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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8598958" data-attributes="member: 4534"><p>To start with, I think it's important that whatever illustrations you use makes sense within the context of the pages they're appearing in. You've got an illustration of a bunch of fairies dancing and two of them are nude. Will that illustration make sense to your reader in the context it's presented in? If the answer is yes, it's more likely to be tasteful in my opinion. (You know, unless those pages are just tasteless anyway.) In the past, I've railed against Avalanche Press' d20 splat books for their lurid cover illustrations featuring scantily clad women in questionable poses. It's not that I'm necessarily against such art, it's just that those illustrations didn't make a whole lot of sense in that context and it was the opposite of tastefully done. </p><p></p><p>It always helps to include a diversity of body types. In the top illustration, the red headed woman is somewhat Rubenesque, the man next to her has an athletic build, and the kneeling man looks a little bulkier. With the dancing fairies, you've got a nude incarnation of Bacchus dancing with a thin person of indeterminate gender (at least I can't tell). And of course the Brom illustration features a more traditional fantasy rendition of an attractive woman. And while I can't relate to that, I commute to work across the Arkansas river in a giant swan boat so I can relate to that illustration. But since your audience likely has a variety of body types that can help present a more inclusive image.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8598958, member: 4534"] To start with, I think it's important that whatever illustrations you use makes sense within the context of the pages they're appearing in. You've got an illustration of a bunch of fairies dancing and two of them are nude. Will that illustration make sense to your reader in the context it's presented in? If the answer is yes, it's more likely to be tasteful in my opinion. (You know, unless those pages are just tasteless anyway.) In the past, I've railed against Avalanche Press' d20 splat books for their lurid cover illustrations featuring scantily clad women in questionable poses. It's not that I'm necessarily against such art, it's just that those illustrations didn't make a whole lot of sense in that context and it was the opposite of tastefully done. It always helps to include a diversity of body types. In the top illustration, the red headed woman is somewhat Rubenesque, the man next to her has an athletic build, and the kneeling man looks a little bulkier. With the dancing fairies, you've got a nude incarnation of Bacchus dancing with a thin person of indeterminate gender (at least I can't tell). And of course the Brom illustration features a more traditional fantasy rendition of an attractive woman. And while I can't relate to that, I commute to work across the Arkansas river in a giant swan boat so I can relate to that illustration. But since your audience likely has a variety of body types that can help present a more inclusive image. [/QUOTE]
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