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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9652880" data-attributes="member: 58172">I am trying to understand an expressed difficulty with this Tiefling Bard.       <img src="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/1746399551741-png.404498/" alt="1746399551741.png" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> The artwork is technically high quality. Good composition, vibrant use of color, dramatic use of lines and perspective, and so on. For my tastes, it is realistic enough for me to appreciate.Obviously the portrait itself is appropriate for D&D fantasy, a Tiefling Bard with a medieval troubadour concept.Is the problem that the clothing can come across as androgynous?This kind of "dandy" or "metrosexual" or whatever one wants to call this kind of transgenderism exists in every culture, in every era, since the origins of the human species. There are many ancient examples of this.This androgyny often happens in dreamlike contexts, especially entertainment and descriptions of the sacred.(We know from modern examples of celebrities who enjoy these kinds of looks, that they are often successful with women. In every era there seem to be enough women who appreciate this fashion.)There is every good reason for the D&D fantasy genres to include portraits of these humans who are part of the diversity of humans who populate our fantasy worlds.</blockquote>