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Trying to draw buildings

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So you might be saying: Lion why a guide on drawing black people? Well young blood it’s because a lot of people cant…seem…to draw…black people..Amazing I know. 

Racist (caricatures) portrayals of black people have been around forever, and to this day people can’t seem to draw black people like they are human. If your artwork resembles any of the above even remotely your artwork is racist and offensive. If you try to excuse that as a stylistic choice you’re not only a terrible artist, but racist too!!! Congrats.

Whitewashing is also a problem. A lot of people refuse to draw black features on canonly black characters. While this example isn’t colored, lightening the skin-tone of a character is also considered whitewashing. So lets start with features!

Now all black people have different noses thats a no-brainer, but black noses tend to have flatter bridges, and wider nostrils. Please stay from triangular anime noses and small button noses. Your drawings should not depict black people with abnormally large noses. (Especially if you do not draw other characters this way)

If you feel like the way you draw lips on black characters is offensive or resembles a caricature,it probably does and you should change it. ABSOLUTELY AVOID PLACING LIPS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FACE. 

Hair is so diverse! Please get used to drawing braids, locs,kinks and coils! If you can learn to draw ringlets and long waves you can learn how to draw black hairstyles.

Add clips! Learn how to draw baby-hairs and never be afraid to add color Pinterest and Google are free my dudes! Also try using square brushes for blocking in coils.

OK THAT’S ALL YOU GUYS

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Cover art for chapter 1 of Issue 1

⚠️PLEASE do not repost my art to other sites without my permission, and PLEASE do not repost my art to other sites without credit.⚠️

Also I can't come up with a name for the chapter, so if anyone has suggestions I'm all ears-

(Not me realizing I finished this during lesbian visibility week and Alex is canonically nonbinary and lesbian, and also polyamorous-)

(Might redo the hair-)

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Question for my followers...

My other blogs, for those curious:

@crystalsclangencorner (My blog for Warriors Clangen stuff)

@crystals-ocs-ask-blog (My blog for asking my OCS questions/W.I.P still)

@the-official-legacies-blog (My blog for my webcomic series)

@crystalsandbubbletea-art (My blog for my art)

@crystals-warriors-rewrite (My blog for rewriting the Warrior Cats series)

@berat-adil-emre-yukime (My blog for Berat, where I RP and answer questions as Berat)

@cornflower-clangen (My blog for my comic about my Clangen group that's runned by four polyamorous lesbians [Yes I know that info is unimportant-])

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Asking because I'm curious-

Is it wrong of me to put 'Do not repost my art to other sites without my permission' and 'Do not repost my art to other sites without credit' on my art posts on @crystalsandbubbletea-art? And should I stop posting my art?

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

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Alright fellas, I'm doing this...

What slander do y'all have for Berat and Alex?

(This is my first time putting id's on my illustrations I apologize if it's crappy-)

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i lied the compliments are very nice too and im in love with you

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So...

I did a reference sheet for Alex-

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My redesign hot take is that if you’re aiming to “desexualize” a female character, don’t make her boobs smaller. You’re implying a lot here.

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April Art Appreciation Post!

How to participate!

Reblog this post for more people to see!

Artists, tag me in a post with your art, or rb this post with it/link to it in the replies!

Everyone who participates, I will be reblogging all art submitted under #artappreciation and #glacier's art events, go through the tags and rb as much art as you can from it!!!

Then, go to the artists blogs and ask them questions about the art!!! (You can also rb the art posts with questions), rb the answers when you have time!

(optional) Make posts about the art pieces and state what you liked, and why you liked it, linking to the art and tagging the creator(unless they don't want tags).

This includes all types of art! (AI is NOT considered art, keep that out please!)

This is a specific day I have set aside to do this, and can only promise that any posts entered today will be rbed and asked questions and gushed about. Not that other posts don't deserve that, but I have specifically set aside time to do this and don't know when I will have a break after this. So you can enter in artwork after today, but I can't promise that I'll get to it in a timely manner!

Taglist: @fishing4stars @duck-in-a-spaceship @cutebisexualmess @hyperfixated-homo

If you'd like to be added to the taglist please tell me!

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Imagine having your confidence crushed because of a comment on your art

Couldn't be me-

I hate being insecure and caring about what people think I do-

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Asking because I'm curious-

Is it wrong of me to put 'Do not repost my art to other sites without my permission' and 'Do not repost my art to other sites without credit' on my art posts on @crystalsandbubbletea-art? And should I stop posting my art?

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

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Decided to post this here-

(This was posted on my @the-official-legacies-blog account but I decided to repost it here-)

⚠️DO NOT REPOST MY ART TO OTHER SITES WITHOUT PERMISSION⚠️

⚠️DO NOT REPOST MY ART TO OTHER SITES WITHOUT CREDIT⚠️

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ARTISTS, STOP POSTING TO DEVIANT ART

(Gen Ai/BDS)

Learned today that DeviantArt is owned by Wix, an Israeli company listed under boycott by the BDS Palestinian human rights organization.

Under Wix, who acquired DeviantArt in 2017, DV has been pushing Israeli occupation propaganda and allowing Generative Ai to completely takeover the platform and be sold on it.

It’s clear that under Wix, DeviantArt DOES NOT CARE whatsoever about the art or the artists it was originally created to cater towards. It only cares for profit.

Even if you are not well-versed on the current politics surrounding the Israeli Occupation and the erasure of Palestine for some reason, everyone can agree that Wix has changed DeviantArt for the worse and the best case scenario is that they sell it to someone who actually cares for art, not profit.

I absolutely adore to death so much of the art there, but for now I will stop posting my art there and I suggest that other artists do the same. They DO NOT DESERVE YOUR ART.

Please transition towards using alternatives like Tumblr, Insta, Twitter, and Newgrounds. Newgrounds especially is the best alternative to DeviantArt.

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Updated Alex reference sheet

I forgot the flower crown on the last one- 😭

The flowers on Alex's flower crown are dahlias, marigolds, roses, hydrangeas, lavenders, and cherry blossom petals!

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements