Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Why do most asian characters NOT look asian?

Maxi_Rose opened this issue on Dec 20, 2005 ยท 66 posts


operaguy posted Tue, 20 December 2005 at 4:30 AM

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Asian eyes are NOT tilted. So, it is true that there are no people asking for plastic surgery to tilt their eyes. Unfortunately, however, there has been a trend in some parts of the world for those with Oriental eyes to remove the fold. This is tragic.

The curve of the Asian eye is different in three places, especially the upward curve of the bottom rim just before it meets the lacrimal.

Attached link, an animation, my early attempts to derive a Chinese female character in Poser.

Her name is Lin. That is her family name, a very prominent clan in China. Her familiar name is Xin Qian, which means 'happy and beautiful', making her full name in the normal Chinese order Lin Xin Qian. However, she lives in the West, and although she likes her full Chinese name, she asks everyone to call her Lin. Her lover calls her, affectionately, Xin-Xin, pronounced "tShin-tShin"

To create her look, I could not find a texture that looked correct to me. So I simply took an existing Occidental texture, studied the shape I wanted, and used my 2D editing program to alter the texture.

I believe the key to obtaining the correct Oriental eye is in the texture, not the morphs. The underlying model is P5NudeWoman with EJ morphs and much dial tweaking by yours truly. This effort is not "great" but is a 'working-towards.'

Anyway, I am not Asian, just a lover of Asian faces, and I welcome corrections to any of the above, and comments on the appearance of Lin.

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