The name's Nic! 22, she/her. This is where I talk to myself about stuff that doesn't matter. I like cartoons, music, vidya games, and OCs. Y'know, geek crap.
Everytime someone dislikes Soyeon for no reason I’m convinced if they actually read her interviews or shows that display her personality instead of projecting onto, her they would find her very inspiring or at least very human/relatable.
She has never called herself a genius or
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Soyeon's full interview from Lee Yeji's Women Loved by Women interview collection: "Jeon Soyeon Doesn't Hide"
Huge thanks to @beambeamed the interview scans 🤍
This effect was done to replicate the look of subsurface scattering before it became technically possible (around 2002) - it was common in post to combine multiple renders and paint in extra skin shading.
Because its not just realism, its style based on realism.
Back then things had a "style" which allowed you to tell which dev, which country, etc the game was from giving realism a uniqueness to it, it had personality.
The goal wasn't to "look real" it was to "look good"