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snalin:
I remember that someone once told me that I could get a job as a model. For female pants. Basically, I'm tall and really thin, and they usually combine the upper bodies of pretty women with nice shapes with the lower bodies of thin, tall guys. Since we don't have those fat hips and ass. Which is completely natural, btw.
That scared me a good bit. You'll notice that curvy women isn't the norm in adds. Which is sad, because curvy is just as awesome as thin and perky.
BrittanyMarie:
Jessica Alba's airbrushing.
Added hair, entirely different facial expression, extra clavicle definition, some added "muscle" thing on her shoulder?, perkified boobs, waist whittled (our left, her right), outfit wrinkles smoothed, muscle definition removed from leg, bony-ified knee.
See, this is what people mean when they say "unrealistic body". Jessica Alba is a gorgeous lady in both shots, but the second body truly doesn't exist anywhere in nature.
TLT Thomas:
--- Quote from: snalin on 28 Feb 2009, 14:06 ---I remember that someone once told me that I could get a job as a model. For female pants. Basically, I'm tall and really thin, and they usually combine the upper bodies of pretty women with nice shapes with the lower bodies of thin, tall guys. Since we don't have those fat hips and ass. Which is completely natural, btw.
That scared me a good bit. You'll notice that curvy women isn't the norm in adds. Which is sad, because curvy is just as awesome as thin and perky.
--- End quote ---
Agreed there. I prefer curvy myself. I'm so sick of anorexic stick-figure style being the norm these days. I read about how this actress or that singer lost all this weight and is now rail thin and I think "For God's sake, WHY???? You were SO hot when you had the curves on you!"
That's why I try to keep from drawing Cassie and Bethany as real skinny. In fact, I may do a strip on self-image stuff one of these days.
BrittanyMarie:
What about the girls who are naturally skinny? And why should it matter so much why you, a dude I assume, think a lady is hot? The point is that women who are not "sexy" are not worth our time, and every girl who is not "sexy" is a terrible person for not trying hard enough. Some girls are skinny, and some of them are awesome, and some girls are fat, and some of them are awesome too, and some girls are in the middle, and some of those ladies are awesome as well.
est:
--- Quote from: BrittanyMarie on 28 Feb 2009, 18:09 ---Jessica Alba's airbrushing.
Added hair, entirely different facial expression, extra clavicle definition, some added "muscle" thing on her shoulder?, perkified boobs, waist whittled (our left, her right), outfit wrinkles smoothed, muscle definition removed from leg, bony-ified knee.
--- End quote ---
They've used a different base image from the one supplied, but yeah, that is one of the ones I was talking about. That whole Campari set is like that. They take some really nice pictures of her, then change shit aroundto make her look totally plastic and fake. I mean, I can understand modifying the backgrounds to make them look more striking and impressive, but jesus christ, y'know, leave her body the fuck alone because it already looks great.
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