Serious Time #70 Overwatch and Butts

This article/ video talked about good pose design in the new game Overwatch, specifically the character in the game Tracer. This video talked about a controversy with a pose in Overwatch that some believed over sexualized  the character, but it was mostly changed and taken down due to it being deemed "out of character". The video then talks about the basics and principle of good pose design. He brings up that it should be readable by just the silhouette, that it should have a good line of action, and that you should be able to tell what the character is feeling. The video then takes you through a series of tests seeing and demonstrating what the best of the poses being shown are and why. The video then explains that the old pose for Tracer was just visually boring and didn't fit her character at all, but instead just there for eye candy. He then also brings up the point that the most sexualized character in the game, Widowmaker, hasn't seen any controversy yet. Why? Because her poses and physique fit her character. Widowmaker is seen as the character who uses her looks to take advantage of others, while Tracer on the other hand is this fun loving character always looking for a new adventure. This justifies and shows why this works for Widowmaker and not for Tracer. The last point brought up is the new pose for Tracer, compared to the other one it is way better. It is a lot more visually interesting, it gives off emotion, and over just fits with her character. Whether you agree with this or don't, you just can't deny the better pose design.

This video/ article was really good. I thought overall this was very interesting to learn about, especially when it has to do with Overwatch. But this did have a lot of great points brought up and was really great to see why some poses work and others don't. I especially like when the video plays the little game with the poses as it taught you the principles in a fun and easy way. I agree with the pose getting replaced, the old one just was so boring, butt or no butt is was still boring. Since this video focuses on a game that I really like I didn't really didn't dislike anything about the video. The video was also very straight forward and I have no questions regarding it. Overall very good and interesting article.