “Why do you hate the shape of breasts in plate armor so much?” – the most popular and comprehensive post explaining everything wrong with boobplates (and actually the second post BABD reblogged ever)
- Who’s the artist behind BABD’s avatar? (now added to the FAQ)
~Ozzie & – wincenworks
(As well as engineering the video does touch on medical procedures, psychological experiments performed on animals and themes like kidnapping, murder and execution. Also some Nazi imagery and a very brief appearance of a homophobic slur.)
Round 4 sumitted:
Have you seen this? It’s an interesting lecture by Mike Hill about using functional, industrial principles and meaning in your designs to make a world more rich and believable. In the first part of the lecture, he talks about the difference between deeper satisfaction and pleasure buttons, with “The Last of Us” being an example of deeper layered design and “Candy Crush” being an example of instant pleasure button pushing. It’s funny how he stresses the importance to think about how things work and make them believable, since it also perfectly applies to bikini armor.
Bikini armor designs are nothing more than simple, instant pleasure designs. It’s a very simple, lazy form of gratification.To use his words, it’s short term, forgettable and contextless.
In contrast to that: believable, functional, deeper designs of female characters (and their armor) would bring much more depth to games and film and long term happiness and meaning.
I wonder how many bro-ncept artists are watching this lecture and think “yeah yeah I need to make that robot more believable” and then draw a girl in a bikini next to it though…
The video is quite long but definitely worth sitting through if you’re aspiring towards doing design of any sort.
A key point covered is that if you want people to get immersed and invested in your work then it needs to be internally consistent. You don’t need to be 100% realistic, but you need to consider the message behind design decisions and their relationship with your overall production.
For those who find the encoding section and talking about the chair, there’s further discussion of the same topic at Every Frame A Painting. But essentially the core message the same is: Everything that appears in a production can either re-enforce the message or detract from it at conscious and subconscious levels.
So, unless your story is primarily about sexy people doing sexy things, odds are good that design decisions to advertise sexual availability shouldn’t be a standard – particularly only for one gender while others are issued with practical attire.
Whether you consciously remember it or not doesn’t really effect the impact, it’s just really more about whether you were looking for it. You might not notice it, but your brain will.
– wincenworks
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)