I find something deeply amusing about the creator of Lara Croft having a shred of dignity, but it's allegedly true. Toby Gard, the man responsible for massive-boobed Lara, refused to draw the lady in nothing but her birthday suit, only "allowing" himself to draw her from behind, with some tattered garments on.
"I was asked to do Lara nude. This was as close as I would allow myself to go," says Gard.
Well done on Toby Gard for having some class, I suppose, but let's be honest here. Every Lara Croft fan in the world only cares about seeing Lara's chestbollocks, so he might as well just bloody draw them and have done with it. Oh, and he could stand to doodle her minge, as well
Photos [TobyGard.com via TotalVideogames]
LAUNCH GALLERY (1 IMAGES)
Jim Sterling serves as reviews editor for Destructoid.com, head of the Podtoid podcast, and produces a number of news stories, original features, one-of-a-kind videos. With his passionate argumentative style, controversial opinions, harsh delivery, and dedication to brutal honesty Sterling is a name that you can't help but recognize.
Likes
PS2, iPod Touch, Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Solid, Dynasty Warriors 3
Meet the rest of the team
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
52 comments | showing # 1 to 50
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
8:00 AM on 02.11.2010 | 
In any case, I'm sure he has his own "private stock" of other naughty doodles to help play with his noodle.
As cliche as it is to say "if I made a Tomb Raider game", I would have Lara Croft naked in the first 10 seconds of pressing the start button, and never again. That way, I could focus on making Lara an interesting character instead of sloshing around in female character tropes such as badassery and teasing.
Chuff is another that would of qualified lol
@ crazyape - exactly, Im sure there are plenty of loners STILL doing the 5 knuckle shuffle to weird fan drawings.
The realy Question is: Why do you want to see that? It's not even real!
Here's a advise for everyone who are opposing Toby Gard opinion:
Take all the energy you invest to protest, go out there and try to meet REAL people. Sexy picture and Pornography will NEVER give you a girl friend or a familly.
Anyways that Toby Gard fellow seems like such a gentleman.
I am now enlightened. Through Google Images, of course xD
"Jim Stirling: Poet, Statesman, Philosopher."
I'll be taking a shower all day if anyone needs me.
I'll be taking a shower all day if anyone needs me.
Real Boobs FTW
You have the internet.
Go ahead, Google Image Lara Croft with Safesearch off.
Growler.
And thus, there was no way to see a nude Lara Croft... oh wait.
I was just about to post something like this.
As a character drawer when you've created a character and spent years developing how it looks and feels to you, you don't want to go and spoil what you've created by drawing it in ways everyone else wants.
That's what fan art is for.
what this man said, Toby Gard designed a powerful and respectable female role model in the vein of Indiana Jones, the marketing department turned her into a piece of smut and gave her massive chesticles.