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If crashing your car on purpose is flirting with death then I’m stealing glances at death from across the room by never exercising.
Flirting with death but not in a ‘willingly putting myself in life-threatening situations’ kinda way but a ‘making unhealthy choices that will significantly lower my life expectancy if I continue them into adulthood’ kinda way.
Flirting with death but not in a ‘willingly putting myself in life-threatening situations’ kinda way but a ‘making unhealthy choices that will significantly lower my life expectancy if I continue them into adulthood’ kinda way.
platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine
Bugs I saw today! Left is a brown marmorated stink bug (haymorpha halys) and right is what I’m pretty sure is an eastern carpenter bee (xylocopa virginica). Unfortunately the bee was very lethargic and likely about to die, I put it under some tall grass and let it be after taking the photo.
I also saw a click beetle (not sure of the species) and some carpenter ants but didn’t take any photos. I love click beetles, they’re one of my favorite types of bug :3
[Image Description: A digital drawing of a person from the shoulders up. The person has dark brown eyes and hair, a curly, medium length hair style, pale skin with acne and a few freckles, and lip/ear piercings. He looks human except for the goat horns and ears on his head, and his clawed hands with paw pads. He is wearing a sage green shirt and looking to the right with a mildly displeased expression. His right hand is raised to his face, one of his clawed fingers resting on his cheek. The background of the drawing is a gradient from muted tan to pale teal. The person is outlined in an off-white color, and there is a text bubble to the right of him which reads “Hm.” To his left are two bubble-like shapes meant to represent sweat coming off of him. End ID.]
This is a redesign/redraw of a sona I made a little while ago, I can’t link the original post for some reason (??) but it’s in my art tag.
I finished my mane six designs but I /really/ do not feel up to making image descriptions for all six drawings + the height comparison. If anyone wants to help out, even by writing just one or two descriptions, I would really appreciate it. I don’t want to sacrifice accessibility and post the drawings without proper descriptions because I’m feeling burnt out.
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.
I've been called a cop over it but sharing around uncredited art with no source links or attribution, especially when it's made by independent creators, is fucking shitty! I do not fuck with you even a little if you do that!