I'm not sure what place of work would consider this mascot to be NSFW (maybe a theocratic country where women are forced to hide their bodies for religious reasons?) but the switch doesn't prevent mascot from popping up elsewhere, so if you are in such a place you should probably avoid this program all together (or find a better employer).
* edit I don’t know or understand why this is being downvoted, but to make the point slightly more clearly, Krita’s splash screens are only slightly unprofessional, and they are are slightly unprofessional for exactly the same reason that using the Lena image in computer vision is now considered slightly unprofessional. People are free to disagree, but it’s a fact that some people don’t love it, and that’s all that’s needed to make it “semi” inappropriate for work. It’s nothing obscene, nothing in your face, it’s just slightly suggestive in a way that not everyone wants at work.
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Speaking only personally, I can imagine how this image would make some people slightly squeamish if I had it on display at work. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have it on your desktop. You do you. I’m only saying I wouldn’t do it, and not necessarily for obvious or extreme reasons, it’s really just for subtle reasons, but personally I don’t see how anyone could not see the slightly suggestive nature of Krita’s splash screens. Which is fine at home, just not at work (for me).
As far as Kiki’s Delivery Service goes, Googling it, people online tend to point out that the shots are of bloomers, not panties per-se. It’s not a sexualized symbol like garters are. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0097814/parentalguide/nudity
Then proceeded to talk about "melon sized breasts", which Krita's mascot doesn't have.
If there is an award of the lack of self-awareness, this comment deserves a nomination.
You don’t have to be in a puritanical setting for some women and men around you to be uncomfortable with your pin-ups, regardless of which body parts are visible. They might never even say anything about it, and yet it can still be slightly inappropriate and/or unprofessional.
Yes exactly! That’s the controversial point that started this entire thread. Glad you came around and we are arguing the same viewpoint now.
These complaints about a... "squirrel girl mascot" where you give graphic descriptions about body parts says more about you than the images/authors.
"The dude doth protest too much, methinks"
As I do general puritanism.
Why would the gender of the mascot even matter? Would it be better if the mascot was male?
The gender doesn’t matter. It would be just as weird if it was an ambiguously young looking male child/teenager with emphasized anatomy under tight clothing. I would definitely also avoid having that on my monitor or desk.