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pillow-boi · 2 years

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you should consider changing the skin tone on kdj for your latest piece since drawing him, an asian person, yellow is extremely racist

Though I understand where you're coming from, the yellow in here is from the yellow/anise undertones of the background, representing the sun, contrasting with the red/blue undertones of yjh. It is not his "skin tone" but the result color of the lightening, as you can see from the green reflection of his coat. Where white becomes green, beige becomes yellow.

If I change his color palette, I would have to change the whole background, and consequently yjh's color palette which is thought as opposite of his, eventually meaning I have to change the whole piece.

As such, in this specific case, changing the color is not possible.

#plus yellow happens to be my favorite color and I like using it both on characters and background #and #yellow for clear tones VS blue for dark tones with red/pink undertones has always been a big classic in art #skin color in art has always been a difficult subject and a never ending cause of conflict #wether because of the yellow or the too common white washing #some times it really is because of badly chosen color and some times it truly is because of lightening #it is almost impossible to judge except if you're an expert on color theory #which neither I nor most of the internet is

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