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how u do facial hair? I’m struggling man all I want to do is draw my sillies and they look like poo 😭

ARE YOU TIRED OF DRAWING CHARACTERS WITH POO SMEARED ON THEIR FACE INSTEAD OF FLUFFY SCRUFFY BEARDS? WELL TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY! WELCOME TO: HOW TO BEARD YOUR BLORBOS!

Step one: BALD

Complete your drawing of your blorbo!

Step two: COLOR AND BRUSHES

Be sure to select the darkest part of their hair (ideally should match the shade of the eyebrows) and select a texture brush of your choosing. Any will do, as long as grain is visible! An additional textured blending brush to buff out any hard lines is beneficial, but not necessary for a good beard. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT USE A SMOOTH BLENDING BRUSH! The goal is to maintain grain!

Step three: BEARD LAYOUT

DO use a reference image for this step! Draw out the general shape of where your blorbo's beard naturally grows, making sure to leave space around the chin under the lip where patches of hair are typically absent. Once you lay out the shape, turn the opacity down between 20-30%. I personally aim around 24%. This is a base layer, so don't go too dark!

Step four: SECOND LAYER

With the same brush and color, add additional layers ONLY in the areas that have the most hair (as circled in red) on your reference image. Mess around with the opacity until it gives you the look you want. The darker the color, the thicker the hair in that area will seem. NOTE: blond beards are typically much less noticeable than darker colors, typically because the hair has less contrast against the skin tone.

Step five (optional, depends on your style): HAIRS

Using the same brush as your line art with the opacity lowered to 60%, draw out lines along the same general shape as the beard using the same color you've been using. They should be slightly curved along the jaw like contour lines; this helps prevent the chin from feeling flat, but that's more of a personal preference/stylistic choice of mine. Don't think too hard on this step. The lines should be laid down quick and loose as beards are typically scruffy!

This is inspired by me seeing one too many posts of some people on this site complaining about beliefs that most of the people who disagree with you DO NOT HOLD. this is only like a few out of a million

( CDD systems of any stance may interact with this post. Opinions from non-cdd systems will be ignored or deleted, as i dont care )

Pro endo’s favorite myths:

“Anti endos think they own the word system,” — Not… really? What’s actually being said here is that the term system has been used to describe people with cdds in this context, and if it’s that big of a deal to you just use plural.

“Endos were the ones who made the system community,” — This is true, but it leaves out important context of the ableism they built it off of.

“Anti endos are just jealous that other people experience plurality without being miserable all the time,” OR “Anti endos think plurality is inherently miserable,” — Boring, repetitive, equates disorder with misery. If you hear “Systemhood is equivalent to CDDs, which are disorders,” and get out of that “This person thinks systems have to be miserable,”, thats on YOU. (Although I wont lie there is a sense of trauma olympics in the anti endo community but hell thats in SO SO MANY mental health spaces)

Anti Endo’s favorite myths:

“Endos claim to have cdds / Endogenic plurality = Having a cdd without trauma,” — MOST endos do not claim this. They claim to have alters without trauma. I understand it’s a pretty wishy-washy difference especially when they claim to experience alters without the reaction that causes them, but it’s a difference nontheless.

“Endos have no trauma” — Some endos have experienced trauma. They just claim that it is the thing that did not cause their system.

Both sides favorite myths:

“Well, I’m diagnosed and I think [X], so,” — Your diagnosis does not give you a higher ground or standing on this debate.