Quote Originally Posted by Scintilla View Post
But this is very much the point: you never will make everyone happy because everyone has a very different idea of what they want. Just the texture of the skin for example. Some like the new skin textures. Some say it's too plastic-like, fake looking, doll-like. Alternatively, some are saying the complete opposite, arguing that it's too textured for what they want. Whatever change they make, someone is going to be unhappy.

I would agree that, ideally, a preview of these changes should have been released much earlier than this, giving more time for adjustments as necessary. But perhaps there were behind-scene reasons that this wasn't the case. I very much doubt it was done out of malice or disregard for our characters and to suggest that this is actually the case is both irrational and disrespectful.
I see that the lower part of my character's face is done with great carelessness. I totally understand your arguments, but please also understand mine. I'll have to play this character, I'll have to look at her poorly made model. I will have to accept this and go through deep negative emotions. I try not to be overly dramatic, of course. But for me this is an important question. Yes, you can't make everyone happy. But they made me unhappy. I usually feel no gratitude towards those who make me unhappy, whether intentionally or negligently.
All I want now is for it to be fixed. If this gets fixed, I will certainly admit that I jumped to conclusions.

Quote Originally Posted by Loggos View Post
I'm an artist too and I do think these changes make the characters look different so I don't know how helpful these appeals to our perceived creative authority are.

A person that has spent lots of time with their own char can still understand their visual make up better due to extensive familiarity despite not necessarily being able to draw/paint/sculpt (and I don't even know if Airis isn't an artist themselves).

As a matter of fact, changing features like a mouth's shape can already lead to a very different appearance and characterisation. That's why you can change a person's holistically perceived appeal and appearance just by doing their lips differently with makeup (overlining them vs gradient for example). They might legit feel like different features as a result.

The change of my own char's lip shape alone has completely altered her whole vibe for me. She now looks like a doll even though the eyes and nose are relatively similar/the same. A small feature change can recontextualise the whole face and change our perception of the other features (or the "sum" of a face they create).

Thank you very much for your support! I'm not an artist, I'm a photographer in real life and a gpose enthusiast in the game.
I have also been interested in post-processing photographs for a long time and recently began to get involved in 3D modeling.
And I agree with every word you say.