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I'm not sure I can comment. I haven't seen Medusa.

[quote="Eisbreaker"]The snakes in the Medusa's hair have this look about them like they are trying to escape after a particularly awful night of debauchery.
Esp. the one in the top right, he's all like "Oh gawd why did I do that?!".[/quote]
Pretty much the worst rendering of Medusa I've ever seen. And that's even ignoring from the neck down.

Bitches love it when you draw them naked with giant breasts. It gives them something to strive for in life.

Also when you call them bitches. That's how they know you care.

The snakes in the Medusa's hair have this look about them like they are trying to escape after a particularly awful night of debauchery.
Esp. the one in the top right, he's all like "Oh gawd why did I do that?!".

*sniff*
Not sad, just snorting cocaine. *Rubs nose* *snorts*

I am sad that money maker man hasn't come back to address our queries. It's like he didn't really want to talk to any of us.

And no dots are involved in the logo.
I call derp.

Oh man, that Medusa one. I think my eyes are having nightmares right now.

Also, I like how he assumes that any kind of game developing is going to automatically involve drawing scantily clad ladies all day. At least acknowledge that the straight lady and gay man gamers might want some eye candy too, guy!

Edit: Oh, and I see that their logo:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/4bvEy.jpg[/img]

Is basically the dropbox logo:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/QKpN6.png[/img]

redrawn with an arrow on top.

[quote="Edminster"]Judging by his art, Etienne Vanier of Nine Dots Studios, the producers of Brand (a terrible game) does not see women [s]as actual people but rather things to be conquered or ruled over.[/s]
[/quote]
Ohohoho.

Fun fact: Etienne is the French version of the name Steven.

I mention that because ETIENNNNNE [img]http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/HMS_Prancytime/emot-le-argh.gif[/img]!

[quote="Kaharz"]I see women as people to be conquered and ruled over, but not because they are women. Only because they are people.*

[size=50]*I have no actual interest in world domination, seems like way too much work. Annihilation on the other hand...[/size][/quote]
I think you can legit buy enough bombs from the former USSR to destroy the earth. Probably cost, like, 50 USD.

I see women as people to be conquered and ruled over, but not because they are women. Only because they are people.*

[size=50]*I have no actual interest in world domination, seems like way too much work. Annihilation on the other hand...[/size]

[quote="Snarky00"]I imagine that they were able to raise money because they were mentioned on [url=http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/working-conditions]extra credits[/url].[/quote]
Ah, so it was morons instead of his parents who gave them absurd sums of money.

[quote="Snarky00"]Also I would guess if you look back far enough in many heterosexual male artists portfolios you will find overly sexualized drawings of women. It has to be how many of them get started.[/quote]
The three pieces were from '07, '08, and '10. It's not 'far back' it is literally last year. Go take a look through his account again and you'll see that he literally cannot draw female characters without sexualizing them. Further, the majority of his female characters are either monsters or otherwise 'dangerous', the sole exception being the purple glasses one that is sat in a position that sends a message of weakness and vulnerability. Judging by his art, Etienne Vanier of Nine Dots Studios, the producers of Brand (a terrible game) does not see women as actual people but rather things to be conquered or ruled over.

[b]Random Mutant Girl[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/3ixLI.jpg[/img]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]Awww yeah[/quote]

[b]Sexy Assassin Chick... OF PAIN[/b]
[url=http://imgur.com/1hMMC][img]http://i.imgur.com/1hMMCl.jpg[/img][/url]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]OF PAIN!!!![/quote]

[b]Drow Adventurer[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/OxrlF.jpg[/img]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]More drows.[/quote]

[b]Star Maiden[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/BxgyE.png[/img]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]Trying to get better at drawing. Done with a tablet PC.[/quote]

[b]Medusa[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Xya5f.jpg[/img]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]"My eyes are my strongest feature."[/quote]

[b]Drow Chick[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/HRhTP.jpg[/img]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]Awww yeahh.

Is not relevent to any of my school project but I'll put it in one of my games as bonus eye candy.[/quote]

[b]Random Tiefling Scythe Woman[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/GFQh0.jpg[/img]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]Old piece. Vector drawing. Nothing special.[/quote]

[b]Eve[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/UeGhS.jpg[/img]
[quote="Etienne Vanier"]My first drawing of a (beautiful?) girl in A WHILE. I'm not sure why, but I've never practiced drawing females (prolly the lack of those in my real life )

As such, seeing that my future job (game dev) will require me to illustrate scandly-clad ladies, I thought I might start now.

Right now its not much, but by the end of the summer I'll do more of them. Oh, and the hands may not fit very well, as they are not part of the original drawing, but were added later.

Green eyes are pretty (^_^)...

and so are strings[/quote]

I was answering the how did they raise money question. Not defending the spamming which is obviously bad form.

Also I would guess if you look back far enough in many heterosexual male artists portfolios you will find overly sexualized drawings of women. It has to be how many of them get started.

Gee, I kind of want to see some boobs but I don't have access to a computer. I guess I'll just draw some...and a gun or something...whatever...Boobs!

Well he should know better internet etiquette if he's been on it doing stuff. Seriously at least pretend your part of the group before advertising, it's a nice way to trick people.

I imagine that they were able to raise money because they were mentioned on [url=http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/working-conditions]extra credits[/url].

Also the art on that episode was done by the guy who came through and started this thread.