Well, there is a matter of shading and such, as well as what filter you put on your drawing and what the lighting is like in the scene you’re drawing, what kinda mood you’re trying to get across, if you’re using a restrained palette.
Here to illustrate my point is Connie Maheswaran from Steven Universe
Lightening a skin tone in art is more complicated than just writing down the hex code for what a person’s skin color should be. I’d imagine a lot of artists don’t even realize they’re doing it when they lighten a skin tone past what is acceptable.
A good rule of thumb (that I need to follow more) is not to eyeball a character’s skin tone but make a starter palette than adjust it to the lighting as necessary. If you’re doing a piece that’s artsy fartsy, or has a three color palette or something, make sure the contrast of the skin is still intact. Dark skin shouldn’t pop as much as light skin against dark hair.
Also, while this is a lesson that applies just as much to amateur artists as it does to professional artists, remember, a lot of artists on Tumblr are still new and learning. Depictions of characters that might seem fatphobic or racist at a first glance might be the result of someone still struggling to break past fatphobic or racist caricatures in their art that were picked up from other mainstream sources.
We’re all here to improve and get better, so let’s do our best to help each other make art that is inclusive and celebrates diversity.
Thank you for giving this post some semblance of logic. I hate to see artists who make these completely unintentional mistakes get slammed for trying to do lighting and palette colors correctly. Everyone has to start somewhere. Please consider your words before you go off on someone.
Do you have any rules about fan-art involving sex? Anything you wouldn't do? Anything you absolutely would do?
I do have a few rules involving that anon and thanks for asking.
I prefer to be asked first. While I do like surprises, these tend to be from friends who know me well enough that they won’t send me content that I wouldn’t approve of involving my OC. So if you’re aren’t sure it’s something I’d approve of, just ask me.
Solo art of Scarlet is nearly always acceptable as long as it doesn’t involve my “Never ever ever” list that I’ll provide below.
Scarlet is pretty open to all kinds of sexual exploration with her partners and she sometimes will consider a “one-time fling” but only rarely. If you want her to have a “fling” with someone, most definitely ask.
Below is my never ever ever list. If the art you wish for me to be involved in has the following themes or fetishes I’ll most definitely tell you no.
