#I'm not gonna tag this since its just a rant but its ok to rb

[abysshare]

This is probably a hot take. But as a fat person, i hate when fat characters are drawn with the little half circle or line on the side(s) of their mouth

An example drawn by me:

Like ?? This doesn't read fat/chubby/baby faced to me. The left looks like its chewing and the right looks like they are either sucking on their lips, or ate something sour ( i know the eyebrows i gave them doesn't help, but regardless ).

As someone with a fat face, my cheeks dont squeeze my mouth, even when i was more baby faced. It looks weird, hampster like and i do not appreciate that.

It also feels like a cheap way to not draw a double chin. Which if you really want a simple way to do that, it would be something like this

And yes, i have an actual example of a character who does this...

Willow Park from The Owl House. I adore her, and while she is technically chubby and Not Fat due to the character designs in general, chubby folks also can have a chubby/fat/baby face and she is also, considered a fat character. I was so happy to have her and I'm NOT shitting on the designers or writers. She's never treated as a joke and is actually very strong in her own way.

That being said.

Her younger self ( tween/teen ) and her olderself ( older teen / young adult )

Now.. you may say "oh thats just vector art surely not-"

And this is just the few i grabbed.

Like i said, she is sweet and she is awesome rep, i do hope a lot of fat and chubby folks ( kids especially ) idolize her to some extent.

But the mouth design- its just. Why? She looks like she's trying to hold gum in her mouth as she speaks, or that shes chewing something constantly. Its severely annoying.

And to be clear, its totally fine if another fat and/or chubby person disagrees and prefers the other way, this is a PERSONAL opinion.