transtaurusking:ekbelsher:Six of Crows fan art why does a canonically brown character look WHI
transtaurusking:ekbelsher:Six of Crows fan art why does a canonically brown character look WHITE wow I woke up to couple of similar responses to this image on Instagram, and they were completely unexpected! I did not intentionally whitewash Inej; I did my level best to make her skin tone look about as dark as Amita Suman’s (the actor they chose to play Inej in the TV show). To my eye, in this image, she’s got medium-brown skin. Unfortunately, some people are reading it as a white woman under heavy shadow, which was not my intention. The thing is, though: one should assume good faith on the part of the creator. Remember that there is a real person behind all of the art you see on social media. I understand where you’re coming from, but those hashtag comments you put beneath your reblog (I won’t repeat them here) were hurtful, because I was actually trying my best here! I thought Inej’s skin tone and facial looked South Asian when I made this. It didn’t occur to me that it might read differently to others. If you think I – or any other artist – got something wrong, then by all means point it out, but please do so in a friendly and respectful way, not it a “Wow, you suck, you’re such a racist” kind of way. I will be extra-mindful of this problem next time I post fan art of a person of colour, because representation in media is important. But art is difficult, as anyone who has tried it knows! I’m still learning :) *Incidentally, had I drawn Kaz in the same image, Inej’s skin would certainly read as brown. -- source link