A complaint about imagery
Recently, I came upon a contest on
Drawcrowd, The Epic Character
Contest, that you were one of the
sponsors of. I noticed the title art for
this contest and I was disturbed –
as were all the female artists and
designers who I know.
I’m an advocate for women to be
represented in many ways, and have
no problem with nudity. But there’s a
big difference between one of your
recent covers, like your Figure Drawing
cover (issue 144), and the banner for
this contest. Here, she’s wearing a
bustier, a barely there bikini, and
thrusting out her chest, where her
nipples are hard. I don’t care that this
image was created, people can make
whatever kind of art they want. What
I do care is that this is representing a
contest which is supposed to be for
everyone. There’s no warning for
children about the content shown, and
it’s certainly sexist towards women.
I felt like contacting you and the
other sponsors to be sure you were
comfortable with how Drawcrowd is
representing you, and how it’s creating
sexual bias towards children and
women. I’d argue this is in poor taste
anywhere, but especially in an open
artistic forum that’s being sponsored by
the biggest names in digital art.
I’m bringing this to your attention,
not telling you what to do. You know
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Jakob Austin Burgos, via emailClaire replies Jakob, thank you for
your thoughts on the artwork used in
this contest. I know that you also spoke
with Corel and because of this
conversation it and Drawcrowd
changed the artwork to something
more suitable. I’m so glad that the
artwork was changed as the
competition has to be inclusive and
certainly not offend anyone. It was a
great success – see opposite for the
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I started collecting ImagineFX in July
2013 after spotting it in my local
supermarket. After a hit-and-miss affair
getting hold of copies I decided to
subscribe in November 2013 and get
the magazine delivered.
I do wish the magazine was a little
more protected than just a f limsy
plastic seal, though. I have a number of
copies of the magazine with broken
spines, which causes a tear in the pages.
Another request: would you be able
to run a series of workshops featuring
Corel’s PaintShop Pro X series? I’ve
been using PSP-X for years now, but
I never get the best out of it because of a
lack of tutorials.
Andy Coe, via emailClaire replies Andy, thanks for your
email. Sorry to hear about the
magazines getting ripped. Our
subscriptions team tell me that there
are no plans to put the magazines in
different packaging. Perhaps you could
speak with your local post office about
how it is being treated in transit? Also,
thank you for suggesting workshops on
PaintShop Pro. I wasn’t aware that our
readers used it, so I’d have to see if
there’s interest from other readers
before I put it in the magazine.This is the original
competition banner that
prompted Jakob to contact
us. The winners of the
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