I’m curious why you make the freak circus y/n have buck teeth?
I just like having some variety when drawing human characters so they’re easily distinguishable
ETA as I sometimes don’t get all my thoughts out properly even after writing an answer already lol:
Also because I just like representing non-conventionally attractive features in my Y/N characters. Though I’m not really sure if it comes off that way because my art style unintentionally makes them all look “pretty” (gender neutral). Point is, I think there are a lot of beautiful looking people out there with buck teeth, for example, that aren’t often depicted in media unless they’re the weird, undesirable geek, cast-out character. And those characters end up getting them “fixed” just to look acceptable.
Drawing Y/Ns is a good opportunity, in my opinion, to explore different features and portray them as desirable— after all, a Y/N’s a Y/N because we want to see ourselves in them and they’re often the loved and adored character in the media they’re inserted in. I haven’t made enough Y/Ns to prove my point though, but I definitely have done a few variety of Y/Ns like my TFC one who don’t have conventionally attractive (or even eurocentric) features but are still loved and adored by the character (s) they’re shipped with.
I’ve seen a handful of people here on Tumblr make their Y/Ns the same way (eg, with acne, disabled, plus size, androgynous but not in a supermodel way, etc.), and I think more people should be doing the same. Especially if you yourself have features that you want to see represented in media too!
