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dark_agenda2010-06-15 11:38 am
kickair8p) wrote in dark_agenda2010-06-15 11:38 am
But racebending the other way's good, right? Right?
(I've already posted this over in foc_u, but I thought it would be of interest here as well.)
DAZ 3D is a company that provides (relatively) inexpensive 3D software and the 3D content to use in it -- people use these to create various artworks, from 3D animations to rendering simple 2D stills (that's what I do -- check out http://kickair8p.deviantart.com/gallery/ if you're interested). Most of the content isn't made by DAZ itself, they act as a brokerage for independent content creators.
One of these is Tony Puryear. He's "half-black and half-Swedish-American", and if you check out his website ( http://www.tonypuryear.com/ ) you'll see he's got a graphic novel coming out that's all about PoC. He's not somebody I'd call a racist. Nor am I calling him that now -- I just think he's inadvertently doing something racist.
I could be overreacting. Maybe I'm seeing an issue that isn't there. But . . .
Tony's most recent products are an as-yet-incomplete set called "Road of Heroes" based on Norse Mythology. He put up a couple "upcoming" promo shots, including this one:
To which I posted a response: " . . . and Odin seems snazzy. But Loki . . . maybe it's a trick of the angle and lighting, but it looks like he has a broad nose, thick lips, and darker skin. I'd hate to think that the one member of this version of the Norse pantheon with features inexplicably indicating African ancestry was also the canonical bad guy."
Tony's response:
(The whole thing's here: http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=2390353#2390353 )
Am I wrong here? Is that not a black guy (with a little green added in) representing the canonical villain in an otherwise all-white cast? Whoops, almost all-white -- I initially forgot Nott ( http://www.daz3d.com/i/3d-models/0/nott-goddess-of?item=10817 ), an obscure Goddess of the Night. Isn't it a bit hinky that the Norse goddess with the apparent African ancestry is a goddess of literal darkness? She's not black, though, nope -- she's blue.
On the one hand I want to applaud Tony's efforts to include PoC in his take on one of the original all-white pantheons -- he's probably getting flack for that alone. On the other . . . the villain and the night goddess? Am I over-reacting, or is Tony not seeing the issue?
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DAZ 3D is a company that provides (relatively) inexpensive 3D software and the 3D content to use in it -- people use these to create various artworks, from 3D animations to rendering simple 2D stills (that's what I do -- check out http://kickair8p.deviantart.com/gallery/ if you're interested). Most of the content isn't made by DAZ itself, they act as a brokerage for independent content creators.
One of these is Tony Puryear. He's "half-black and half-Swedish-American", and if you check out his website ( http://www.tonypuryear.com/ ) you'll see he's got a graphic novel coming out that's all about PoC. He's not somebody I'd call a racist. Nor am I calling him that now -- I just think he's inadvertently doing something racist.
I could be overreacting. Maybe I'm seeing an issue that isn't there. But . . .
Tony's most recent products are an as-yet-incomplete set called "Road of Heroes" based on Norse Mythology. He put up a couple "upcoming" promo shots, including this one:
To which I posted a response: " . . . and Odin seems snazzy. But Loki . . . maybe it's a trick of the angle and lighting, but it looks like he has a broad nose, thick lips, and darker skin. I'd hate to think that the one member of this version of the Norse pantheon with features inexplicably indicating African ancestry was also the canonical bad guy."
Tony's response:
(The whole thing's here: http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=2390353#2390353 )
Am I wrong here? Is that not a black guy (with a little green added in) representing the canonical villain in an otherwise all-white cast? Whoops, almost all-white -- I initially forgot Nott ( http://www.daz3d.com/i/3d-models/0/nott-goddess-of?item=10817 ), an obscure Goddess of the Night. Isn't it a bit hinky that the Norse goddess with the apparent African ancestry is a goddess of literal darkness? She's not black, though, nope -- she's blue.
On the one hand I want to applaud Tony's efforts to include PoC in his take on one of the original all-white pantheons -- he's probably getting flack for that alone. On the other . . . the villain and the night goddess? Am I over-reacting, or is Tony not seeing the issue?
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