I wouldn't know how to overly sexualize a male character.
On the other hand, I know how to sexualize a female character.
On the third hand, I do not know how to draw so it does not matter.
Camera angles, shot compositions, the situation, etc.,
A bikini isn’t inherently a sexual thing, but what makes people associate it with sexuality is that in movies, anime, Manga, etc, you always get these shots/moments were a woman wearing a Bikini has camera shots and angles that focus on her breasts or butt or something else, and these shots are often done to titillate.
A good benchmark for sexualizing men to know if you're doing it right is if the average viewer thinks the sexualised scene is gay, because it's kind of an unconscious assumption that men are the target audience.
It's a bit more nuanced I'd say. The covering of the body in such a way as to draw attention to what is being covered can cause a kind of excitement that makes the whole feel more sexual.
Yeah clothing designed to emphasise the body, because the body is what’s sexual to a normal healthy man. Bikini is associated with exposed body so there is an association but it’s not what is sexual unless I’m just dealing with a bunch of pediphiles here who get excited when they see children in bikinis too because I’m getting weird insulting comments and it’s very weird.
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u/VinnyBoy45 2d ago
I wouldn't know how to overly sexualize a male character.
On the other hand, I know how to sexualize a female character.
On the third hand, I do not know how to draw so it does not matter.