#and has a different skin tone

[1eatboys]

I keep seeing the odd post here and there mentioning that Ballister Blackheart is white in the Nimona comic and it hurts my heart a little each time I see somebody say that bc he’s actually not! Ballister Blackheart is canonically Asian in the comic, he is East Asian and simply has light skin.

I just find it saddening and wrong (granted I’m white myself so maybe it’s not my place to have an opinion on) to erase a character who is canonically a poc just because they have light skin :/

This is not a diss to people who didn’t know or people that were mistaken, that’s sort of the reason I’m making this post, so more people can know the truth rather than be misinformed or assume incorrectly.

(Context of the photo attached is that it is from a QnA Nate did on the Nimona comic years ago)

Edit: added alt text of everything written in the photo

#ig ppl default to the idea that a character who had an ethnicity change resulting in them being a poc means they were originally white #and not possibly a different ethnicity that is also nonwhite #but ballister has always been Asian #his ethnicity was just changed so he is East Asian in the comic and South Asian in the movie #(most likely to better resemble his va riz ahmed who is Pakistani) #ig ppl see movie ballister who has darker skin and then assume comic ballister with lighter skin is white #also possibly bc ethnic features are more obscured with the simpler comic artstyle #there were points in the book where he was paper light so I understand the assumption to some extent ig #but there’s still something so…. weird abt assuming that he’s white since some poc have lighter skin #also the more recent the art you can see nates style better develop his skin tone #nimona #nimona movie #nimona comic #nimona book #nimona graphic novel #ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart #nimona ballister #nd stevenson #nate stevenson #when will my boy beat the white allegations #also lmk if you think anything I’ve said is out of line lol I was debating even posting abt this bc it’s not really my conversation #also pls read the graphic novel if you haven’t already it’s so good !! ok gn

[isbergillustration]

Sometimes it is imperative to draw a guy in a vat

#realised i have no characters who are escaped government experiments and that seems like an oversight on my part #drawing #artists on tumblr #illustration #procreate #digital art #my art #unclear on why this dude has 4.5 different skin tones but being vaguely frankensteinian is always good

[iwtvdramacd18]

I said it over on twitter but it bears repeating over here.

Louis is light-skinned, him being black doesn't mean he automatically has the darkest skin tone in the room, and it's noticeable and odd when you choose to draw him darker than Armand. I understand the want to make sure you aren't whitewashing but we've gone too far in the other direction and it's still not great. You do need to still put in the effort to not just slapping any skin tone on a person. This happens with Claudia a ton too, especially with season 1 Claudia.

Black people are not a monolith. We aren't a vague collection of swappable features to pick and choose at random, and its starting to feel like artists don't care to actually draw how black characters look as long as they are recognizable as a generalized black person. Making non-black characters notably lighter and smaller in stature compared to a black character has roots in a bunch of racist shit, and it feels especially egregious in Louis' case. Ofc as an artist you're going to emphasize and stylize one way or another, but you also need to recognize that you aren't creating in a vacuum, and how you depict people is reflective of how many of us are seen.

#drama txt #also like lightening Armand's skin tone to emphasize the manufactured difference in skin tone is a form of whitewashing in itself btw #the dubai lighting isn't really the best for comparison but we do have the hand-holding in the finale's climax #and its clear there that Armand has a darker complexion. #and even if we didn't have that Louis does not look darker than Armand in any of those scenes #ask yourself why you choose to darken Louis' and Claudia's skin tones like just kinda sit with that for a bit #and also remember that colorism does exist and if Louis and Claudia were darker in canon they'd also be treated differently in universe #bc its not just some fun swappable trait actually. this affects people

[costulata]

this is for @butterandeggs request of Ken and Kyle in their swim suits! i took the quickest route of just using the ref photo as the background and now I know they're at a beach but I just can't find good reference photos of guys at the poolside

also hope you don't mind I slipped in my Scott Pilgrim oc Shoko in this drawing hehe

#scott pilgrim #scott pilgram takes off #scott pilgrim fanart #scott pilgrim oc #ken katayanagi #kyle katayanagi #shoko saiko #if you noticed Kyle's skin tone is different from Ken i imagined he got sunburnt #also a reveal that shoko has a dragon tattoo #i was skeptical if i should really give her a tattoo cus my former ocs who has one lokks awful #but now i think i get the hang of it and honestly really love how it turns out

[bibottes]

id: an handless, footless, headless doll body made from a piece of cloth. It has a wide, broad-shouldered physique /end id

Here’s the skin I have for the robot doll. It’s gotten frayed enough that it would be annoying to use, but I definitely want to still use this pattern! I might bring the hips in a little to give it more definition, since when it sits…

id: The same body, held in a sitting position. The fabric bunches at its stomach and makes it look more rectangular /end id

It’s not exactly what I want for this character!

I’m also going to be giving it a bit warmer skin since this skin was dyed to be Murderbot but I want to make my Three design instead 👀 the world needs more Three

#I give them very very similar skin tones #just different undertones #mine #wip #my dolls #textile doll #the murderbot diaries #feels a little early to use fandom tags but !! if anyone has thoughts about secunit body proportions I would love 2 hear them

[freaky-flawless]

I reeally wish the Rainbow High doll's skin tones were more accurate to how they are in the web show. The difference is hard to ignore, and its always the characters with even the tiniest bit of melanin that are super inaccurate. It's been a major hang up for me with these dolls.

#rainbow high #rainbow high dolls #its not just the skin tones tho a lot of the colors in the show are just...better #i like how bella looks in the show way more than her actual doll #never really cared for any of the main girls but i started watching the show on youtube #and i love skyler a whole lot #but her dolls look soooo different! she has such a beautiful brown tone in the show and her doll is just...tan #same for sunny and karma #dont even get me started on georgia #shes the only rh doll i own #it would all be one thing if it was like isolated #but lets not forget that when they first released all the girls were white #that immediately put a bad taste in my mouth thats been hard to wash out since #not mh #text post

[tarmac-rat]

Glad to see we're all on the same page

#Cyberpunk 2077 #Phantom Liberty #Phantom Liberty Spoilers #I think? #Every post I see about the suits are 'these are fucking ugly why do we have to wear these' #Every post I see about the fancy boleros are 'these fucking slap why couldn't we wear these to the fancy party instead' #Suffice to say I actually don't mind the green suit visually (haven't gotten to the mission where i actually have to WEAR it) #But I did make Riley try the fancy blue and black bolero and ngl y'all she looks fucking fire in it #CDPR really went off with making like 20 variations of these they knew they were cooking with these #And I also love that everyone has a different one they're attached to lol #Only complaint is some of the ones with lighter central mesh (like the black one with gold flaps) look awful on Vs with darker skin tones #But with so many variations that's not the end of the world I don't think #Aldi speaks #Aldi memes

[isame-allen]

I don’t know what variation of Starcropped you were thinking of for the kissing thing, but what about Lovesick Cross and Scene Dream?

You are a smartass

#dreams hair took me so long omfg I have no idea why #fun fact: the difference between ds cross and lovesick cross is their skin colour #lovesick cross has a pinkish tone while cross is more greyish #and that’s how you know how to differentiate between em :D #dreamswap #ds cross #ds dream #ls!cross #lovesick cross #scene dream #isaacballz #we are curiosity #slight suggestive #or prob #suggestive #cuz sex #starcropped #art requests

[sukimas]

by the way if you bother to check yukari's pcb art the hands in the gap have the exact same skin tone she does. they Are part of her

#interesting factoid: every pcb character has a slightly different skin tone #ZUN does not use color palettes it seems he just picks from scratch each time. bit of a visionary.

[osmanthus-dandelion-wine]

hoyoverse when they are designing sumeru characters and they make their character’s skin .00001 pixels too dark despite the character being pale as fuck already

#genshin impact #genshin impact leaks #sumeru #some people are leaking and only one leaker said the character's skin tone and it's not looking good #out of the 5 characters leaked only one has peach/tan-leaning skin and the rest are pale #we already had low expectations but holy fuck #about to go and take these surveys asking for more diverse skin tones than pale. white. and ashy #but i'm asking for too much ig #you wouldn't think they would see multiple cultures and different regions for their irl inspired game and make everyone in that region pale #but bar is in hell ig #btw: only one visually has been slightly leaked #the others are being described by a reputable leaker #oh god i'm scared for the impending orientalist designs too

[sysig]

Finally doodled HL Mod Stanley <3 (Patreon)

#Doodles #The Stanley Parable #TSP #Because HD Remix Stanley and Ultra Deluxe Stanley have basically the same character model I've never felt the need to differentiate them #I'll joke sometimes about Stanley's soul patch but other than that lol ♪ #But the HL Mod uses a different character model in the intro! Different clothes different hairline different skin tone! #So I went and looked around at what character model he might be - there are about ten male Citizen models in HL2 so there's some options #I was convinced he was either 07 or 09 and smol helped me settle on 07 - I was content to just leave it at that but then #I decided that since it's a mod I can just go dig through the backend files and get some actual confirmation #And I only found files related to mCitizens 05 and 06?? Which was definitely not the skin tones or textures as seen in game #So I dug around a little more and there's a face map of a blue-eyed man just hanging out in the files?? :0 Who is he #We never see that Stanley from the front and I couldn't figure out how to move the camera around in the intro cutscene :( #I'm not even sure if it isn't prerendered lol - if it isn't I'd also consider plugging in some body model glitch cheats but I don't know how #So! For the meantime I'm satisfied enough to just use the face map as a general indication of Maybe Stanley #As well as what we can see from behind and to the side - at least enough to make some guesses! #The main differences are his clothes - hair - and I swear I see a mole next to his right ear on his behind-view #The face map also has a mole above his lip hehe ♪ It's cute! #I'm not sure how much HL Mod Stanley would differ from HD Remix - they share a handful of actions! #I do still think he'd be indignant to the Narrator's shenaniganary lol #I could also see him a bit younger :) From a literal understanding of the mod coming before the full release lol #But I also just enjoy HL Mod Narrator being like thiiiiis much more paternal than all his other iterations - ''Daddy'' notwithstanding lol #Him calling Stanley ''sport'' started right here! Plus how patronizing he is in some of the endings - it's just slightly different hehe ♪

[sashkapi]

The redesigns so far :)

#my art #doodles #kinda #Kick Buttowski #Kick Buttowski suburban dardevil #gunther magnuson #brad buttowski #brianna buttowski #kendall perkins #Jacky Wackerman #Too lazy to render them now but still aye #Listen I just wanted to make Brad a punk idk #If you're interested why Kick has a scar: because its cool that why #small detail I want to note is that Buttowski sibs have the same eye color and skin tone #because woah wdym they're related? #Gunther was the most fun to draw Look at him hes just a guy wow #Drew Kendall and Brianna back to back and was thinking woah bad bitches in different fonts nice #And then there's Jackie

[ervona]

I have successfully (kind of) recreated the wizard

#bg3 tag #now which cutscene shall i make into dhourn and balune. i wish i had gale's magic boat ride but i don't #when i made him by eye his skin tone was darker and more blue so when i first examined him as an npc i was baffled #but anyway now to match he has storm tone 4 which is not even in the drow options by default you have to tick it. but it's the closest #i can't say any of them are exactly the same which is weird. i literally did compare all of them from like 6 to 3 range different tones #this one also makes his face slightly flushed and his eyelashes more white which is a plus and he definitely looks like himself #atp wherever i put them the lighting will be different so it doesn't matter if he doesn't look exactly the same as in his own cutscene #i can't recreate that lighting! when i talk to this duplicate dhourn in the underdark the whole scene is lit differently #they look 99% accurate when i compare them in inventory and that's as good as i'll get because i couldn't open him in cc

[akkivee]

i…………………………… tried………………………………..

#this is vee speaking #suffered drawing him on model because brain doesn’t work like that #suffered drawing him in my style because it’s noticeably different and brain gets happy happy when things matchy matchy lol #everything in my kuukou is me trying to make him fun to draw because his hair is my least favourite hairstyle to draw in all of anime #his eyebrows???? i was having issues making his eyebrows arch so i sectioned them off and it’s stuck tho i don’t need it anymore lol #his skin tone???? a remnant from when i used to give him warmer tones and decided to embrace(?) how pink he is lol #the shadow colour i used to use was like a hot pink and i desaturated it since it was clashing with the way i colour #(skill issue tho lol) #a lower collar line?????? wacked priorities lmao #actual headcanons i draw with is he has an unnaturally long tongue and he has ‘buddha ears’ or fat hanging ear lobes #i think kuukou has gauges to imitate buddha ears??? but i hc he has naturally low hanging lobes #i also keep in mind i think he’s twunky but i also think that’s canon so— #vee is arting

[powdermelonkeg]

Ahem.

Introducing Nanim, heir of House Exeltis of Baldur's Gate

AKA, if Larian isn't going to give us a nonbinary companion, I'm going to make one up myself.

Quick Class details:

Wild Magic Sorcerer with a noble background, half-drow, they/them

Meeting:

In the wreckage of the Nautiloid crash, you find them cornered by three sheep. As you approach, they warn you in a panic to stay back, and the sheep attack. The aforementioned sheep are actually polymorphed Intellect Devourers.

Starting Cantrips:

Minor Illusion

Mage Hand

Shocking Grasp

Ray of Frost

Dancing Lights (drow heritage)

Starting Spells:

Disguise Self

Color Spray

Skills:

History (noble background)

Persuasion (noble background)

Arcana

Religion

Personality:

Starting off by saying they're Lawful Neutral. They grew up nobility with strict rules about when and how to behave and what to do in regards to their Wild Magic surges, so they firmly believe that anyone who is in charge is in charge for a reason, and any rules they set are SET for good reason. You can sway their opinion on this by investigating into the people in charge; for example, initially, they're on the druids' side on the tiefling vs druid conflict, because it's THEIR grove, they're allowed to let in whomever they choose, the refugees are infringing on the rules they set by staying. However, when you find out Kagha's there because Halsin's gone and Kagha's been dealing with the shadows, Nanim's like "wait a minute. You aren't qualified to lead at ALL" and reevaluates their opinion.

They are VERY sheltered as to how the world works. Courtesy of their upbringing.

Very optimistic and charismatic, VERY loyal, and will judge you if you AREN'T loyal to the company you keep. Extremely eager to explore, with little regard to personal safety due to being a Wild Magic bomb all the time. On the more negative side, they're careless, naive, a bit insensitive and pompous due to their status, very impulsive, and hedonistic. They like luxury, they don't believe in challenging rules to help those affected negatively by them, they think they're greater than they are (sorcerous hubris at its finest) and that all their opinions are correct, and they chase novelty like an addiction.

They also zone out. A lot. Like, in the middle of a conversation, a lot. It's often filled with impulsive thoughts that they're sorting into "yes" and "no" piles (examples: "Should I ask Astarion if he's also part drow? If I smack Shadowheart's braid, will she kill me? I want to poke Karlach, just to see if she's REALLY on fire or if it's illusory.") an you can use the tadpole to listen in. Don't get caught!

They're genuinely afraid of confronting their negative traits or admitting they might be wrong about something, in denial about things that don't fit their pre-established idea of themselves. Unintentionally condescending at times. Craves friends and romance both, has no idea how either work (has been to brothels, sure, but hasn't ever had a genuine connection with someone). Likes music, plays the lute. Very vain. 

Approval:

Following pre-set rules (the druids want the refugees out of the grove, the refugees want your help, you refuse to challenge the druids)

Being willing to engage with your surroundings (Eilistraee's sword, the Blood of Lathander, touching the button in Withers' crypt)

Refusing to deal with rule-breakers (the Zhentarim)

Researching/being knowledgeable about religion/history/magic (successful dice rolls)

Staying out of problems that don't concern you (declining to get involved with Ethel vs the brothers)

Taking charge and standing up for your companions (telling the Gur that Astarion's under your protection, standing up for Gale when the others want him to leave, telling Mizora off when she comes to punish Wyll)

Literally anything positive to do with the drow twins at Sharess's Caress

Disapproval:

Defying the order of things (helping the refugees, telling Minthara you'll help her)

Picking the safe route/electing to leave something alone (non-confrontational dialogue choices, abandoning the Blood of Lathander)

Dealing with blatantly bad characters (the Zhentarim, the goblin camp, that paladin that wants to steal the gith egg, Viconia, Balthazaar, Mizora)

Being genuinely dumb (licking the spider, drinking Thisobald Thorm's brew, giving your blood to Araj, waving to Vlaakith, drinking Priestess Gut's potion)

Getting involved with other people's conversations when they didn't ask for you (convincing Rolan's siblings to stay at/leave the grove, interrupting Kagha vs Arabella)

Selling people out (Astarion, Isobel, Shadowheart)

Prying into other people's heads in your party on purpose (Gale, Shadowheart, themself)

Being rude to friendly characters

Being modest and/or humble (downplaying yourself or refusing finer things in life; they want luxury and rewards, damn it!)

Some general, non-personal-quest-related dealbreaker moments (ie, moments where Nanim will permanently leave your party):

Betraying the grove (you have to roll intimidation a few times to avoid this)

The Dark Urge kills a companion on purpose (non-combat, specifically by giving in to the Urges)

Goading Orin into killing whomever she has captive

This is a very long post, so I'll split the Nanim lore into multiple parts (their history, their quest, their romance, etc) and link them here when finished.

Part 2: Nanim's History

#bg3 #companion idea #nanim #i am very proud of the work i put into them #like; they're not perfect #they're not going to be happy with all of your 'good' choices #they're not going to be happy with all your bad ones either #they've got flaws and they've got quirks and are unique to engage with (or at least that's the hope) #also gods is it hard to get pictures with proper lighting #i will get more pictures in different lighting for later i swear #also also 'why don't they have grey skin if they're half drow?' #they do have it! look at the ears and the lips #was absolutely thrilled to find that skin tone because it looks like both of their parents #instead of drow lite #same with the hair; one parent has white hair and the other has black #so you get graphite grey. because while i want them to be nice to look at i don't want them to be perfectly conventionally pretty #i want them to be an acquired taste for whatever corner of players decide to like them

[damiandie]

♡GIRLFRIEND♡

Doodle of the day ♡3♡

#im not tk happy with this one #messed up alot #but wanna keep my drawing streak up #so imma just post it #yes my gf has a different skin tone you have a problem with it kiss my ass #i love her #fnf girlfriend #girlfriend fnf #friday night funkin #newgrounds #VAMPIRIAN VISONS