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What's creepy about them?

amelius 9y ago
I suppose the images look creepy because of the combination of young age with poses and looks that are not usually associated with girls of such young age.
- anon203597 9y ago
  Yes, let's apply cultural standards universally, surely this will make the world a better place. At least professional artists know how to avoid offending anyone's tastes. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Admiration_(1897).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Boug...
  - mrmondo 9y ago
    The painting you have used as a reference point of cultural standards is not a current style of art that is widely practised or recognised as ‘normal’.
  - amelius 9y ago
    Perhaps the painting you referenced was meant to evoke disgust, or feelings of guilty pleasure. Imho, both are not really appropriate on a project page especially if used excessively and without reason. At least the child in your painting looks naturally shy, given the situation. This in contrast to the cartoons, where the child seems to be taking the lead in seduction. Why ascribe feelings to children which they don't have?
- imaginenore 9y ago
  What's their age and what posses are not associated with that age?
- icebraining 9y ago
  What's absurd is determining the age in the first place. It's hard enough to do it reliably by looking at photos of Japanese Idols, let alone of heavily stylized characters.
- mrmondo 9y ago
  Indeed, they seem somewhat hypersexualised for their suggested age or at least hypersensualised to some extent. Furthermore, and this is purely my opinion of course - they seem a bit... tacky(?) and I must admit if I had opened this link at work I would have been a bit embarrassed if someone cartoons of young girls like this on my display. Perhaps at least a more diverse range of sketches would be both more relatable and useful to demonstrate the project. Regardless, I’m not sure what rules of HN I broke to deserve -5 votes for voicing my reaction to a projects landing page.
  - imaginenore 9y ago
    How do you guys determine their age or even gender? These are fictional characters, they can be 500 years old and have 3 penises.
    - mrmondo 9y ago
      One of the first images has a girl in what appears to be a school uniform...
      - imaginenore 9y ago
        And that tells you what exactly? How do you know it's not a trans guy? You see, you can't tell the age, you can't tell the gender, because they are not real.

I suppose the images look creepy because of the combination of young age with poses and looks that are not usually associated with girls of such young age.

anon203597 9y ago
Yes, let's apply cultural standards universally, surely this will make the world a better place. At least professional artists know how to avoid offending anyone's tastes. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Admiration_(1897).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Boug...
- mrmondo 9y ago
  The painting you have used as a reference point of cultural standards is not a current style of art that is widely practised or recognised as ‘normal’.
- amelius 9y ago
  Perhaps the painting you referenced was meant to evoke disgust, or feelings of guilty pleasure. Imho, both are not really appropriate on a project page especially if used excessively and without reason. At least the child in your painting looks naturally shy, given the situation. This in contrast to the cartoons, where the child seems to be taking the lead in seduction. Why ascribe feelings to children which they don't have?
imaginenore 9y ago
What's their age and what posses are not associated with that age?
icebraining 9y ago
What's absurd is determining the age in the first place. It's hard enough to do it reliably by looking at photos of Japanese Idols, let alone of heavily stylized characters.
mrmondo 9y ago
Indeed, they seem somewhat hypersexualised for their suggested age or at least hypersensualised to some extent. Furthermore, and this is purely my opinion of course - they seem a bit... tacky(?) and I must admit if I had opened this link at work I would have been a bit embarrassed if someone cartoons of young girls like this on my display. Perhaps at least a more diverse range of sketches would be both more relatable and useful to demonstrate the project. Regardless, I’m not sure what rules of HN I broke to deserve -5 votes for voicing my reaction to a projects landing page.
- imaginenore 9y ago
  How do you guys determine their age or even gender? These are fictional characters, they can be 500 years old and have 3 penises.
  - mrmondo 9y ago
    One of the first images has a girl in what appears to be a school uniform...
    - imaginenore 9y ago
      And that tells you what exactly? How do you know it's not a trans guy? You see, you can't tell the age, you can't tell the gender, because they are not real.