#kakiniit

[doesephs]

it’s always ‘inuit inspired’, girl just admit you can’t be bothered to open google

#but cmon it’s literally right there #stop making cultural accuracy under the assumption of pan-asianism #sokka #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #digital art #digital painting #katara #katara art #sokka art #inuit art #inuk katara #kakiniit

[superbly-aged-water]

korra in the avatar state with kakiniit has been wiggling around in my brain for days, so here you are

#legend of korra #korra #kakiniit #inuit #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #LoK #lok fanart #avatar #art #waterbending

[avacdavra]

Kakiniit | Traditional tattoos of the Inuit of the North American Arctic

Making tattoos from scratch was more difficult than I thought it would be (especially when there’s so many small and straight lines!) But I tried my best to make kakiniit + tunniit for TS4. I myself am not Inuit, but having seen so much custom content made for other cultures, I wanted to make these too. There was a random set of facial tattoos I have in game that had a swatch where it was a singular line down the chin, and I remembered it being similar to some native tattooing I’d seen before. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole reading about these in particular. In researching this tradition, I saw how many Inuit women are actively reviving it after years (like well over a century) of missionaries trying to entirely wipe out the practice. It is really cool to learn about the history and meanings behind them, and I hope this can allow someone to have something in their game they may have felt was missing- or someone can learn something new entirely!

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Teen - Elder

Categorized as lower back tattoo

6 swatches; each adding to previous swatches

As stated before I am not Inuit so if I did get something wrong, or there are any concerns to be raised with this please let me know!!

#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc #ts4 cc #sims 4 tattoos #kakiniit #tunniit #ts4mm #finally got around to taking pictures to upload this wooo! #idk how cc creators take Good pictures omg #cc #my cc #alwaysfreecc

[petrapunk]

Please enjoy this piece from a Florist!/TattooArtist! Zutara AU from this year’s @zkbigbang !

This was such a lovely team to work with and I really enjoyed getting to learn more about traditional Iñupiaq tattooing. What a beautiful heritage and what an effort is being put into its preservation!

#Zuko #katara #iroh #kuspuk #iñupiaq #atla #kakiniit #zkbigbang2022 #zkbigbang #original petrapunk

[saturnniidae]

Eret is trans btw

#his tattoos are based off iirc kakiniit which in inuit cultures are given to represent someone entering womanhood #he is trans.. #httyd2 can mess around w their poorly researched mishmash of cultural aesthetics all they want but i know the truth #eret son of eret #eret httyd #httyd #httyd 2 #how to train your dragon #moth.txt

[luxusdollhouse]

OH SHIT!!!!! It’s older scala-era Ephemera :) i have many thoughts on early scala and ephemera i feel insane

#khux #Khml #ig #Ephemera kh #Ephemer kh #ephemera is transfem to me. Idc. #And i got hit with inuk eph idea so fuck it we ball #Theyre inuk now #With kakiniit! #I like them with chest kakiniit after they started having kids <3 #Bc thats when inuit women would get them too

[tepkunset]

Representation vs. Appropriation

When I made a tumblr blog post pointing out that the character creator in Baldur’s Gate 3 included culturally appropriative face tattoos, lot of people decided to bend over backwards to defend this. Excuses I have found while giving my blocking finger a routine work-out thus far have ranged from “Larian Studios is European so they don’t know any better”, to a classic “it’s just a fantasy game, stop being so oversensitive”. But by far the most common poor reaction was, “what if it’s representation?”

Now, two Māori people were quick to jump into this post and say themselves, clear as day, that this is not representation, it is appropriation. That should be enough right there—settlers do not get to decide what is and isn’t representation for us Indigenous folks. But white people not listening to Indigenous voices is nothing new. I’ve been forced to learn that if you want to be taken seriously by settlers, your best chance is to coddle and appease their poor little delicate feelings. So, let’s pretend for a second that these “what if it’s representation?” questions are actually asked in good, albeit ignorant faith, and not just a pathetic gut-reaction to avoid having to critically think about a beloved game. (Which, by the way, I still overall adore myself, mind you.) Let’s pretend they actually want an answer, and give it to them.

It’s very easy to list the examples of positive Indigenous representation I’ve personally experienced in video games, not made by Indigenous folks ourselves, because there’s only one game that comes to mind: Assassin’s Creed 3. The protagonist of AC3 is Ratonhnhaké:ton of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka people. Ubisoft is a terrible company for other reasons, but they did one thing right in the development of this game: They hired a cultural consultant, Thomas Deer. Deer was able to guide them through avoiding offensiveness and stereotypes, and include proper cultural touchstones that Indigenous players, especially Mohawk players, would want to see. For example, Ubisoft originally wanted to include sacred ceremonial masks in the game, but Deer told them that depictions of these masks would be taboo. He also helped them choose what clothing and jewellery was authentic to the Nation. This, among much more, helped create a truly representative experience. What makes it representation is that it features an Indigenous character in a positive way, without crossing lines into what should not be touched by outsiders. But had Ubisoft decided to ignore Deer’s consultation and go ahead with using those sacred masks… that would have been cultural appropriation.

Cultural appropriation is taking a closed cultural practice and using it yourself, despite not belonging to the culture it comes from. The key word there is closed, as in, something not for outsiders to touch. Eating frybread is not cultural appropriation, because it’s something freely shared by Natives to others. But wearing a fake headdress to your local musical festival is cultural appropriation, because headdresses are sacred regalia not freely shared by Natives to others. It really is that simple: just listen to boundaries set by the People.

“But my fake headdress is just clothing.” “But a fake kakiniit is just ink.” “But my fake totem pole is just decoration.” Except not, and the very fact that you have no respect for the history and meaning behind these things is the perfect example as to why they are not for you. But being told something isn’t for them has always been a hard a pill for settlers to swallow.

The phrase “nothing about us without us” is often used when advocating for rights and respect of minorities. It was first brought into English vocabulary by South Africa’s disability activism in the 1990’s, and has since been adapted across the world as a slogan to mean uplifting voices of the people you claim to want to help, instead of speaking over them. I personally first heard it through EDIRA work (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Reconciliation and Accessibility) at my job, and I feel like it can be applied in many different ways, this being one of them. The best representation comes from listening to the people you want to represent. Had Larian done that, they would have known that imitating those tattoos was off limits. But since they didn’t, they took what wasn’t theirs to take. And that’s appropriation.

#cultural appropriation #appropriation #representation #racism

[atlaculture]

Hi! I’m making a water tribe oc and was wondering if it would be disrespectful if I gave her traditional Inuit tattoos?

I'll be honest: I do not feel qualified to answer to this question. Mostly-Mundane-ATLA has a great post about this topic here.

In general, there's always going to be a spectrum of opinions within any group on how certain aspects of their culture should be handled or depicted. However, if you do plan on incorporating traditional arctic tattoos into your character's design, please do research on the meaning and context behind each marking. Here are some useful sources:

Kakiniit - Wikipedia

Tunniit: A guide to Inuit markings in Greenland | [Visit Greenland!]

Reclaiming Inuit culture, one tattoo at a time | CNN

Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos | (unikkaat.com)

Tattoos & Seals – an Inuit Woman’s tradition - PIC&D (proudlyindigenouscrafts.com)

Behind the Inuit tattoo revival: Once banned, now the ancient markings are making a comeback | National Post

Face Tattoos in Indigenous Cultures: Meaning and History | POPSUGAR Beauty

Kakiniit: The art of Inuit tattooing | Canadian Geographic

TATTOOS OF THE HUNTER-GATHERERS OF THE ARCTIC | LARS KRUTAK

Symbolism in Inuit tattooing - The McGill Daily

BENEATH THE SKIN - Mythogynist Media

Articles - Greenlandic Tattoo Culture - Nú Ninja (nuninja.es)

#water tribe #building up

[spikeghost]

Realizing Danvers is so against her daughter getting her Kakiniit is because she sees dead/missing Indigenous women when she sees her with them was a fucking gut punch.

#true detective #night country #true detective: night country

[doesephs]

lesbians at a banquet? more likley than you’d think

#lailarez > rennison #im simply spreading the gospel #digital art #laila dermott #cat alvarez #the sunshine court #all for the game #aftg fanart #aftg #the foxhole court #digital painting #sketch #lesbian #inuit art #kakiniit #lailarez

[original-character-championship]

Bracket C Round 1

Poll 1

Fadestep  - Fade for short (@wiingdings) vs. Airaq (@crystallizedkingdoms)

129. Fadestep  - Fade for short (@wiingdings)

She/her

Fade used to be an animal jam warrior cats OC who I loved so much I turned her into an alien cat from another planet. She has an alien form. Obviously has a tragic backstory because she's a childhood OC (alien village got attacked, her sister died, she fled to earth). She currently lives on earth with her lynx husband and her three children and she's very grumpy and introverted but adores her family so much. She's OLD, created around 2016, and she's still kicking! The girlboss of all time <3 You can go to her toyhouse page if you're still curious about her

Fade is a small black cat with big ears and a long tail. Her left eye is gold and her right eye is blue. She has a grey muzzle. She has a scar on her left shoulder and a scar across her lower back. She usually wears a blue earring and a grey scarf with a white X pattern.

130. Airaq (@crystallizedkingdoms)

he/him

Airaq Wesley is a sweet, Inuk polar bear deity with a heart of gold. Son of the mayor of Ittuatuq, Airaq has been the town’s darling, and Hottest Man Ever, for many generations. He is a source of guidance and comfort for everyone in Ittuatuq, and he is often found hunting and enjoying himself with people who invite him on hunting parties (he’s considered a good luck charm). Though, sometimes he feels a bit lonely when the people of Ittuatuq treat him too godly… Also he’s bisexual 💖

A brown-skinned, tall, fat Inuk man. He has short, white hair, white eyelashes, white facial hair, and brown eyes. He has two scars on his face, one on his lip and one on his left cheek. He has two dots over the corners of each lip, which are traditional tattoos called tunniit. His arms are covered in tattoos called kakiniit, but they’re usually obscured by the thick, white parka he wears most of the time.

Art drawn by achamocha, my girlfriend, except for the arm kakiniit, which were drawn by me

#oc championship #tournament poll #bracket c #round 1 #129 Fadestep #130 Airaq

[avacdavra]

i know i dont post much here- i forget to even reblog cc finds most of the time- but id like to start doing more! i always have ideas to make so many sims and their stories that id play out mostly in mt head while making them, but it would still be cool to take pictures with poses to tell those stories. i also have made a couple tattoos for personal use im thinking about uploading too! im always looking for good tattoos for ts4 so i dont doubt others are as well.

#ts4 #i do plan to upload one of the tattoos for sure! #its kakiniit for an inuit sim i made

[transboysokka]

The symbolism of trans Sokka growing a beard over his kakiniit I’m weak

#trans Sokka #text

[otwdfanfic]

Oh and also 7 so you can indulge in talking about your ocs (the beloved beans)!! <333

I ended up busy all day yesterday so I decided to add some little drawings to spice up my reply <3 I'm gonna resist yapping about Baldur and Cato for this one, and I'm gonna save our sweet Bjorn and Eret for later yaps. Instead I decided to focus on some other dragon hunter OCs!

People who have read OTWD might remember Sikka for her antler hood or nadder spear, but under the hood she's got incredible tattoos called tunniit. Tunniit are part of the Inuit tattooing tradition that Eret’s tattoos were inspired by. In real life they’re typically seen on women, and these days a lot of women are getting them again to keep their traditions alive, so I decided that based on Eret’s I would give each northern tribe their own kakiniit that identify their tribal affiliation and family. Since our httyd northern tribes live in the Arctic between Greenland and Russia, I figure the tradition probably spread from Greenland! The forehead portion is similar triangle shape for everyone in Sikka’s tribe and represent antlers (there might be variations in exact design based on the family). The chin portion represents one's individual role or honors a family member. Sikka's represents a herder tracking the hoofprints of a reindeer, and her mother had the same. She belongs to the Reindeer Tribe of Reindeer Valley, near Griselda's Fortress and was only 16 when she joined Cato's crew (she's ~21 in OTWD). Griselda refused to hire her at first bc her mother had ended up in a terrible, fatal conflict with one of Griselda's top men that caused controversy between her tribe and the hunting operation, but Cato insisted on giving her a chance. He's extremely proud of her skill and loyalty, and she loves him like a brother, so betraying him in OTWD was not an easy decision. The moment he realizes Sikka's abandoned him is when he decides our heroes have really got to pay, bc he hasn't just lost a payday or even his second chance with Gustav but also his horned shadow. I'm SO excited to see her again in Into the Polar Night, she's going to have a very important role and I think it'll surprise everyone. Hopefully it won't be too long before I post a playlist for her <3

The other two OCs here will only appear in Gustav's short which is tentatively titled How To Hunt Your Dragon LOL

Ragnall is the quartermaster of the Goregutter, the first hunting ship that Gustav and Cato work on, and he's essentially Gustav's boss despite not being much older than him. He manages the ship and deck for the captain Harald Bloodaxe, who handles the business side like choosing where to port and hunt. Ragnall does hunt dragons but he doesn't manage the dragon hold where they're kept, that's up to a slavic man named Wyrmhart (Cato's boss). His mother was the witch Skuld, and he grew up working whaling boats in Thunderhead Bay, and some of the men grumble that he practices witchcraft. He's strict but generally fair, and likes Gustav just because he's a high quality sailor relative to a lot of the hunters. On the other hand, he despises the mainland vikings who are converting to christianity and their christian Saxon neighbors, so he's particularly prejudiced against Cato, who barely even speaks fluent norse at this point (if he'd bother to ask, he'd learn that Cato isn't a christian, but you know how prejudices are). Ragnall is pretty important to the overall OTWD series for a few different reasons actually, so I can't wait to write his story. I think everyone will find it shocking and fun hehe >:)

Siraj is the 19 year old son of an extremely wealthy trade lord from Marrakesh who pays to bring a lot of Griselda's cargo through the Mediterranean. He's apprenticing under Harald and Ragnall to learn the ropes (literally) of sailing and managing a trade business because his father wants him to have practical knowledge before taking over the business, since he's been raised in a very privileged and comfortable life. He went to university in Marrakesh, so he speaks multiple languages and really boggles Gustav's mind with his knowledge haha. He's really sociable and is Gustav's first friend on the Goregutter, they have a fun gang of friends. The only thing he's not involved with is the actual dragon hunting, since that has nothing to do with running a trade empire. He does go home after his time on the Goregutter so he isn't involved in the plot of ITPN or TOTG, but I imagine that he keeps traveling all over the Silk Road and making friends everywhere before taking over his dad's business.

Whew that was some MAJOR yapping but I'm so glad for the chance to talk about some of my dragon hunters. A lot of the hunters are just background people to me, like the background Berserkers, and I don't really consider them OCs, but these three definitely are <33 my actual reaction to this ask:

#httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd ocs #dragon hunters #griselda the grievous #gustav larson #sikka #ragnall #siraj #me not giving actual vikings like Ragnall giant facial hair is a crime I’m sorry. I will try to do better #character design

[ravenkhor]

WIP art of Nuvua Tuktulok and her son, Ikumak Tuktulok.

Nuvua and Ikumak are both healers, though only she can use her abilities due to the fact Ikumak doesn't have all ten fingers on his hand. Though, both of them have physical features of the Tuktulok family's magic, giving them green eyes when naturally they would be brown.

There's a lot of antler coding in the patterns in her gloves (which are made to be similar to Kakiniit, which she does have on her face) to call back to the Caribou spirit they descend from :)

Ikumak has a lot less of a natural-themed design, as he takes on a completely new role unlike any of his ancestors.

#art #artist #my art #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #oc #original character #lgbt #native fantasy #native american #native american coded #inuit #inuit fantasy #yupik #yupik fantasy #inuit art #indigenous #indigenous fantasy #fantasy #fantasy art #fantasy worldbuilding #fantasy writing

[divinesknowdev]

🪶Red rock woman🪶

The ‘Boot Camp’ Loba outfit has some beautiful makeup that reminded me of tunniit and Kakiniit tattoos. The necklace is similar to one I have and was inspired by it. It’s nice to see a little bit of me in my favorite game even if it’s not intentional. Mahsi Cho Apex, sorry for rambling. 🧡

#apex legends #apex legends fanart #loba andrade #loba apex legends #indigenous #indigenous pride #dene #native women #every child matters #🧡🪶