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do you have any pet peeves in art?

totallyamanda

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this is not a thread to bully or discredit an artist's time or talent, (。•́︿•̀。)
but is there any art pet peeves that seem to break your immersion because it's all you can focus on or something that deters you from playing?
i was looking through a collection on itch and one of the games stood out to me because of one of my odd pet peeves and wondered if anyone else felt the same. (,,•᷄‎ࡇ•᷅ ,,)


i have a few...this one is what inspired this thread and probably makes me sound like a crazy person but BIG ears.
they will be all that i focus on while trying to play. one's that stick out horizontally too far or ones that are too large for the model's head in correlation to size. it would be different if it was one character out of the cast like it's one of their defining features, but when it's the whole cast? i can't hold on, jack... (an example would be under the moon...the mc is also egregious with her size of eyes too, but i can over look those in comparison to the ears) ૮(◞ ‸ ◟ )ა
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they just..they don't look like they're in the right position on the head.

another one is poc coloring (or design itself) being widely inaccurate to the point of caricature. please, there are copious models and guides to reference to prevent hurtful imagery and completely disregarding features and multitude of dynamic skintones. (。•̀ ⤙ •́ 。ꐦ) !!!

and ai being another obvious issue. ai art is never consistent, obvious errors, lacks human 'soul' and is detrimental to artists' livelihood. i believe you can't replace what a human painstakingly designs with intent and focus to what someone types out to generate and expect the same invoking of feelings or movement. ദ്ദി (ᵔᗜᵔ)


this meme for eyes:
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ai is a given! its not even art, just a bunch of ugly generations which arent worth anything. but also

LACK OF NIPPLES ON MALES' NAKED SPRITES. why would you censor something so small anyway?? its not like male chest is sexualized! and when its just a smooth chunk of skin with nothing on it, its unnerving to me LOL
 
ai is a given! its not even art, just a bunch of ugly generations which arent worth anything. but also

LACK OF NIPPLES ON MALES' NAKED SPRITES. why would you censor something so small anyway?? its not like male chest is sexualized! and when its just a smooth chunk of skin with nothing on it, its unnerving to me LOL
free the nipples!! they long to be seen!! (only digitally, thank you) ψ( ` ∇ ´ )ψ
i've felt that way about when they do it to belly buttons. it's so uncanny, but for men, their chest is shown throughout all media so it is odd for some art to flat out REFUSE to draw a male's nipples and yet the areola on a woman is emphasized in droves. (๑•̀д•́๑)
 
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Yeah. One of the things that bothers me the most is when all the male characters have practically the same face, with only their hairstyle or hair color changing. I also agree that exaggeratedly large eyes can look unnatural at times—it actually kind of creeps me out, haha. Plus, I'm not really a fan of AI-generated art in games. I prefer illustrations created by actual artists, as I feel they convey so much more personality and emotion. (⁠๑⁠•⁠﹏⁠•⁠)
 
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Yeah. One of the things that bothers me the most is when all the male characters have practically the same face, with only their hairstyle or hair color changing. I also agree that exaggeratedly large eyes can look unnatural at times—it actually kind of creeps me out, haha. Plus, I'm not really a fan of AI-generated art in games. I prefer illustrations created by actual artists, as I feel they convey so much more personality and emotion. (⁠๑⁠•⁠﹏⁠•⁠)
that's why i kinda quit playing most voltage games, they were so much of the same face and tropes with just a new story only recolored. like, very, very repetitive to me and speaking of, there's a real lack of emotion on their faces too. ( • ᴖ • 。)
 
Uncanny proportions, cuz why does the Amnesia cast have legs for days??? And why does Nicolas front facing sprite look like Sid the sloth??
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Yup AI allegations just throw me off. I don't think I would have purchased Red Bells Lament if I hadn't preordered it :( I'm also not one for big eyes taking up the whole face
 
oh i remembered another one!
this is probably less otome related, and its extremely silly, but i dont like it when a vn has a protagonist whos present on cgs, yet on these same cgs, the hero/ine is looking into the camera instead of, you know, the protagonist. like sure i understand fiction and most protagonists are just there for the selfinsert (especially in galge) and all that, but it just looks like these characters suddenly gained consciousness and are breaking the 4th wall.. for whatever reason..
im okay with you two being intimate with each other, dont mind me and stare lovingly into each others eyes instead of mine! okey?