We all need them

A couple of things happened that led to me making this list. The first was this post, which probably will annoy me for the rest of time, whenever I recall it. The other reason was @creatingblackcharacters presented a theme of Black Girl Magic May. BFCD loves a theme! (There often isn't enough content ON Tumblr to go very far with them, but we love to have them, when we can. So, in participating with cbc's Black Girl Magic May, I went through the blog to try to gather up all the magical Black girls featured here!

For context: I am going with the concept of magical girls and listing the Black and/or Black coded ones. I am not mentioning every Black character who has magic, and I am not listing nonmagical Black Girl Magic (shoutout to CaShawn Thompson!! If you don't know her, that's interesting to me. She used to be on here, we were cool. LOOK HER UP!)

With that being said, shoutout to CBC for the prompt, CaShawn for the energy, and creators for the characters. This is

BFCD Masterlist: Black Magical Girls Edition

Adorned by Chi: Adaeze Adichie, Chigozie "Gogo" Okafor, Kelechi | Aisha Winx | Alchemical Water (Undine Wells) Sleepless Domain | Alex MGFS | Alice Kingston | Amari Olúborí | Amari Peters | Amethyst Heart | Annette | Antiope Jones | Audrey Rose

Binti (Binti Ekeopara Zuzu Dambu Kaipka of Namib) I'm sorry, I love her name so much. | Bree Matthews | Briseis Greene

ChiChi of Nimm

Diamond Heart

Electric Rose

Fallon | Frankie Williams | Frida

Goo

Hazel Flood

Iris | Iyanu | Izira

Jordan Hennessy

Karina | Kat Elliot (Katherine Koniqua Elliot) Negro Names, they could never make me hate you.

Libra Zodiac Starforce (Lily Parker) | Luna Hex | Luz Noceda

Maya Abeola

Neoma Cruz | Netossa

Princess Love Pon

Rene Garcia

Sam Butler | Sam Nightingale | Serwa Boateng | Sierra Santiago | Skara | Soleil Le Claire | Sparkle Cadet | Star Guardian | Sunny Nwazue | Suvirin "Suvi" Kedberiket (The Wizard, Sky)

Talia | Taranee Cook

Uma | Urie

Wangari

Voya Thomas

Zélie Adebola 

I had a lot of fun with them.

The letters of the Skin Tones/Shades stand for:

DTA - Deepest Almond (I added a T because I didn't want it to be confused with DA/ Deep Almond.)

EDA - Extra Deep Almond

VDA - Very Deep Almond

DA - Deep Almond

MDA - Medium Deep Almond

EDG - Extra Deep Golden

DG - Deep Golden

MDG - Medium Deep Golden

MG - Medium Golden

I had to do Medium Golden twice. Because I wasn't sure about the first one (Left one). Which for the first one I shade Light Blue first and then I shade in Medium Golden. The second I did the reverse. First MG and then LB. And repeat. I was wondering if I could get advice for them?

EDG - Extra Deep Rose

VDR - Very Deep Rose

DR - Deep Rose

I decided to practice with Brown (B), again. I think it looked good.

LBWN - Light Brown

T - Tan

So yeh! I took yours and another user on this post to practice:

https://www.tumblr.com/references-for-artists/819685008520380416/and-im-back-i-tried-to-do-light-strokes-like-you?source=share

So yeah!

Here is another picture of the Dark Skin Tones. Just in case!

Is there anything I can do to be better with the Skin Tones?

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While all three are hair textures people can have, larger shapes and sharper points show an increased loss of texture. Ideally, you should be using small, fairly uniform shapes if you aren't familiar enough with Black hair to experiment with how you show texture.

There are a lot of ways to use sharpness and small detail when designing Black hairstyles that don't necessitate looser curls! Shaping/styling can really take you almost anywhere.

Hair Shows and Competitions!

The Three Tomes. A Queer YA Coming of age Indie Animation Series about a black magical girl witch in the 2010s midwest. Tammy must fight monsters as a newly turned magical girl witch , capture spirits and deal with two vampire boys ( both bi/pan) who are after her heart. One her enemy and the other her ally. Support the Kickstarter for episode 2 as we push towards stretch goals. and be sure to check out the pilot animatic on youtube if you haven't. Still not convinced?

Why not hear from these Indie creators on why The Three Tomes is a story worth telling and supporting.

The Three Tomes is a story of black whimsy, magic and adventure...showcasing that we as black folks can be present in all kinds of stories... fantasy.. romance... stories that don't center black pain...and shutting down tropes like the disposable black girlfriend. It shows cases a cast of black and brown queer characters and that we can just.. be. Kickstarter for episode 2 is live as we push to our stretch goals for a fully animated opening theme, animated sequences and production of episode 3. Episode

The Three Tomes: An Indie Animatic Pilot : Currently on Youtube and Indie Series in the works. Created by @breanimator ( Bre Navickas) Tammy Harris was just an ordinary 17 year old girl. Then one night while making a short horror film with her best friend Sia, she gains the powers of a witch from an ancient tome with spirits inside. Will Tammy and Sia’s friendship survive this supernatural summer, and will Tammy's romantic endeavors with two vampires be more than she can handle? More Under the Cut -- ( Comics, Character Bios , Music & More)

Overview of some topics when it comes to drawing characters who are burn survivors.

DISCLAIMER. Please keep in mind that this is an introductory overview for drawing some burn scars and has a lot of generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. I'm calling this introductory because I hope to get people to actually do their own research before drawing disabled & visibly different characters rather than just making stuff up. Think of it as a starting point and take it with a grain of salt (especially if you have a very different art style from mine).

Talking about research and learning... don't make your burn survivor characters evil. Burn survivors are normal people and don't deserve to be constantly portrayed in such a way.

I AM THE ANSWER!!!!

Jacey Gailliard as The Sugarplum Fairy

What does it take to make African mythology real? Everything we had. Over 70% of our Kickstarter Backers came from Tumblr. Thank you. Now it's yours.