[Dazzlinkat]

Nice slip of her bikini top, no wonder it sent HE's mind afire !!

Methinks, Rad, you just want to see how wildly you can make HE's inner chaos swirl

[KatG]

I think the basic response to this one would be: ick. Except for the chair, the chair is cool. Why is one breast pointing doward and the other one pointing up?

[Hereford Eye]

Because she has mixed emotions about the guy she's looking at.

[Radthorne]

Kat's basic response to nearly all of my Anime-derived pix is "ick" (as well as to any picture featuring a gratuitously large moon). But I know that before I even post 'em... :D

However, the figure's chest is not, of course, actually going in two directions. This must be another artifact of the viewpoint and the lighting. It underscores an interesting side effect of doing 3D-based art, in that the artist, having seen the model from multiple angles, "knows" what the whole thing looks like. So once the final scene is done, the brain fills in any perceptual gaps. But for viewers who only see the final 2D image, that knowledge isn't there; all they have is the picture to go by. HE's confusion over the roofs in the Asian scene where two ladies are fighting comes to mind: in that picture there were two structures, a gate in the foreground with it's own roof, and a roofed pavilion in the background. The angle of the finished scene made the overlap confusing to someone who had not seen the separate structures from a variety of viewpoints while constructing the scene. That's one good reason for posting things here, so that you guys can point those things out to me.

As for Anime girl above, ordinarily I would adjust the pose so that the anatomy issue was cleared up. In this case, though, it's tough to do that without screwing up the pose. So I will probably go in with Photoshop and "fill in" the portion of the top that is showing skin; I think that will solve that issue.

As for the rest of it that Kat finds "ick," well... Let's just say, Dazzlinkat, that I think you're right, it's going to appeal more to HE regardless of any fixes applied... (Loved the rocking chair allusion, HE, by the way, LOL!)

[Radthorne]

Ok, I fixed up Anime girl up above and replaced the original image. Amazing what you can do in Photoshop... :)

[Hereford Eye]

You people who think about serious topics, ignore this post:
In the age of straight razors, do you suppose young ladies opted for the hot wax treatment or tweezers? I can imagine a lovelorn lass beautifying herself with tweezers, chanting: "he loves me...nhhh!; he loves me not...nnnnhh!"
Imagine her horror to discover on the last tweak he loves her not.

[KatG]

My not liking the anime ones so much is usually due to the faces, which are stiff and doll-like, (I'm one of those people who find small talking dolls in horror movies much more scary than big monsters.)

In this case, though, it was not the face of the model, nor her hair blowing in the magical wind, as HE noted, but her body, which was grotesque and contorted in strange ways. I do not find malnourished, bone-deformed, twisted breast bodies particularly attractive, even if you make them nearly naked and give them a sword.

Kevin has now fixed her breasts, thank goodness. Now, how about giving her a torso that's wider than her arm? :)

[Dazzlinkat]

But, KatG, she is just fine as is ... after all, Olive Oil girls need to feel appreciated, too.

[Radthorne]

You see, different strokes for different folks, and all that... But at least Kat did like the chair. ;)

Well, it being a three day weekend in this neck of the woods, I'm not where my primary computer is. And this computer I'm on now is lacking in A) horsepower and B) requisite software for me to create some new art. It does have Bryce on it (the software I used to create my book covers), but I don't have any models here (and I'm on a dial up connection, so downloading some isn't very practical...) I did create a little piece of funky art in Bryce to post, just to keep things moving, but I can't seem to get the FTP software to cooperate to upload it. So.... Let's just chat for a bit, shall we? I promise some more stuff as soon as I get back to the barn.

As a topic question... What do you like to see in fantasy art (we know that gothic doll faces are right out, but aside from that...)? Are you partial to action scenes? Creatures? Fairies? Castles? Contemplative? Melancholy? Narrative scenes? Abstract? What attracts your interest when looking at a picture?

[Hereford Eye]

The story.
Every piece of art has at least a 1,000 words, right? The best art lets you in on what's going on - The Garden of Earthly Delights - or it sets you to wondering what's going on - Whistler's Mother or Mona Lisa or Girl With a Pearl Earing. or The Scream.
You could do the valley of refuge in BrianC's Rose/Thorn and it would be cool scenery but if you placed Eleanor hiding from Feah, then you have a story. If you haven't read Rose/Thorn, shame on you!
If you did the approach to Sabakushi or the grand ball room therein and omitted the characters, there would be a story waiting. Of course, you've already done that story. But give me the images and I'd see a different story, as would KatG and the Dazzler.
I don't know what I like till I see it.