randomslasher:

nightcatssketchbook:

fourleggedsandwich:

fourleggedsandwich:

draw all your poc characters in black and white, without greytones, and check if they’re still recognizable as poc.

if they look completely fucking indistinguishable from your white characters then u should work that

no, having a cartoony/anime inspired art style isn’t a reason to not learn how to do this either! i get the feeling that a lot of well-meaning artists do this bc they feel afraid that if they try drawing poc they’re gonna end up making accidental caricatures, but it’s not really great to have a bunch of characters labeled “hey! poc!” and not take the time to learn how to draw them.

resources that i have found helpful:

• mel-lion’s guides on drawing black features
• chuwenjie‘s guide on drawing east asian features
  
• humanae, great place for finding reference pictures
• just studying faces and drawing them is also really helpful. just google ppl and draw them and eventually you’ll get better at drawing diverse features, since you’re not just working off your own brain’s reference of what a face should look like.

Thanks for adding resources!

TUTORIALS THANK GOD YESSSS 

Thank you!!!!!