So Excited To Watch Myself Grow Into An Even More Confident, Sexy, Inspiring, Kind, Successful And Overall

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Giuseppe Badiali (1798-1859)

A Gothic Forehall at Night (detail)Watercolor on Canvas

insted of the ship list or whtever at the end of the year tumblr should compile the 100 most blocked users

november 1 mood

“Oh” me responding to the most soul crushing message possible

i hope u all know that when i put a little space before the question mark at the end of a sentence i am tilting my head at u like a dog

I wish i could be someone better, someone people can rely to, but sometimes it gets so dark inside my head to the point where I can’t see anyone else

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.

OK THAT’S ALL YOU GUYS

I just barely graduated architecture school. Straight C student. My mediocre buildings are everywhere