Drop your social media's, I'd love to check your stuff out and support you!

I don’t think people “discredit” your artwork, but it’s such a niche topic which is why it may not be popular in the art world. And especially not from other black artists, who usually prefer following people who make black or brown skinned art. Heck, even I see black artists following ancient Indian/Hindu or indigenous art pieces than Japanese unless they’re a weeb or something.

Fax.

yup ,tottally agree . this happen to me one cause i am not draw dark skin character . excuse me for i never knew and meet any POC face to face in my life . yes i see them on the internet , no i am not familiar with such skin tone , and tradition beauty standard here is white unblemished skin with long straight black hair and we got reason for THAT to be that way, i have try to draw some since but they just look kinda plastic not the best

Thank you, I feel so bad not being able to do it, but I can't draw too straight or too curly of hair, and it sucks. I try to work on it, and every attempt fails lol

honestly shut up

We get it your poc

they only mentioned it twice?@@ang3ls.cup1d

yeah I completely agree with this , and I think the same logic can be applied to people who just want to draw the body type they prefer.

i remember i used to draw only girls. but somewhere near my time of transitioning i drew only guys. gender envy or im just gay. 🤺

@@milk.8793 Bro we had the same experience.

How the hell does that make you a misogynistic, I know if a guy only draws women, the people would have probably called the guy a pervert or weirdo. Men are being painted as the bad guys in this society, and it is getting on my nerves

@@CrookedFood23 I'd only call the guy drawing only women a little strange if all the women he draws are busty hourglass girls that look generally oversexualised. Oversized and oversexualised female + male anatomy in art is a big turn off in making any kind of friendship with someone for me. Or literally anyone who draws 'futa' fetish stuff, not talking about trans women.

then dont call urself a professional simple as that bvecause if you dont branch out you are NOT a professional

@@TeaStochl who called themselves that? you also don't need to be a professional to take commissions btw.

lmfao??@@TeaStochl

@@liqznaa idek what you on about yes if you think you are at a teacher level in art you do need to have some knowledge of drawing other things than skinny white girls

this is what i'm saying, i would let you know if i am not confident in your OC's body type, whether buff or fat. i don't want to be paid for something i am not confident will turn out well so i'm saved the struggle and frustration and worry, and youre saved in wasting your money for something that both of us know won't turn out good yet. your money is better spent elsewhere, somewhere someone is good at drawing what you're looking for. they literally said it themself "learn it, it's easy" it's like okay even if it is easy, i haven't had a chance to learn it yet, so i am not comfortable accepting money for it yet??

I agree with you, people shouldn't be forced to draw different body types or skin types, I've seen many artists get bashed for drawing similar body types and skin tones. Personally, I think it's ok for people to draw those types without being forced to branch out, however, I agree that artists should experiment with their art and branch out to concepts and studies that are out of their comfort zone.

​@@Theo-ub5wd Exactly, a bit off topic but god forbid if someone is attempting to get you cancelled with an accusation whether real or false while you're at it. The amount of bullying, name-calling and EXTRA accusations that happens when you get cancelled is insane. People will make a bunch of videos bullying your art style, your characters and etc until the accusation is confirmed or denied. And if it's denied to be factual, people will suddenly switch sides and act like they didn't actively join in on the hate train and attempt to comfort you. I don't think cancel culture is 100% bad because some people really should get shunned from the internet (P*dos, z*ophiles and etc..) But yeah, cyber bullying on the internet has been extremely normalized for years now. I think hopeless peach is a really great example of this off the top of my mind.

so what i get from this is always hide hands and never draw poc if you dont want to even if your job is to show people to draw and draw varieties of people

i don't think every artist cares ab their reputation in the aspect tht ur talking ab. some ppl js wanna draw bc they find it fun, they draw the things that they like and find appealing. i think labelling an artist as an ''artist who never draws...'', just shouldn't be done bc at the end of the day, wht an artist draws *tends* to be things that they may find attractive, cool, interesting (and some js do it as a hobby) and if those are the only things you're known for, then so be it, it makes u more recognisable in a sense ? personally i dont mind being known as an artist who only draws slim characters bc slim characters are what I want to draw and what I can draw. I find that attractive (not saying i don't find chubby ppl attractive, i've seen some that are.), and i feel like i can make more interesting and cool designs and make them have more dynamic poses bc of their body type and shape. I wouldn't know how to incorporate those onto chubbier or fatter characters bc i don't know how to, nor do I want to learn to bc it's not something I'm interested in learning, nor will I put it into my art. i don't mind being known as an artist who draws men with abs or men with glasses, mostly characters who smile or anime styled drawings, because they're what I enjoy drawing! I started art as a hobby, I don't want it to be a chore, learning things that i *just. don't. care. for* . At the end of the day I don't want to be doing a bunch of commissions or draw art that involve things that I don't find the least bit interesting, all bc I care ab how i'm perceived by others, and what my reputation is to certain people. It's my work and it always will be. My point is, that reputation in that aspect of not being able to draw certain things or just not drawing certain things, doesn't matter to every artist, well, not to me anyway because the reason I draw what I draw is because I enjoy it, like it, and find it interesting. And I just want to say that I'm not trying to come across rude to you OP, your point was very reasonable. But I'm trying to make it clear to those who believe that it is compulsory to draw diverse characters, when it is not.

Honestly I like this take. I feel like people are focusing on 5he wrong aspect of these arguments. Like as an artist you are allowed to draw whatever you want and have complete control over that, but people are allowed to feel however they want about your art. So if a random Twitter user sees your body of work and is disappointed that you don't draw poc or chubby ppl, that is fine. You can't control how ppl react to your art especially if u post on a public platform. Obviously it sucks if ppl make assumptions about you or judge your art unfairly, but as an artist, we open ourselves up to criticism everytime we post. Fair or no. Anybody can not like your art for any reason. If you find the criticism is valid and take it to heart great, but if it's not valid or not important to you, that's ok too. Basically if we have the right to draw anything we want, we have to accept that ppl have the right to react to it anyway they want. Not everyone is gonna like your art and that's ok. It's not easy but that is also a huge part of being an artist on the internet.

while I agree drawing dif body types and hair types can be harder to draw, there is literally no excuse for not "being able to draw different skin colors". Color picking exists??? If you can use brown or darker colors for hair or eyes it is not that hard to use a color palette with proper skin tones

@@hiiragii oh yes I actually agree! I never rlly did struggle with different skin colors, but i definitely improved after watching a single video about them, i can't force anyone to draw different skin colors but if they say it's "difficult" i will just think it's an excuse 😅

⁠@@hiiragiipeople be having the most complex shadows and lighting in their art but piss themselves at the thought of drawing someone with dark skin. 🤣🤣 I think it’s funny and very telling. Dark skin isn’t that complicated to draw any more than light skin is in anime art styles. Realism tho? That’s a different story. But anime? It’s easy as hell. I think people just don’t want to admit that they grew up only drawing “white”/“asian” because that’s all that they were socialized to draw because anime hardly ever has much diversity. And it’s okay to admit that. Acknowledgement leads to progress. I just find it weird though how some people act so aggressively towards this topic when pointing out the lack of dark skin. Stop being afraid to say “I’m uncomfortable because I have little experience drawing that” and people would understand. Vs “I don’t have to draw DARK skin because I don’t want to/have to REEE” the worst I’ve had read with regards to this is someone saying that “it’s a preference to draw only white skin because people only want to draw beautiful characters” which is… yikes. Pretty self explanatory.

I’m glad you like it 🤍 it’s a piece I did a few years back that was space themed!

@@Yukibunns Listen, you have whites complaining about representation in South Africa. Is it racist that most Africans want to watch content that's in their own language?

@@suzygirl1843I don’t think so! I think the Africans are justified!

@@Yukibunns We can make and CONTROL our own Manga and art. So we can profit off of it and not have a white person own our favourite I.P like Black Panther. Did you know we haven't gotten MLK movies or TV series because Spielberg owns all his speeches??? We don't get to see our favourite black characters because whites are holding them and not allowing them to shine until there's intense demand for diversity movements like #Oscar'ssoblack or black girls rock.

@@Yukibunns I'm an architect, you're an artist, I see. Let's start a network of professionals who would like to start a club of anime enthusiasts and market black Manga, okay?

I agree

but you cant say you are a proffesional if you only draw skinny white or asian people

@@TeaStochl you can still be an artist tho- plus who cares if you cant be a "proffesional" not everyone wants to be one arts just ment to be fun. plus profesionals can specilise in one sertint thing-

@@Moogsymug okay i dont give a fuck if you teach people and say this is how to do art then you have to do a variety if you only do it for you you dont have to so jus shut the fuck up and admit you hate drawing poc, or plus size charachters

I mean, there are some people that are fine with their current skills and what they draw. If they dont have any desire to draw poc or different body types, or just to try out anything new in general, they don't really have any reason to learn:(

@@Lazzuuu I mean I guess but I don’t know why you’d limit yourself like that? like your art is bound to be stagnant if all you draw are people with the exact same skintone, body type and facial features

@@ran2910most people draw what they like, I draw furries for example. A lot of art is very self indulgent, some people provide commissions on the side to make some extra money, some do it as their full time job. I don’t really see an issue with somebody declining a commission if they cannot accurately portray a character, like some people straight up won’t draw anything other than busts. And that’s fine, bc art should be fun, and if that’s what the artist enjoys i don’t see an issue. Not everybody wants to strive for improvement, esp if it’s just for personal enjoyment

I honestly feel like it’s just the comfort of what the artist has. Some might be learning how to draw certain characteristics and body types and just aren’t comfortable taking a commission about said characteristic if they feel like it’s not up to a standard they feel is acceptable to the commissioner - like me, I struggle heavily with black hair and chubbier body. I myself am chubby with a semi curly hair style yet I barely know how to draw my own body type correctly. I personally don’t find it weird at all but I can see 100% why you would! Though, also I wouldn’t want to take on a drawing knowing I could’ve done way better down the line once I’m better at drawing the characteristic the commissioner wanted in the first place and maybe end up getting demotivated or “bashed” in a way. If that makes any sense lol

People like drawing what they enjoy, if someone doesnt enjoy getting out of their comfort zone and drawing something completely different, when making art for themselves or anyone else, nobody should force them to do so, for most people art is a hobby and its meant to be fun, if for someone drawing poc characters isnt fun, if they genuinely dont enjoy it why bother them about it? I dont enjoy drawing men does that mean Im sexist?

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hearing your opinion so far i completely agree. people can be scared out of drawing more diversely if they hear people being mean about it. in my opinion, like i said before some people are just hobbyists. they are under no obligation to improve if that is not what they want out of art. i'm not saying they should never improve, no, but not everyone is constantly wanting to improve, push their boundaries, get better at drawing things theyre not good at yet. if they ever want to start improving, they'll look for resources to do so. but trying to demand people improve at a rate they're not ready to is.. well.. most likely gonna make more people quit because it feels like a chore and they're not having fun anymore.

thank you!! i totally agree with you. Literally its not hard and its good to expand your knowledge if you're doing art for work. Its okay to have preferences but telling someone you wont take their commission because "i dont wanna draw black people" seems... not great.

This is real facts

Exactly! I couldn't care less what "race" or things people prefer to draw. But using "not being able to draw black people" or "I can't draw textures beyond 1b" as an excuse like they are some sort of very different alien race gives me such an ick. Yes I think most artists were taught to draw Caucasian features by default or "animumu" people but it becomes hypocritical and very telling and hypocritical f people are breaking their backs and wrists to learn the fundamentals like anatomy but suddenly if it's about changing 'features' like skin tone, hair type it's ImPosSiBle. Just admit you don't want to draw black/brown people because it's not desirable to you and be done with it. Most people outside twitter couldn't care less anyways.

Ughhh I wish but my situation has changed 😭😭 if I get some free time maybe I’ll consider a giveaway!

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