EMO-GASM: Tanya Croft Nude Who's that Girl?

What a stunner! This is Tanya Croft - Nude, a long time Cosplayer, Contributor and Lara Croft fanatic who has been part of the Deviant Art community for a few years now. We very much doubt her surname is Croft but this girl is such a huge fan, she's added it to her online handle.

For those of you who don't know, Cosplay is essentially Role Playing in Costume, the majority of which is created by the individual modelling it. In our eyes Tanya is an absolute star in the Cosplay community, but she has been disrespected by a portion her fellow community members because of the photo collection below.

Based on the brief knowledge we have , Tanya has removed these pictures from her profile because of negative attention. people saying that it depicts Lara as nothing more than a sex symbol. This is what really upsets us, this girl has chosen to do something incredibly brave by posing partially nude, and fully nude, for these series of shots. And people are having a go at her, she should be applauded for several reasons.

Tanya is clearly a huge fan of Lara, just check out her deviant Art Gallery, it is covered in shots of her posing as Lara from different scenes across the entire series, because of this we would argue that she has more right than most to depict Lara how she see's fit.

One of the first, if not "the" first videogame female to make it in-to mainstream culture and arguably the most popular female videogame character to date. Argue if you like but Lara has always been a sex symbol, so to depict her topless is giving her typical audience exactly what they want. Kudos for that.

Another reason this girl must be applauded, is her physique. She is fit, Physically fit, unlike the supermodel size 0 body, Tanya has a fantastic set of curves on her along with an athletic body. I'd rather see pictures of women like this in magazines promoting health over being skinny.

Aside from her looks, being a strong woman is a major feature of Lara's character, the look on Tanya's face in these shots is often a better example of that trait than in Lara from the games. She certainly does it better than any of the models who have acted as Lara . She is strong, she is Independent and she is proud of who she is. I wouldn't want to be in a fight with her, well, maybe a wrestle.

It's a pity that Tanya felt inclined to take these shots down off her Deviant Art profile, We wouldn't blame her if she was fed up with people only wanting to see these pictures and ignoring the rest of her profile. The quality she puts into these photo-shoots oozes her passion for the the entire subject of Lara.

Anyone who puts this much effort into what they love should should only ever receive positive feedback and encouragement.

We've reached out to Tanya for a brief interview about her work and some info about the story of how these pictures came about, then what happened afterwards. Hopefully we'll hear more soon.