EClark1894 opened this issue on Mar 14, 2014 ยท 241 posts
moriador posted Fri, 14 March 2014 at 6:45 PM
I blame Da Vinci and his "Vitruvian man" for popularizing the Romain ideal of a figure that is eight heads tall. Maybe Marvel et al are responsible for popularizing the heroic ideal that is closer to nine heads tall. But one thing is certain: statuesque proportions have been idealized for a very long time.
As for realism (say, actual photos), if it's for public consumption and you have the misfortune of working with a real human, you'll pick one that conforms as closely to the ideal as possible and/or use Photoshop to "stretch" the limbs.
Why shouldn't Poser users continue with this time-honored tradition? It's not as though the other "arts" have a history of celebrating the ordinary by being consistently true to "average" life. :D
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