ikercito opened this issue on Feb 09, 2005 ยท 33 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Wed, 09 February 2005 at 5:51 PM
In my experience, the "reality factor" of a character is far more affected by the character's texture than it is by the character's features.
As for body types and such -- real people come in just about every configuration possible. Someone that weighs 450 lbs. is every bit as "real" as someone that's svelte and has movie-star looks. Thus, it's difficult to define what's "real" and what isn't in those terms.
I have problems with the oft-stated claim that certain Poser models don't represent "real" people -- just because they happen to be very attractive. Beautiful people actually do exist in the RW. I see them every day.
It's the old saw about not knowing how to define what makes a model look real -- but knowing what it is when I see it.