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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)

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autistic self shippers , i promise your f/o would always keep your safe foods in their home for you .

they don’t mind it at all , nor do they judge you , all that matters to them is that you will be able to eat when you’re together .

they know that’s just part of taking care of you .

Your soulmate is out there... occupying themselves with evil as they await your arrival...

EXACTLYYYY THANK YOU

This idea that drawing textured hair somehow takes more time or is uniquely more difficult is way too engrained in the art community, when its really just a matter of drawing shapes in different sizes, lengths and patterns, like it's not hard at all and seeing all of these responses to "No black characters aren't harder, BUT-"

You can submit design polls in asks, if you don't know what that means, essentially you can submit black characters from established media or your black ocs and me and my black userbase will critique and vote on what we think of the design, i typically try to give tips on what you can do to improve your designs, you can read the guidelines to that here -> Link

If you are a nonblack follower, please read this --> Link

These are fandoms\media i don't want to see in submissions -> Link

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