trepleen opened this issue on Jan 02, 2013 · 270 posts
CaptainMARC posted Thu, 03 January 2013 at 2:38 PM
Quote - I was talking about the skin textures. Some of the new SSS skin looks just amazingly real, so real that it gives characters that "uncanny valley" look that so many people are talking about these days. Morphs really depend what you're looking for from sexy vixens to adorable faeries to the girl next door. It's the newer textures and lighting that can make it look so real that it can creep some people out. I think that will change over the years because of video games, but right now it seems that outside of the Poser world, the general public is not a big fan of super realistic CGI people...
Ah well, you may well be right. But my target audience is not the general public. Furthermore I want my art to be provocative rather than comfortable.
The Uncanny Valley and beyond is my target. And I do animations. When realistic figures start moving, walking, talking... now that gets really spooky! Hahaha!
My point is, rather, that because the Uncanny Valley is undesirable for you, that does not mean that other artists shouldn't go there.