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Im taking a gamble with this, i did this on my toyhouse but im curious what the results would be on tumblr.

If you picked yes, please explain why you feel this way.

● If you find Black characters harder to design, why do you feel this way?

● Do you think its important to learn to draw black characters?

● What are things you should avoid doing when designing Black characters?

● Do black character designs stop at human\humanoid designs?

● For Black users only, while everything is certainly the answer, is there anything specific you'd like to see more of in black character designs?

Hey so. You understand the things to avoid about drawing Black characters but are still afraid of drawing us?

Let me explain something, i understand where this comes from, somewhat, it is understandable to not want to accidentally do something harmful, but in my opinion, being afraid and avoidant of drawing Black people is more harmful than trying and messing up a bit the first time, its very VERY easy to not draw caricatures, i promise you, its incredibly easy to avoid, unless you are being careless, inconsiderate, or malicious, you will not draw an offensive caricature. You have to remember that we are people too, we have different features of course, but Black people, again, are people and if you draw people you can draw a Black person.

You won't be able to learn or improve if you lead with fear and not consideration, yes, it is important to consider certain aspects of drawing Black people (i.e, checking to make sure the skin isnt grey, making sure you consider how your portraying your Black characters, etc.) But being afraid of accidentally doing something racist will just hold you back, and in my opinion, can come off quite othering, you should be mindful and considerate, not fearful.

Its also important to pinpoint what exactly your afraid of. Afraid of accidentally doing something racist? Well have you done research on what to avoid? Have you asked for feedback or advice from Black artists and writers?

Is it backlash your afraid of? Are you assuming Black individuals will come after you if you make one little slip up? I personally think this mentality feeds into the Angry minority stereotype and how online we're frequently accused and framed as bullies, aggressors, harassers, etc. When i assure the vast majority of Black people do not condone those things nor do we lead with anger, in fact, most of us are very nice about criticisms or tips, so if its backlash your afraid of, you need to get rid of the mindset you will be attacked for every little thing you do, if you are genuinely trying, no one is going to go after you (even then, criticism is not going after anyone and if someone points out something and its not in a super sweet, soft way, thats still not automatically bad, Black people have a right to be wary of nonblack people handling topics of Blackness, Black people and Black culture, if someone says "Hey no, thats really fucked up actually", your response to that will tell us everything, all we really want is a "oh shit, my bad, I'll fix it, im so sorry for that, i appreciate the criticism" and thats it)

Featuring: Charles & Walter!

So what's going on with so many people on my most recent poll about if Black characters are harder to draw going "No, BUT, hair-"

It's really not hard to learn. Breaking it down into shapes really helps. I did this in less than 5 minutes.

stage 2 of liking media: haha remember when blorbo bleepus did that thing that was so funny

stage 3 of liking media: huh this one song is kind of blorbo bleepus… if you think about this other song is also kind of blorbo bleepus

stage 4 of liking media: blorbo bleepus is really interesting… here’s a sensible analysis post

stage 5 of liking media: FUCK. THE CHARACTER. THE CHARACTER IM HAVING A CHARACTER ATTACK

stage 6 of liking media: well let’s see what ao3 has to offer!

stage 7 of liking media: everything goes on my character playlist. this song with no lyrics is about blorbo bleepus exploding a building and looking really cool. if this lyric was an entirely different sentence it would fit perfectly

You have friends

You use "friend" vocabulary

You have friends but don't call them that

You don't have friends but still use "friend" vocabulary

You want friends

You want (a) partner(s), of any kind

You're only aplatonic; no other aspec

You don't want relationships of any kind (including with animals)

Where you are on the aplatonic spectrum fluctuates

Your aplatonicism is caused or exaserbated by autism, NPD, OCD, or any other neurodivergency

Your aplatonicism influences your gender or sexuality