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Post by Rob Lewis on Feb 27, 2013 8:44:43 GMT -5
Jen and I are wondering if we should keep the halo in this picture. This is the image for a "Story Card - Scandal", meaning that the person it is played on is being accused of something. In this case, not fairly splitting the loot with his/her party. We'd like to hear what you all think! Attachments:
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Post by greenmandave on Feb 27, 2013 9:40:12 GMT -5
I like it, but to play Devil's advocate, it comes off as a bit sexist. Consider the backlash received by the Avengers poster.
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Post by jasonw on Feb 27, 2013 10:12:13 GMT -5
Personally I like it. I think it makes what the rogue is doing a bit clearer. With the halo, I derive that the Rogue is proclaiming innocence to his friend the Cleric in a crime whereas the Mage sees that he actually did steal the cash and knows the truth of the matter. Without the halo, I suppose the same could be derided but it's not as obvious. A case could be made either way.
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Post by jocarra on Feb 27, 2013 11:24:37 GMT -5
In case people were wondering, the idea of the halo was to convey (as Jason pointed out) her feigning innocence, in lieu of being able to see any facial expressions. The coy body language was also supposed to convey this, along with a sort of mischievousness, although I can see how some people might find it a bit sexist.
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Post by Stephanie on Feb 27, 2013 12:48:42 GMT -5
I like the halo, it adds to the picture. I would say more but you and Jason already did :-)
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Post by Rob Lewis on Feb 27, 2013 12:57:48 GMT -5
I like it, but to play Devil's advocate, it comes off as a bit sexist. Consider the backlash received by the Avengers poster. There is a thin line between sexy and sexist that we have made an effort to be aware of. This image, presenting the Rogue as clever enough to outwit her companions, doesn't insinuate that her only positive attribute is her looks. I'd love to hear the opinions of more women (other than the artist, sorry Jen, lol). |
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Post by jocarra on Feb 27, 2013 13:05:09 GMT -5
*sniff* ;_;
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Post by abourdu1 on Feb 28, 2013 0:55:40 GMT -5
I too like the halo because to me it does convey a bit more of the innocence aspect, but I do think that maybe it should be angled differently. It looks like if you were to take the character and stand her up straight, the halo would be angled more to be parallel with her forehead and not so much the top/back of her head...if that makes sense. Perhaps repositioning the angle of the halo would help convey the meaning that you are trying to get across with it. I guess the easiest way for me to say this is, to me it looks like it's on her head backwards.
And about the "sexist" issue. I think I can see how there may be an issue with it in the sketch, but once it is colored in (depending on how it is colored), the issue might then become moot. A lot of how we interpret things can be changed with different colors, thicker/thinner lines, etc.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
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Post by jocarra on Feb 28, 2013 10:45:26 GMT -5
You're right, I'll probably draw the halo angled the other way if I think it looks right, but the idea behind making the halo slanted was to give it the same sort of "coy" attitude as her body language, rather than being a literally perfectly straight, parallel-to-the ground halo that someone ACTUALLY angelic might have  |
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