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All of them look male, even if you select the most feminine features.

Edit: It's probably because of the width of the shoulders, the jawline, the thickness of the eyebrows (and more things).



Did anyone figure out how to get rid of the damned face mask?

[edit: oh for fuck’s sake. Hidden controls]


all of them look hideous to me, tbh. if they were more cartoony it would actually work a lot better.

imo they all look kinda like this guy in different get-ups https://i.pinimg.com/236x/da/2b/a3/da2ba3c80630ff50c12b6d7ac...


Hey, the developer here!

Thanks for using it :)

Maybe could look like this... I have my hand tied because I'm not the owner of the artwork


Part of the issue is that the randomization has not been crafted carefully, and instead seems totally uniform.

If 50% of the haircuts / outfits / whatever are feminine vs masculine, maybe you get a 50/50 split.

But if then 3/4 of the time, the "Other" category adds facial hair, you're getting masculine people 7/8th of the time.


In 2023 you would expect the be able to represent women easily. This is quite a blasé response, and feels exclusionary.


I agree. Even though OP is not an artist, I’m deeply offended that they did not bend over backwards to create a product that considers every permutation of every phenotype. I’m also morally obligated to reframe every misstep as intentionally malicious and bigoted.

I don’t care if 12 of the 32 hairstyles are clearly feminine, that number should be at least 16. And even then, as a closeted misandrist, I would find the remaining 16 masculine hairstyles to be extremely triggering.

In your hasty response, you failed to be an ally for the facially-divergent. Whether it be one eye or no eyes, these people need to be seen. And don’t even get me started on the default skin tone… Whyte? Really? It’s 2023.


You're clearly trolling, but talking about the empirical lack of inclusion when it comes to female aspects, is in no way connected to misandry, and you're just being deliberately obstinate and facetious in a transparent attempt to cause drama.

Not sure you should be the judge on what is "clearly famine" when you falsely equate being inclusive of women, as being related to misandry. Poor trolling attempt.

As for your fake "facially-divergent" comment, there is a way to go in terms of visibility of disabled people, which would include people with a variety of facial differences from the "norm" -- it's a shame you weren't serious, because you could've almost made a valid point there.


I agree with you, it's woke nonsense that an avatar generator should be expected to cover an edge case as niche as... feminine faces. What's next in this upside down world, notion styled furry avatars?


I can phrase that in a less "woke" way, if that helps you ;-)


Agreed. If your "hands are tied" because you didn't create the artwork, clearly you didn't consider it worthwhile in your brief to begin with.

Presuming the artist is still around, one would imagine you're capable of commissioning them for a wider array of options. Women represent around half the people on the planet, yet seem to be more of an afterthought, or not a thought at all.

Even for men, the options are pretty "big and blocky" or go home.

As developer93 said, your respond was quite blasé, and absolutely feels exclusionary - the kind of "nothing I can do" attitude just puts across that you don't want to do anything about it, presumably because - given the apparent lack of forethought on including women in the design spec - you don't think it's a problem?


I managed to get this which is pretty female looking imo but yeah there is a bit issue of an issue when there isn't many femalish options: https://i.imgur.com/CWca05u.png


I actually thought the hair was more feminine.

I think maybe the default just throws me off.


Yeah, they could definitely do with some slimmer and more contoured options, so much of it is very "big and blocky" by default :(




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