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Tutorial on how to draw dark skin because I thought I’d give a go at my own guide! especially one that is fandom specific!! I’ve seen too many whitewashed malev fanart get attention so I think Many of you need to know what properly colored dark skin looks like. Reblog this !!

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AND DON´T USE AI.

Like looking at your post is seems so obvious but I guess I just needed it spelled out for me, so, thanks for spelling it out for me! /Positive

(also I saw your post, went "this will be great reference for drawing Parker!" Then I saw the your url and was like "ah. That is why they posted this I believe) :)

I think some people do miss it unless given an example or whatnot and I wanna show that colouring Asians that are pale are still different than colouring a white person.

Because the thing is, if your Asian character is an average Joe that does not have access to skincare (which the Asian beauty standards is a whole other issue with the rampant colorism problem), they are not gonna be pale white like Europeans.

A good thing to reference to see what "The Average Asian person" looks like is seeing CROWD SHOTS. Street photography! You'll see that even in East Asia, the skin tone is vastly different from a white person. Light tan is the average pale skin a lot of Asians generally have.

Like every time you interact with me I still giggle a little bit cause you're so cool and swag and famous twin ❤️‍🩹😭

Wip but the odds I ever finish this are very low.