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This just be my opinion but I’m afraid to share it tbh. I feel like Imma be attacked. But I don’t see how it’s wrong. Maybe it’s just me?? But others could see it that way but not everyone does. I don’t. I don’t even really see it as a design choice. I just see it as a physical trait. I see a bunch of people drawn like this and they aren’t even black a lot of the time. Idk, this just my opinion, please be open minded and don’t attack me. If you want just educate me and tag me cuz Im really tryna see others perspective on this. 

Also when I draw my OCs I dont necessarily draw it like this but I do shade it like the last one. And they aren’t black. So like, if that’s wrong please tell me how

Hey jsyk it’s 2018 and if you’re still drawing characters with big lips like THIS, even if they’re pale/not black, it’s fucking racist. Stop doing it.

No excuses. “It’s a stylistic choice!” It’s a RACIST stylistic choice.

“Idk how else to draw big lips!” That’s because you relied on racist caricatures and are a bad artist. Teach yourself. Learn. If you’re not willing to do that, then you are a bad, racist artist.

“But it’s part of the character design!” Yeah, and it’s racist. If it’s your OC, then change it. If it’s not your OC, make the right choice and draw them with normal looking bigger lips instead of this racist monstrosity.

And if this post makes you uncomfortable because it’s calling you out for stuff you’ve done, good. Fix it. Own up to it. Grow.

If you see this and you’re first thought is to defend this: you are racist. You are part of the problem. Congrats. Now work on yourself and unlearn that.