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hiyaaa <3

Just popping out to say hello and hi to my followers (and new??) I haven’t been active on tumblr for a super looooong time and noticed I’m still getting notifications and new followers........ Not sure why are you following me though im umm /scratches head I’m so excited for the new season of furuba! It’s a happy month for my childhood animes (yes DIGIMON is rebooting too!) Anyway here’s a little peek of my commission of tohru as a little memento for the friends/community of fruit basket I’ve known and love (before I got into fire emblem and noW animal crossing...). It made me so happy that I’ve gotten a fruits basket comms since it  WILL always and forever will be in my heart. Thank you for staying but i don’t know if I’ll be posting again on tumblr anymore....... THIS DON’T MEAN A FAREWELL THOUGH,  I’m active on my twitter @cikenugets and IG @cikenugets_art ! do say hi if you decide to stop by ?  thanks for reading i hope you have a  WONDERFUL day. Pls stay safe and take good care of yourself especially during this time ^^ 

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hey! I really love your art! If you don't mind me asking, what program do you use, and/or what are your brush settings?

ahh im sorry i haven’t been active on tumblr and just saw your ask! Apologies my dear >< and thank you!! <3I’m using CSP for most of my art! My brush settings are not that special but I'm in love w this brush! I used it all for my sketches/lineart/colouring, with a little mix of the default watery brush for blending.

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the princess is here! she protecc but she also attacc!  ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ [a heart-throb series consists of lords from fire emblem! pls be on the lookout for them! <3]

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a dimitwi uwu, do you care him?? [a heart-throb series consists of lords from fire emblem! pls be on the lookout for them! <3]

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happy 15th anniversary! 

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some claude dump! 

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claurenz commission on twitter! 

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kindergarten AU  ✨ ✨

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🎉 STORE OPENING! 🎉 (Reblogs are super appreciated!) 
✨cikenugets.bigcartel.com✨ Hi! Due to immense support I’ve gotten from my twitter (@cikenugets), I’ll be opening pre-orders for my heart-throb Claude #FE3H badges! 🤭💕 💛💛💛 Preorders end on 1st Feb! Thank you for your support

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some tiny claude because we were robbed

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portraits of Little Man

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Thank you so for much your detailed answer, it really helped clear things up for me! I was also worried about if cases where his skin tone was kind of lighter than usual but not the same as other characters was considered whitewashing or not so thanks for addressing that. And please dont worry about if you're whitewashing Claude, your art looks fine to me! I think some people are more focused on attacking others than helping to educate them in these cases which is sad as it doesnt help anyone.

yayy im glad it helped you!! i went for a long answer on that one haha  

and yess please in this house we educate each other uwu...spread knowledge than hate hjhjs <3

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no offense but sweet dreams are literally made of this and.. who am i to disagree

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there’s already a new trailer for season two furuba?? omg i did not expect we were getting it so soon.......

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Hi this is kind of a difficult ask to explain but as a artist I was wondering if you could offer your input on how to tell when someone is whitewashing a character vs just drawing them in a different lighting or coloring style? I've recently seen people say that artists are whitewashing Claude and claiming its lighting so now when I look at some pieces I get worried that I'm supporting whitewashing without noticing it. Apologies if this ask makes you uncomfortable and I hope you have a good day!

Hello anon! Oh wow, this question is way above my paycheck but I’ll try. ;w;

(also a lot of colour theory is involved which I’m still learning!) Might be long so I’m gonna put it under more just incase –

Yes colour is very heavily influenced by lighting so its the main reason some art may look whitewashed. Also, if you look on his sprite he actually looks way lighter than his concept art due to the lighting of course. Most artist tends to whitewash the character to get that pastel aesthetic look. I’d say if there is multiple characters in the same picture and they had the same colour skin then yeah he’s pretty much whitewashed. (Note: this is when there is lighting involves. The way their skin reflects light should be different!)

I’ll include this link, i think it’ll explains better!

https://twitter.com/deluxepeach/status/1140111224597831681?s=20

https://t.co/LXbpvfTRteI love how this pic shows how much lighting reflect darker skin tone!

Anyway, for me to really avoid whitewashing a POC char is to start off with dark colour as their base so that you won’t stray far when adding lighting/highlights. I added soft light/overlay for lighting with adjusted opacity. (Please take this with a grain of salt this is just to show how I approach my art!)

I don’t see any harm in supporting this type of art although if you think they are, might as well ask them nicely (they might accidentally choose a lighter palette OR unintentionally colour it wrong like in my case, my laptop colour differs from my phone so the colour can be a bit off sobs T^T). Also, calling out culture sucks, I’m here to contribute positively (as most artists are!) to the fan base that’s all. After all, they are fictional characters. :))

I hope this kind of answer your question! I’m not very good with words! ;w;

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claude being ullzang 

[a heart-throb series consists of lords from fire emblem! pls be on the lookout for them! <3]

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rat year, rat boi prince