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enby/enpiflower -> flowerfluid

Finally decided on a new URL!

#flower.txt #:)#my art

creatingblackcharacters

FOR ALL YOUR -TOBER EVENTS:

The Left. Not the Right.

The LEFT! NOT the RIGHT!

This includes but is not limited to:

Drawing nice brown skin, not that desaturated grey or weak, watercolor brown that is "supposedly" shades of brown skin and "indicative of Black person". Dark brown is still brown, not ash. Even if your character is the darkest possible, they should still look alive.

Drawing nice brown skin on characters that actually look like they're supposed to be Black people. I don't care how nice the brown is if it's still on that same white dude with the same ass hair. Brown skin is not the only thing that makes Black people "Black". Your Black viewers can tell the difference.

Afro hair textures! Please. Again. I'm always one more fanart away from leaping off a bridge when I see the right. You can do it. It takes studying, but you can do it.

If you're worried your "fans" won't like it as much as other artists' work during your events, you should consider the type of attention that you're seeking (and the environment that you're in!) But anyone worth keeping will appreciate your efforts.

inamourie

reposting this here by request.

i want to clarify that i'm not really romanticizing this dynamic, it was kind of the whole point. 😓 the theme here isn't romance but rather delusion. i tried to make samarie unsettling and marina unusually cutesy to mimic samarie's POV to get that point across but i'm not sure if i was successful.

#ive never played fear & hunger but this is so fucking cool #animation

itsmissing

design comm for a "cambrian explosion wizard"

itsmissing

puppygirldick

Morphological differences between thorns, spines, and prickles

sloppjockey

**winter sale**

use coupon code 'ORIGINALSALE' for 15% off all originals

use coupon code 'PRINTSALE' for 10% off all prints on my site

Fine art prints and original paintings

rabbitscreams

we need to invent a way to explain how deep running and pervasive and subliminal racism and antiblackness is without immediately sounding like an insane conspiracy theorist

rabbitscreams

female characters are always lighter than male characters. strong characters are almost always dark. aggressive characters are almost always dark. peaceful and intelligent characters are almost always light. even amongst darker characters the lightest one is usually either the leader or the girls. dark is evil and light is good.

rabbitscreams

if you try to explain this to a white person they look at you like youre insane

gay-milton-quotes

briefly pursuing a career in animation radicalized me on this. So many stories from the industry about how you have to start with your character design as dark as possible, because INEVITABLY you'll get "notes" from higher-ups asking you to make them lighter.

In a class about making a pitch bible my teacher once role-played as a shitty executive with a classmate, pressing them in intentionally abrasive ways about why they made their characters diverse. He emphasized that we had to learn to defend these things, because the racism in the industry is extremely deliberate.

vforvalensa

Ronald Wimberly's comic essay, Lighten Up, stays evergreen

xanaxfarts

A tarantula consumed by cordyceps

#insp

strangegutz

Watch your back, compa!

#sicko laughing yes hahaha yessss #im such a sucker (haha) for your art style. i love the face obscured in shadow with only eyes and teeth showing #its always so effective. love love love #insp

sugarrushdotcomms

hi everyone! i've added free pokemon themed valentine's cards to my shop at the links below! there's also gender variations for pikachu and eevee :)

additionally, for 1USD i will handwrite your names on the cards for you! nothing special but just a small way to support me :)

i hope you enjoy them!

download the cards here: vgen: here kofi: here

hand lettering service here: vgen: here kofi: here

#these are so so cute!!!!!#fav

monamoni

Peacock spiders performing mating dance.

Jumping peacock spiders are known for their vibrant colors and elaborate courtship dances. Peacock spiders hunt by stalking their prey until they are within jumping distance, then pouncing and delivering a deadly bite. They are native to Australia.

#spiders #insp