#drawing bipoc

[iloveyoulinpeckettcomic]

TIPS on drawing BIPOC ocs!

Soooo I recently did a collab with another webcomic creator, if you have seem my last post you know what one : ))

as soon as I saw the wonderful artwork I received I noticed something that felt off to me, it's lin's skintone.

This is my Oc Lin Peckett (main character of my comic I Love you Lin peckett)

I never specified her ethnicity (which is my fault on my part) I thought people might know by her looks that she's a POC. specifically she is black/Mexican mixed (I believe blaxican is the term used sometimes)

here are some examples of people I based her off of aesthetically

they are all people of color, share similar skin tone and hair as her. these images are good inspiration to use!

these women in these pictures are all women who are black/Mexican

I used the eye dropper tool to pick 3 different shades of color for comparison, notice how multiple shades are similar to her skintone

lin has tan skin thats more on the lighter side, sometimes her skin tone changed depending on the lighting but her main color is tan. she has lots of warmer tones compared to cooler tones, so keep it more on the yellow side than red/pink compared to other skintones. you can see a difference between the top and middle one than to the bottom one.

here are some white women to compare lin's skintone to

notice how some are similar to her skin, you might think ok so she's white NOPE, look a second time and notice how the color that matched best with her are the parts of these women's faces that are shaded or shadowed. using these women are not good references and if you notice most of them have more pinker tones, lin has warm toned skin.

heres two pieces of artwork I received recently of my oc lin, (both by wonderfully talented creators I'm grateful to get art from) but notice how bluedragon's artwork is the same as lin's. that's because she used an art programs best friend

the eye dropper tool!

this thingy?

it's literally in every single art program ever created, yes even mspaint

use it if you're not sure what skintone to use on a character!

but back to that drawing, you can see a big difference between the two pieces the one on the left by bluedragon is accurate. and the one on the right is by mk-wizard which has lin is very light skin. which is just not correct lol

so let's use are little friend again (the eye dropper tool) to recolor lin with the skintone used in mk-wizard's artwork. as you can tell it's a BIG difference! lin would be a unseasoned piece of chicken if I colored her like this lol (get it …chicken.. HA)

so my final notes to this long post is, please study the character you are drawing a bit more, ask questions. I know this artist isn't whitewashing lin purposely it's an honest mistake that could be anything from different computer monitors showing up different tones? or them being inexperienced drawing POC? which you have all the time in the world to keep studying while drawing! it's okay to make mistakes and learn from them : )))

also this isn't a "callout post" or anything negative towards the artist, this is simply some advice not just for them but for every artist.

I hope this helped in any way possible? and if I missed anything or made any mistakes pls educate me more on drawing BIPOC! I love to hear advice <3 anyways have a good day and drink some water bye~

[adhdnojutsu]

Practicing women of colour after learning of the Kooleen drama. Let’s get something straight:

1. no art style in the world is “unable” to represent any and all ethnicities unless you absolutely insist on same-face-syndrome.

2. your pastel colour palette is not “incompatible with Black characters”. Lots of Black girls love pastel fashion, and phenotype isn’t just colour.

3. “incorrect facial proportions” aren’t a thing. The triangle method is BS. Rihanna’s lips and chin stick out further than her nose, are you gonna tell her she’s anatomically incorrect..? God damn she’s gorgeous!

4. “but my aesthetic” just say you think certain ethnic features are ugly and go. You can draw whatever I want, but don’t “fix” ethnic faces using your racist little triangle or whatever. Alba Flores’ nose is perfect the way it is. Draw it like that or draw someone else.

[momopatchi]

self portrait from 2022

[mushroomyhouse]

Trans people exist in every culture and background across the world and throughout history ❤️

An illustrated print collaboration by @zandegoop and margot fink available at

❤️ mush.house/zandegoop ❤️

[cupiidzbow]

happy valentines day!! ♥️ get yourself a big guy to spoil you rotten!! 😚💝💌

[peevishpants]

ummm... the swamp said fuck off

[traffickoun]

I hope they get hit by car :] /j

Just some test art * does a lil dance *

[cherubdulce]

happy halloween from yours truely! 🎃 👻

🪽 tag list; @lovinglin @eveningshards @lovebugexe @jils-things @gideongrovel @frozenhi-chews @funshineharlequinz @cupiidzbow @decayedstardust @funkedge @retrojem @negativespiritapologist @dissonantyote @sunstar-of-the-north @icejuggler @yumetokashite lmk if you like to be add or removed ! ^_^/

[rotten--cotton]

Orange kinda love🍊🧡

[gideongrovel]

Brook seems like the kind of guy who buys full pajamas sets to sleep in,,,, however Gideon couldn't be bother with all that, it just wears Brook old touring merch tee shirts as his jammies 😴

Taglist; @frankenbridez @goldenshrine @pinkdinkydoon @bobmckenzie @eternally-smitten @cherubdulce @ilovekirei @citrus-selfships @negativespiritapologist @ssozo @taintedloveletter @fates-theysband @sweettoothselfships @dissonantyote @wesleypresleys @keyblade-ships @luaseternal @frozenhi-chews @bioexorcizm @k1ssmeinmydreams @bipocselfship-archive want to be added or removed let me know

[ava-ships]

Kisses for the Wulf❤️

Taglist: @devilishstylist @divine-shaymin @lyman-garfiel @cupidzboww @gay-selfships @lollipopselfocshipping

(Reblogs are encouraged, pr0ship/c0mship DNI)

[savoryangel]

when ur pretend gfbf invites you to come over to his place and turns into a sleepover (>_o) ~ ⭐️

[cupiidzbow]

well you know what a birthday means!! getting spoiled by your bf 😌😌 (he made me breakfast 💕)

[solsunships]

A relaxing and romantic date in the park- oh..! 🩷

(sona uses they/them!)

[traffickoun]

Traffic Cone joke md sona, because I had friends and 10 strangers in my dms calling me that. He is very silly. would love to draw him with some other md ocs/sonas. because I need to practice on drawing these cute dronesss!!

[darlingartt]

Haunted