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@bikiniarmorbattledamage I thought this was from a game for a second. I’m so desensitized!
Honestly the first hint to me that this was couture and not a video game was the lack of unsupported balloon boobs. The second clue was that the costume seemed actually physically possible.
That and the metal undies aren’t a thong, because real models have real skin and hence need to fear chafing.
So despite how impractical haute couture is… it’s still ahead of video game armors. This is the world we live in.
– wincenworks
The Impossibility of Satirizing Game Art [NSFW!]
The Impossibility of Satirizing Game Art [NSFW!]
A really good piece by @wundergeek on the topic we brought up before: the difficulty of making satire look like satire, instead of just straight-up reproducing whatever it’s supposed to comment on.
Because the important thing to remember about satire is this: what makes something successful satire is how it is viewed by the audience, not what the author or creator’s intentions behind the creation were. When you create art, you don’t get to tell people how they will respond to it. They bring their own feelings and experiences to the table, and the best intentions in the world won’t make offensive art any less offensive.
Indeed, there’s a delicate balance between recreating parts of the thing you’re parodying and adding the edge of self-awareness which communicates that your aim is humor and criticism. And there’s no edge in just wink-wink, nudge-nudge sleazy “ironic” tone.
The key to good satire is a twist that distinguishes deliberate ridiculousness from clueless one. Otherwise, there is no difference between the two products and the audience won’t recognize the author’s intent.
Big thanks to nomotog for directing us at it.
~Ozzie
The Impossibility of Satirizing Game Art [NSFW!]
The Impossibility of Satirizing Game Art [NSFW!]
A really good piece by @wundergeek on the topic we brought up before: the difficulty of making satire look like satire, instead of just straight-up reproducing whatever it’s supposed to comment on.
Because the important thing to remember about satire is this: what makes something successful satire is how it is viewed by the audience, not what the author or creator’s intentions behind the creation were. When you create art, you don’t get to tell people how they will respond to it. They bring their own feelings and experiences to the table, and the best intentions in the world won’t make offensive art any less offensive.
Indeed, there’s a delicate balance between recreating parts of the thing you’re parodying and adding the edge of self-awareness which communicates that your aim is humor and criticism. And there’s no edge in just wink-wink, nudge-nudge sleazy “ironic” tone.
The key to good satire is a twist that distinguishes deliberate ridiculousness from clueless one. Otherwise, there is no difference between the two products and the audience won’t recognize the author’s intent.
Big thanks to nomotog for directing us at it.
~Ozzie
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
@sartoriainsulindica submitted:
An interesting look at how dubious costume choices/designs can significantly increase the level of danger that must be faced by real-life women (stunt performers, in this case) working to portray fictional characters.
An oft overlooked factor when people insist that this is all just make believe and so doesn’t really matter.
It goes without saying, of course, that if trying to do stunts in carefully controlled environments becomes more dangerous due to ridiculous costumes then those same outfits raise the dangers in a chaotic environment (such as a battlefield) exponentially.
– wincenworks
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
@sartoriainsulindica submitted:
An interesting look at how dubious costume choices/designs can significantly increase the level of danger that must be faced by real-life women (stunt performers, in this case) working to portray fictional characters.
An oft overlooked factor when people insist that this is all just make believe and so doesn’t really matter.
It goes without saying, of course, that if trying to do stunts in carefully controlled environments becomes more dangerous due to ridiculous costumes then those same outfits raise the dangers in a chaotic environment (such as a battlefield) exponentially.
– wincenworks