Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Oversexualised Characters

A few characters that are oversexualised that I could look at fixing;

Ivy (Soul Calibur) - outfit is not practical and uncomfortable, never mind the whole fanservice purpose. It should still be easy to move in and not give her so many uncovered/vulnerable areas.
Taki (Soul Calibur) - there is no way that she could fight like that; not only would her breast be very heavy, but without any support at all they would most likely be painful, and get in the way of her movements, which is very inconvenient for a ninja type character that relies on agility. It is extremely unprotective and bright, which makes her a huge target for enemies - not really something that characters in light or no armour go for.

Power Girl (DC Comics) - although she has been redesigned many times, so I would be less inclined to do this. Powergirl has similar powers to Superman, so she needs much less armour. Her outfit makes no sense, and the boob window is so unnecessary - again, that makes a huge target and the chest is really not the best place for a target. Considering her powers and how she fights, it would make a lot more sense for her arms to be the limbs that are uncovered, but that is not the case.



Snow White - not too sexualised as is but she is supposed to be an 8 year old,  with no romance involved so a redesign of her could be good. There is less that necessarily needs changing, like her age, although it could be interesting to look at other clothes from that time period etc.


I don't have to do a redesign though - I could look at these as 'what not to do', and create a couple of stronger, female characters that have depth and a less sexualised look. I think that I will do a bit more research before deciding on this though - I have a lot of option where character design is concerned.








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