I was considering entering this challenge as my introduction to this community. I'm a complete beginner when it comes to game character creation (some limited experience on a couple of mods) but I've noticed from browsing these forums that this community is far more easy going and helpful than most online communities. Helps to alay my fears :)
I had a question before I posted my concept (noting my inability to draw a line, let alone a character) - greek mythology is a topic I have always been interested in, and in researching some ideas I was considering ways in which to make my model somewhat 'unique'.
As you may or may not know, the greeks often waged war in the buff - the idea being that armor was more of a hinderance. The ornate helms and whatnot were usually reserved for officers and parades.
SO, my question is, how would people feel about a nude male character? The gaming community is (arguably, or perhaps not so) predominantly male. I'm sure there'd be no problem with a naked (or semi naked) female character. Just browse CGtalk or another CG community and every second image is a scantily clad amazonian warrior woman fighting some hugely phallic beast in clothing that would be better at home in a handkerchief stand, near falling off. There's no problem with that, of course :)
But how would people feel about having to play a character with a wang? Would it put you off the game to have nude males running about the place?
Anyway, the concept I have in mind interests me on an artistic level, and on a slightly controversial level.
Just asking :)
I don't see there being any real problem with having a naked male character, but how that will fit into the theme of the comp might be another question altogether.
I'm sure if you can find a way to give your character a Greek mythological vibe by having him naked, then by all means... Go for it!
Good luck though.
-caseyjones
Ah sorry he won't be entirely naked - he'll have some accessories and some greek-inspired armor/weaponry - just that the majority of his torso to his knees will be naked. There's a concept I have in mind that means this won't all be bare skin, but I'll need to post a pic when I get home if I can manage to draw anything that closely resembles my idea :P
Caseyjones: Since the Greeks had a thing for walking around nude I can't see how it wouldn't fit the theme of the brief. :)
Faultymoose:
As long as he has some way of portraying he is a god of war then who the hell cares if he's in the buff.
The industry may be biased towards blokes but that doesn't mean they are all league loving, wife bashing thugs with a closet fear that they might actually like it a bit too much in a scrum. lol.
And who knows it might entice some of the ladies to join our little boys club, god knows the games industry is a bloody sausage fest at the best of times and I for one am over it!! :P
Its interesting actually as I was talking to our fellow Sumean HazarD about this very thing, if I do get the time (lol) my entry was to be an almost nude dude as well.
...Not that theres anything wrong with that.. :P
Id love it !!!!
but then i'm one of those things you scarcely hear about. >.> the female things