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A question - particularly for my fellow artists, but I'm interested to hear everybody's opinion.
The ratings that are gernerally ascribed to fanfiction - G through to NC17 - do you think the same standards should apply to art? Or should they be higher because it is a visual medium?
I ask because the picture in my icon - the full version of which you can see here - Passionate Ron/Hermione, was just labelled NC17 in a forum and, I'm sorry, but I would never have classed that pic NC17. Yes, it's suggestive, but that's it. There is no cock to be seen, no sexual act in progress, not even a breast.
Personally, I'd have rated it M (15+), just to be on the safe side. Am I too liberal? I mean, my kids have all seen this, and they range in age from 15 down to just-turned-9. They weren't horrified or traumatised by it. And, to counterpoint, none of them have seen the 'quickie' slash drawing I did for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shocolate the other day, because I know that would squick them, and that one I do regard as NC17.
So what's the consensus? Would you rate this painting NC17?
And, out of interest, what would you rate this one while we're at it?
The ratings that are gernerally ascribed to fanfiction - G through to NC17 - do you think the same standards should apply to art? Or should they be higher because it is a visual medium?
I ask because the picture in my icon - the full version of which you can see here - Passionate Ron/Hermione, was just labelled NC17 in a forum and, I'm sorry, but I would never have classed that pic NC17. Yes, it's suggestive, but that's it. There is no cock to be seen, no sexual act in progress, not even a breast.
Personally, I'd have rated it M (15+), just to be on the safe side. Am I too liberal? I mean, my kids have all seen this, and they range in age from 15 down to just-turned-9. They weren't horrified or traumatised by it. And, to counterpoint, none of them have seen the 'quickie' slash drawing I did for
shocolate the other day, because I know that would squick them, and that one I do regard as NC17.So what's the consensus? Would you rate this painting NC17?
And, out of interest, what would you rate this one while we're at it?
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I think your rating of M(15+) to be on the safe side is fine. I'd let my kids see it (14 and 10), and I don't think they'd be either horrified or traumatised by the quickie picture either, but they'd definitely be squicked so I wouldn't show them that. To compare: I showed them this drawing I did (and they just thought the squid was awesome), but not this one :)
I'd consider the breastfeeding picture G, but I know the view on breastfeeding varies a lot - in this country women do it publicly, though many don't blatantly display their breasts while doing it but rather just uncover one at a time to let the kid suckle ;)
I don't see why art should be rated higher than fic... maybe some do because it's so readily accessible to anyone - I mean, you don't have to spend time and effort reading it, the reading of a picture is almost instantaneous (at least a superficial reading of it).