I'd like to be able to practice my drawing skills while streaming. I can't because of this idiotic rule.

There's already a "Mature Content" flag in the channel settings for the prudes, so I don't see what the issue is here.

Robo J Hoff made the best comment here, as long as gamers can't focus on nudity then they're being consistent with their rules regarding nudity in art. If you give that power to one group, the other will come seeking it shortly.

There are many other places to go for that kind of thing, twitch does not need any part of their website to focus on any form of nudity, going out of your way to see it or do it in games will lead to a ban, the only parts that are allowed are the unavoidable/story parts, therefore you can draw anything you want, as long as the focus isn't nudity or going out of your way to create nudity, which is completely impossible

There are many other places to go for that kind of thing, twitch does not need any part of their website to focus on any form of nudity, going out of your way to see it or do it in games will lead to a ban, the only parts that are allowed are the unavoidable/story parts, therefore you can draw anything you want, as long as the focus isn't nudity or going out of your way to create nudity, which is completely impossible

As an artist myself who streams on twitch I feel like nudity should be allowed as long as you mark your channel as adult. However there is a difference between artistic nudity and pornographic nudity. I feel artistic nudity should be accepted but not pornographic nudity (Figures performing sexual acts and such). Thats my view on the whole thing.

Just gonna leave this here. Yes as a husband to a wife who draws beautiful nude oil paintings and such I am for allowing nudity in Twitch, but as a fellow streamer I know how the "scum streamers would take this" they would abuse nudity in their streams to sucker in the gullible bunch and grow their chance from doing nothing more than "being nude" for art. A prime example I've seen is a woman streaming cooking, While not topless she wore a shirt in a specific way and position so that her cleavage could be seen well and what did she do for the 2+ hour stream of cooking?? She only cut up cucumbers and was amassing huge amounts of donations and subs. If they could monitor the creative streamers that do it properly I would be all for it.

Twitch creative won't be able to grow if this doesn't happen!!

Let art be art Twitch

I am not arguing for or against this. I have a degree in art and I took several years of life drawing so I understand how important it is. However, the argument is based on “For gaming, nudity can't be the primary focus. For creative, nudity can't be shown at all.” Furthermore, the above article states, “Nudity can't be a core focus or feature of the game in question, and modded nudity is disallowed in its entirety. Occurrences of in-game nudity are permitted, so long as you do not make them a primary focus of your broadcast and only spend as much time as needed in the area to progress the game's story.”
Here is the big difference. If a nude character walks by on stream, the cast isn’t going to stop and focus on it. Nor are they going to erase the character and re-draw him. They probably aren’t going to mention it and will move on, knowing Twitch could ban them. If you are doing a create stream to practice drawing Michelangelo’s David or or Goya’s The Nude Maja, you will be spending time focused on that. There is the difference- the amount of time spent on screen focusing on the nude. If they allowed this greater focus in creative streams, then gamers would come back and say they should be allowed to play games with larger nude parts and so on. Twitch has limited the focus because a gamer has no control over if a nude character walks by, but they can control how the streamer reacts to it. However, a creative streamer has control of their content.
Like I said, I understand the argument and I am sure people will not like my response, but I think the greater picture of the “focus” is being missed.

Jamie is 100% correct. Don't be afraid of art, Twitch!

Disallowing nudity prioritizes violence. Games are increasingly violent, but these games are allowed, but a little bit of genitalia scares Twitch?

For Twitch to maintain a double standard which allows gamers to depict nudity (including in a sexual context!), yet would censor an important component of the 'body' of work of a Da Vinci or Michelangelo, is blatantly hypocritical, and an injustice to art and artists alike. This policy deserves prompt consideration and review. Thank you, Mr. Chestnut, for bringing this issue to the forefront!

I agree. Do not take away creative expression.

Nudity is NOT porn. Nudity is the human form without clothes. Porn depicts a sexual act. The line is clear. Create an adult area if you have to, you can put games like Rust in there with it.

Nude drawings are a basic fundamental element of artists everywhere.

As someone who appreciates art and artists fully, this article says exactly why nudity is essential to full creativity. There is nothing more expressive than the human body, in any size, shape or form.

Don't be afraid of art, Twitch, no matter what form it takes.

Nudity and violence is allowed all over gaming, but not allowed in creative. Creative equality is important, and banning nudity and then calling it porn, or graphic, or obscene is ridiculous.