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[vortexanomaly]

[murkshade]

Can you draw ivypool?

one ivypool hot off the presses!

[mostly-mundane-atla]

Hello! I am an artist and i am doing a drawing that includes Katara. I saw in ur pinned post about your opinions on people drawing the water tribe women with traditional tattoos and wanted to ask you about specifics about the meanings behind inuit face tattoos. I have tried to look for lots of sources from reliable(hopefully) websites about the meanings behind certain tattoos but most of the things i found were more so abut the process and about younger people getting tattoos to represent new things.

I understand there are a lot of different cultural practices with tattoos but the only ones i was able to find a meaning for were a V shape on the forehead for when a girl becomes a woman(i saw one source say this was when the girl first got her period, no idea if thats accurate.), tattoos on the torso representing motherhood(the source said it was supposed to be reminiscent of a baby carrying method), and tattoos on both thighs gotten(before?) giving birth(I think it said it was for protection?). I also saw some other pictures of tattoos but i was unable to find a representation of what they show(Dots on face, lines/dotted lines on chin, a second V shape on the forehead, etc.)

From what I found about the reasoning behind the tattoos the only one(that i know the reasoning behind) that i would draw katara with would be a V on her forehead(Shes a teenage girl and if that source was correct about it being about becoming a woman then katara would almost definitely have it). Basically I’m asking for sources that can give me information on this(or if you wanted to tell me yourself about the tattoos thats perfectly fine aswell)

Thanks in advance, if i don’t get a response before i finish my drawing I will just leave the tattoos out of the drawing to be safe.

Obligatory disclaimer: I am Inupiaq and thus my knowledge is primarily of Inupiaq culture and though we don't call ourselves Inuit the way Canadian Inuit do, we are often all lumped together under the Inuit label. Keep in mind that when i answer cultural questions, it is primarily as an Inupiaq rather than a scholar of all peoples ever called Inuit.

The chin tattoos are for coming of age in my and I believe most Eskimo cultures. It's a painful procedure that shows the woman's ability to withstand pain, not unlike the pain tolerance building exercises men would practice, and thus, readiness to endure childbirth. I've heard that the lines, often somewhat radial from the mouth rather than parallel, are meant to evoke sun rays. While many duties follow wifehood and motherhood, the most culturally iconic is tending the home's oil lamp, the one source of light and non-bodily heat for the household; thus women are associated with the sun. Allow me to wax poetic about my culture for a minute: how beautiful is it that being prepared to be a wife and mother means reminding everyone your words, your songs, your smiles, are sunlight?

It's my understanding that a forehead tattoo is applied to a woman after marrying and having children, to sort of indicate that she is a matron of the village.

Thigh tattoos, I've been told, were so that the first thing a baby would see of the world is beauty. Almost like decorating a nursery, but one's own body. I think thigh tattoos are underrated by fans who go for a more real world inspired look, and their meaning has such a tenderness to it that i think is underrepresented in depictions of our cultures.

[ask-the-drones]

GLaDOS is Cyn's mother..?😨

[your-fav-in-square-hole]

Can baby Bdubs from permit master go in the square hole?

Babydubs from Gamers for Giving Charity Event 2026 is in the Square Hole!

[hoaxghost]

Do you have any Gabriel, micheal and abaddon designs? I vividly remember seeing you post your take on Uriel and Samael and I was wondering if you've designed other biblical angels...

I do! For at least Michael (middle) and Gabriel (right)

These designs are not canonical to File Recovery as their roles(?) have changed in the story.

[rookclan]

I LOVE how sorbetpaw is JUST eyes

the nefarious mold spore