I'm not aure if other artists of color experience this but something that I've been wondering about is how to describe characters without it being too othering. Like for Artfight for example, I'm sometimes between adding in the description of some of my characters that they are Asian because that is an apart of them and me. But sometimes I want to add that part to the description because I don't want other artists to misinterpret or see them as white by default. It just feels weird to me that some white characters by white and non-white artists don't necessarily have to worry about adding the description of race or ethnicity because their characters are more likely to be depicted respectfully and accurately without the need to clarify (from what I can tell and seen) while I've seen other artists with characters of color adding information about their characters of what to do and not to do for their characters to be depicted respectfully and accurately (such as not whitewashing, not changing specific features, etc). Part of me wants to not have to label or clarify that my characters are Asian because it feels like "hey they aren't the default" a bit to me but if I don't clarify then I risk receiving art of my characters that don't depict them as respectfully or mindfully if that makes sense. I guess I'm curious if other artists experience this and whether its silly for me to be stuck on this and if there's any advice or recommendations on how to approach this moving forward
i completely get this honestly, it's messed up that whiteness is the norm and you have to specify anything otherwise. this ask actually reminded me of a book written by a Black woman where only white characters are identified by their race, while Black characters are treated as the norm and do not have their races mentioned.
