Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Is postwork a dirty word?

ashley9803 opened this issue on Jun 11, 2007 · 93 posts


dogor posted Sat, 16 June 2007 at 1:57 AM

My individual taste. I like real and origanal things. I like to see things that are real as they are. Photos of popular people now are so doctored that the real person is erased and covered up(to me anyways). There was this popular female star that had a noticable gap between her two front teeth. Nowadays they might fix that with dental caps, but I thought it was for her sexy and gave her character. Like breast implants and other body alterations. It's plastic and artificial. "Cookie Cutter." Take fat stars for instance. Is it the their body or personality that makes them adorable or otherwise? Not naming  names but some stars have zit craters all over their face, but when they get put on the cover of a mag' their skin is smooth and soft looking(after postwork). It's also true some stars will only be photographed from say the right side because their profile looks better that way or in their films made to look taller than they really are. Old films revealed more natural flaws than todays, but we relate to them anyways because many of use may have these same flaws. By erasing them they make them appear perfect and we relate less and cannot reflect and think hey, if they can look that good with it maybe I don't look that bad either. Maybe it even enhances my looks like it does theirs, but today they often erase or repair these so we never see them. pity! It propagates the idea natural flaws are to be ashamed of. Are they flaws even? Does everyone have to fit the same mold?