#there's one drawing ppl rebloged a lot where his eyes are literal squiggles andn itmade me so uncomfortable but i felt like there would be | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

chemicalarospec · 3 months

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I've avoided posting about this before because I've seen a bunch of people criticized for how they draw (East) Asian eyes respond with "I'm Asian" (hot take... but you can internalize bias against a group you're in, including caricature-ish standards for them in art), but since we're getting into it with racism in how people draw Light Yagami, I think it's bonkers how accepted it is that artists draw him with squintier eyes the more evil they see him as.

#there's one drawing ppl rebloged a lot where his eyes are literal squiggles andn itmade me so uncomfortable but i felt like there would be #so many counter arguments if i said it felt racist #light yagami #death note #death note fandom #light yagami fanart #i said this #chem's death note arc #racism #anti-asian racism #there's this comic i saw by a black guy abt how to draw black ppl and one thing he mentions is that they should have the same style as every #one else like uf no on eelse has exaggerated features thats a caricature but if thats the whole style then it makes sense #would love to share the comic actuallly but on mobile rn #anyways yeah i do see ppl (I'm thikng of an asian example) break style to draw slanted asian eyes

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