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itsomniiart · 1 day
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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. 
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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.
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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!
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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)
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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. 
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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.
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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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itsomniiart · 2 days
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Tango OC :D
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reblogs > likes
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itsomniiart · 9 days
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If trying to appeal to everyone stops you from creating, it's not a good thing anymore
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itsomniiart · 9 days
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Reblog if it's OK for other artists to draw your OCs
Sometimes I get too timid to send asks to ask. I want to see how many people are ok with artists drawing their OCs!
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itsomniiart · 15 days
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today i learned twitter artists are posting their own art but captioning it as if they're reposting someone else's work, bc it gives them waaay more engagement. and its worked every time. the state of social media is truly so over 😭
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itsomniiart · 17 days
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To myself: “It’s ok to make bad art it’s ok to make bad art it’s ok to make bad art it’s ok to make bad art”
*the art is bad*
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itsomniiart · 18 days
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Something I keep close to heart whenever I'm attempting to design horror, specifically body horror, into an oc, is More is Horror.
That character that has a missing eye, one arm, and a bunch of scars? Not horrific.
But a character with too many eyes and not a single scratch on them? Their skin, almost porcelain in how perfectly smooth and clear it is? And as you continue to look at this "person," the term starts to fit awkwardly as a description, especially now that you're able to see the writhing mass of extra arms at it's sides? Now that. That is horrific ♡
“face deformity” ≠ body horror. scars, burns, face differences, etc. are not body horror. sure the face the person in that drawing has might look “scary” to you but you really do have to get over it when it’s a face like the faces some actual people in real life have lmao. ugly laws were only fully repealed in 1974 and also the fact that they existed in the first place should really make you think about this. i thought we were all about weirdos and freaks on this website but people are just so so fucking bad about extending the love to people who look “weird” or “scary”. shut the fuck up and let disabled people exist without a trigger warning
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itsomniiart · 26 days
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itsomniiart · 29 days
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Oc art thing!!
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itsomniiart · 1 month
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itsomniiart · 1 month
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Same goes for me- if it ever does happen (doubtful but)
My art is not permitted to be used for ANY AI PROJECTS. This includes c.ai icons, data feeding, etc
hiiii,,,just stopping by to let you know someone on cai is using your art as a bot icon and i cant exactly remember your policies on art use so i thought it would b better to be safe than srry ;;
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My fucking gods, this is the same child as last time.
I DO NOT WANT MY ART BEING USED FOR CHATBOTS.
PLEASE REPORT THE BOTS AND THE USER AS THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES.
This bot | The misnamed "Shaw" | The user
Thanks for telling me, I'm not in the c.ai space at all but they should not be allowed to use my art.
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itsomniiart · 2 months
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People used to comment on web comics.
People used to comment on fanfiction.
People used to comment on fanart.
People used to comment on OCs.
I hate "content" culture.
I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.
People used to be excited about the art that other people created.
People used to want to share that excitement with creators.
I hate this future.
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itsomniiart · 2 months
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itsomniiart · 2 months
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Drawfee Fakémon appreciation
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itsomniiart · 2 months
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[OC] William speedpaint :3c
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itsomniiart · 2 months
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Gift for @ahworm <3
Commissions open!
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itsomniiart · 2 months
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making art is just like showering………can’t get up and do it, can’t stop when you’ve started. you want to crawl out of your skin if you don’t do it often enough. everything in the world is the exact same
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