It’s not that I mind seeing breasts everywhere; after all, I have two of my own that I quite like. But it’s disheartening that breasts are often considered more interesting than the people they’re attached to – as if we’re an afterthought compared to our body parts.
My latest at the Guardian US on how women are reclaiming their racks. #sorrynotsorry (via jessicavalenti)
Exactly my thoughts whenever I see just another design focused on cleavage window or boobplate, while serving no practical function or informing us nothing about who wears it.
~Ozzie
(via bikiniarmorbattledamage)
Bringing this back as the general reminder that there’s certainly nothing wrong with loving boobs, but definitely something wrong with placing them ahead of the people who have them.
Thinking female characters as people, rather than just sexualized bodies, should not be a rare and radical approach.
– wincenworks
It’s not that I mind seeing breasts everywhere; after all, I have two of my own that I quite like. But it’s disheartening that breasts are often considered more interesting than the people they’re attached to – as if we’re an afterthought compared to our body parts.
My latest at the Guardian US on how women are reclaiming their racks. #sorrynotsorry (via jessicavalenti)
Exactly my thoughts whenever I see just another design focused on cleavage window or boobplate, while serving no practical function or informing us nothing about who wears it.
~Ozzie
(via bikiniarmorbattledamage)
Bringing this back as the general reminder that there’s certainly nothing wrong with loving boobs, but definitely something wrong with placing them ahead of the people who have them.
Thinking female characters as people, rather than just sexualized bodies, should not be a rare and radical approach.
– wincenworks
Hello, dear friends. It certainly has been a while. I haven’t had a lot of time lately to be angry about costume things. But today, I found the time to get very mad about how terribly misunderstood boobs are, and how misrepresented the relationship between boobs and the people who have them is, especially by people who would design characters with boobs for video games.
So here is my attempt at explaining a few facets of the relationship between a person, their boobs, and clothes. Because like with any external, protruding organ (AHEM), barring some rare circumstances and exceptions (like red carpet events), you’d rather not spend the day constantly aware of its presence.
Okay here’s the revised version of the post about breasts and creating costumes that would be practical for a person with breasts doing rigorous video game actiony things. The OP changed some stuff to make clearer what they meant (there were some misconceptions, including that they were saying the breast shapes of the 3 images below were unrealistic when they were talking about the impracticality of the outfits for sustained physical activity) and I removed the old post on their request. 🙂
Reblogging again for anybody this might be useful for.
A little bit off-topic, but still relevant in many cases this blog discusses.
If we add ignorance of how boobs work to ignorance of how clothes made of metal work, the result very often is boobplate, very often with added ‘benefit’ of being unprobably skin-tight.
If this tutorial have been up earlier I would have linked it in my requested critique. What a handy guide!
Reblogging again for the revised version. Old post deleted already.
Speaking of ligerie, corsets and the way they interact with boobs and laws of physics, here’s a throwback relevant to the topic.
Sadly, all this basic info and reference seems to elude many artists, which often results in things like that:
[x]
To put it simply, @boobsdontworkthatway!
~Ozzie
Also related: @yanavaseva‘s guide to ridiculous boob armor tropes
Hello, dear friends. It certainly has been a while. I haven’t had a lot of time lately to be angry about costume things. But today, I found the time to get very mad about how terribly misunderstood boobs are, and how misrepresented the relationship between boobs and the people who have them is, especially by people who would design characters with boobs for video games.
So here is my attempt at explaining a few facets of the relationship between a person, their boobs, and clothes. Because like with any external, protruding organ (AHEM), barring some rare circumstances and exceptions (like red carpet events), you’d rather not spend the day constantly aware of its presence.
Okay here’s the revised version of the post about breasts and creating costumes that would be practical for a person with breasts doing rigorous video game actiony things. The OP changed some stuff to make clearer what they meant (there were some misconceptions, including that they were saying the breast shapes of the 3 images below were unrealistic when they were talking about the impracticality of the outfits for sustained physical activity) and I removed the old post on their request. 🙂
Reblogging again for anybody this might be useful for.
A little bit off-topic, but still relevant in many cases this blog discusses.
If we add ignorance of how boobs work to ignorance of how clothes made of metal work, the result very often is boobplate, very often with added ‘benefit’ of being unprobably skin-tight.
If this tutorial have been up earlier I would have linked it in my requested critique. What a handy guide!
Reblogging again for the revised version. Old post deleted already.
Speaking of ligerie, corsets and the way they interact with boobs and laws of physics, here’s a throwback relevant to the topic.
Sadly, all this basic info and reference seems to elude many artists, which often results in things like that:
[x]
To put it simply, @boobsdontworkthatway!
~Ozzie
Also related: @yanavaseva‘s guide to ridiculous boob armor tropes
So yeah… Heroes of Order and Chaos is kind of interesting in that it’s very adamant that it’s the first MOBA on smartphone… and yet seems to be the most generic MOBA thought up by copying other MOBAs ads:
So naturally the most important design aspects for the female characters are boobs, legs, boobs, sameface, boobs and um… hair.
– wincenworks
THAT’S NOT HOW YOU BREATHE
Big thanks to all the readers who sent this our way…
Wow, not only is that some bingo-worthy “armor”, her lungs also merged with her breasts!
@boobsdontworkthatway, did you see it?
Sadly, that’s not the first time we see an ad with inflatable fantasy lady boobs. They probably took a marketing queue from League of Angels… WHY?
Seems like Proficient City (self-proclaimed “forerunner in overseas (North American Market) video game distribution”) is so proud of their generic and awfully marketed games that they put their name on every logo possible. Well, that sure makes it easier for us to know what games to avoid.
~Ozzie
(Source: https://vine.co/)
