Animating Erotica Without Shame

An Autoethnographic Creative Account

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ID21243572
AuthorsTomas Mitkus (0000-0002-2450-6175, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume17
Issue1
Pages345-361
Publication date2024-06-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCreativity Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2345-0487 • E-ISSN: 2345-0479
PublisherVilnius Gediminas Technical University (PUBLISHER • LT)
DOI10.3846/cs.2024.19513
OpenAlexW4399780114
LanguageEN
References cited21

This article explores the experience of shame and guilt that is associated with producing explicit erotic animated content. By employing the reflective practice journaling method, this autoethnographic essay discusses cultural and psychological challenges that need to be overcome by an animator from the Western cultural sphere in order to be able to produce content with sexual overtones. Findings suggest that to create erotic content, it is necessary first to overcome psychological barriers. But even then, the ability to portray animated sexual rapport requires specific animation skills and aesthetical understanding that are difficult to transfer from previous experience. The article concludes with a discussion on how to approach erotic content and what possible challenges the creative team may face in a project with erotic overtones

Aesthetics · Art · Autoethnography · Psychoanalysis · Shame · Sociology · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Communication · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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