Graviton opened this issue on Apr 25, 2003 ยท 66 posts
Kelderek posted Fri, 25 April 2003 at 7:33 AM
It's interesting that the issue of "fixation with certain themes in renders" always comes up when the theme in question is erotic. Even if people point out that they have no problem whatsoever with porn and erotica, they do tend to express opinions when such pictures turn up more often than they are comfortable with. Consider the following situation: I have noticed from time to time that a lot of car renders turn up in the 3D Max gallery. I have, however, never seen anyone comment on this and say "If I want to look at car pictures, I go to a car site"... Depicting erotica has always been controversial, and the fact that it is so often debated shows that there is still a lot of prejudice associated with this subject. Just look at the ridiculous "is erotica REALLY art" debates we have seen in the Art Theory Forum. So why does so many erotic images turn up in the galleries? Well, because sexuality is a very important part of our life and art tends to gravitate around themes that are important to us. In the Poser galleries, this theme becomes more explicit due to the nature of the application. (It's a hell lot harder to do erotica in 3D Max...) It's as simple as that.