Dawn Meadows

"M" Rated vs "Clean" in Canon

Added 2021-02-13 17:15:09 +0000 UTC

So, I have a few questions that I want to ask the community, on matters of preference, and in an effort to deliver the content that folks will enjoy. The first one I'm curious about involves the concept of "M" rated or graphical content (example: blood) vs "Clean" versions of a render. The question came to me when pondering my Dawn in the Jungle Temple series, and more currently, my Ada Wong in the Mansion series.

I ask this, because as a manner of course, I myself mainly prefer what you might call "clean" versions. But at the same time, I contemplated the video games that I play, and the movies that I watch, and realized, that without question, Resident Evil, Gears of War, and the Last of Us absolutely feature viscerally graphic depictions of failure. And while that is not the specific why I like those games, they would not be the same without that dread fear of how grim failure can be.

So will I just get to the point? What is my question? Well, I have "M" rated and "Clean" variants of my renders, and I'm curious of folks, in these sequences, which of the two "paths" would you prefer to be featured "in canon" -In other words, which version would you prefer to see posted here in the sequence? The differences are minor, it's mostly just changes in my Photoshop post-work process, involving blood. The renders themselves are largely the same.

To taint my own poll, I'm inclined to post the "Clean" version in canon. I don't want anyone to see anything that they would not be interested in, or find too graphic. After-all, I know not everyone enjoys violent video games and movies!

Now to be clear, regardless of which way the community votes, I will certainly make the opposite versions available to folks either through special bundle packs or other such avenues. In other words, you'll get to see what you want :) Stay tuned for more on that as time passes.