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You can actually get away with the braid length depending on the characters hair type tbh! It can even be a cool little character trait you imply by their hair alone! Many things come into play with hair, one of those is something we call ‘shrinkage’! For some black people, I think for hair in the 4C range mainly, their hair can have heavy ‘shrinkage’. Meaning that their hair is SO curly/kinky, it’s shrinks back closer to their scalp after being combed out to its full length. Ever see hair videos of a black person talking about their hair, and it’s looks like it’s barley neck length, but when they stretch a clump out, it’s almost as long as their arm? That’s shrinkage! I’m saying all this to say, maybe if you have a character with an Afro, but you give them long braids, maybe they have heavy shrinkage in their hair! I think that’d be a cute little character thing to see in some characters fr😭 But a helpful tip I can give is, an Afro is really just our hair combed out fully, and puffed up. I’d say really the height/width of the Afro would be the best teller to how long the hair would be if it was braided. A small Afro would probably have neck length braids. Anything bigger might be up to/past the shoulder a bit. And the more exaggerated you get in size, the longer it would be!

Pinterest mainly! I have a massive backlog of clothing, poses, etc in Pinterest folders from throughout the years! Searching for em and stocking up on photo refs is kinda like a hobby for me! Given the current climate of Pinterest rn tho, I DO however try to make sure none of the photos I pick have any kind of ‘AI enhancements/altering/or are AI’ tho. Would recommend double checking yourself before using a phot ref, if you’re paranoid about that like I am that is. Thankfully the app tells you to an extent if they were. But yeah I use Pinterest!

AWWW THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!! I’ve always thought my art process was kinda of weird? Cause you can see how indecisive I am when I draw, cause I literally entertain EVERY intrusive thought until something sticks. I play with photos and shapes when photobash like I’m trying on different shoes😭 Hearing someone finds it interesting makes me proud fr, cause I always thought the process made me look a tad bit insane LMAO

Awww my gosh tyyy🥺✨ I’m honored fr I’m also floored when people say my art inspires them, means the world to me truly🫶🏾🥹✨

Some damn sweet omgg!!! Tyyy✨🥹