So...Statesman's Crotch

I think he just put it in a box

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

The only thing I get from the splashscreen of states is that skull and crossbones beltbuckle.

Creeps me out!

As far as a missing bulge, anyone that can fly at supersonic speeds no matter if their skin is like steel is going to wear a form of reduction shorts.

I know I would because a cup just wouldn't cut it!

I don't care where ya from, superspeed flight is no joke for them jewels.

I'd even go so far as to say duct tape the cookies to the taint just to be safe!

You don't want to be flying to people in need just to have to deal with a super racking!

Here I come to save the da-Ow!

A pirate eagle!

I guess the "crotch" pose was used to overshadow the fact Stateman's face suddenly looks like Dave Batista from the WWE???

I don't see a problem.

I'm actually in agreement about the face. Something looks off about his whole head, I'd say. Maybe it's just the camera angle, but Statesman's face looks older, and the helmet looks less like something Roman-inspired and more like movieverse Magneto's helmet.

I hung out with a graphic designer this weekend. I "forced" her to do a quick critique of the load screen. She did not see anything wrong with it, even when I pointed out my issues. I did nab her on her 1st cup of coffee, but she is a pro. I would say my critique is overly harsh based on this. HOWEVER (all caps for emphasis) as was pointed out, some people just see things differently. My reality is definitely not where MrHassenpheffer's is, but I do see things differently than most folks. To me, the lack of anything where the genitalia should be (bulge, bump, cup, shadow, ridge, anything) gives the appearance of a statue that has been emasculated. Maybe a church got a copy of the advance art and removed any hint of gender? I know they are now working into the global net now.... Maybe it's a Nemesis plot?

I also agree there is something off about the face/head. I did not like it when I first looked at it. But my critique focused on other....things... I cannot get a very good image loaded where I am at, but when I look at the piece it almost seems that the head region suffers the exact opposite problem of the crotch. It is too realistic. If you have a guy tilt his head in that awkward angle, put a face obscuring mask on, shoot from below, and have shadows, he will not look good. Not without doing something to force a change in that situation. This is why people trying to make militaristic figures look terrifying in art depict them from this authoritarian pose with humanity obscuring helmets/shields blocking off areas. So, good art, if it was supposed to read that way? If not, bad art.

My first thought was "I'm on the ground and this nOOb just kill-stole me. Just look at that smug expression, that pose . . . Just wait 'till I get up."

Now, I look at that smug expression and think "you need to go, pal. Oh, wait . . . you *do.*"