Ya, I kinda tried to take the high road on these type articles. I attempted to provide evidence, experience, and a different perspective for situations like this, and while the response from commenters was quite positive, it appears the authors just don't care.

I understand. This stuff generates clicks (money) for the…

Yes, I know what "clopping" is....but this doesn't change the fact that you are an intolerant and close-minded person. There are many different fan communities (Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, Firefly, Anime, LotR, etc) all with varying degrees of oddness and dedication.

To pick one one aspect and claim it is negative…

So, you Google "Bronie", pick out a few images and use them as evidence for your negativity? First, who are you to say that these guys are "wrong" or "creepy" or whatever? Who are you to judge their fun to be strange, and disturbing?

The only real problem here are people like you who are so stuck in your rigid line of…

I only mentioned the gender to remind us that we should attempt to avoid assumptions.

Moving on.

I am a graphic artist as well. I went to school for it, and have been making a living at it since. I know full well the struggles of trying to make it as a freelancer (in both the art industry and make-up industry) when…

I am sure many people have viewed this image and failed to notice the distortions. Only because we were prompted beforehand (or because we're artists that are trained to spot these things) would man of us even notice this.

I don't know the situation behind this image (I don't think anyone but the company does), and so…

I've been replaying them.

http://www.gog.com/game/quest_for…

Are you sure this was due to laziness and not lack of experience? Jumping to conclusions about the artist seems a little harsh.

It isn't a very good Photoshop job for sure. However, if you don't mind I would like to point out a few things about your reply.

First, we have no idea what gender the artist was. More importantly everyone has to start somewhere. I've been an artist for over 17 years and there have been many instances in which I've…

Yes, this is a pretty bad Photoshop job. Classic case of someone who understands what the "Liquify Tool" does, but not how to properly use it. In this case, I would say that there is little doubt that this was a blatant attempt to distort this woman's shape.

That said. I only have two things to add to this.

First. The…

I think you may be thinking in ideals.

In an ideal world, yes, having a model that can fit the jeans properly sounds like the best situation. Reality however, is much different.

It depends....

What I mean is. If the product in question has certain qualities that need to be communicated (e.g. tight fitting), then it makes sense to adjust the photo to best represent this. The reason is that you don't want your customers to be ordering products that don't fit/perform how they expected.

So, in…

Ok, I probably should have done this before hand....but...

I went to the website in question to see if I could get a better idea of what might be happening (just to cover by butt in case I was wrong.)

The first thing I noticed on this page was....yup, there are a lot more jeans on the page than the two highlighted…

No, surprisingly.

I once worked for one of the largest adversing firms in Canada. Some of their clients are some of the largest, most recognized companies in the world.

My computer was an old Mac running Photoshop 4 or some ridiculous version. It had almost no RAM and I would get the spinning beach ball for most of my…

Thanks. :)

I can't say for sure, but here is a possible explanation.

I can imagine that these images were taken in quick succession over a short period of time by pulling the jeans onto a mannequin and pinning it to give the best representation of the product. *click click*

The images were sent off to the graphic artist…

I think it is important to have an open and honest conversation about these things so people can be informed. However, when articles like this go up claiming everything is evidence of this, it makes it much harder to differentiate what is and isn't genuine.

There is no problem pointing out bad photoshop. It's kinda…

Firstly. I was a make-up artist for film, TV, fashion, and weddings, for about 7 years. In that time, I saw both genders photoshopped without fail. My make-up on males and females were manipulated almost 95% of the time, and their bodies were retouched in almost all cases.

The idea that this is gender specific is…

There are many reasons.

Here are a few off the top of my head.

- Need to isolate the model from the background for use on web, or print.

Hi Roxy,

I just read your original article and with all due respect I think you are just as guilty of what you're calling Jezebel out for.

In your article you state,

"target has been under fire lately for photoshopping a thigh gap on their juniors models,removing parts of their crotches in their haste to give these…

I just spent a lot of time replying to another recent article on Jezebel regarding photoshop, and so I'm not going to rehash everything here.

What I will say is that I highly encourage Jezebel writers to get in contact with a few professional photoshop artists that they can go to for advice before posting these types…

To clarify, I didn't say that the manipulation of body parts is always due to bad photoshop. Sometimes it is a deliberate choice for some reason.

These reasons aren't always to make people look "better." Sometimes it is to hide problems in the original photo, sometimes they're going for an artistic vision, sometimes…