by AlixeTiir » Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:18 pm
Rogerborg wrote:Genuine question: why do all the diverse people of colour have universally Caucasoid features?
Really, once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it. Is this a limit of artistic ability, halfway-house tokenism, or sometinge else?
My guess would be limited artistic ability. When you're learning art in the US, no one teaches you how to draw anything but Caucasoid features. This is also often true when you look up tutorials (unless, of course, you specifically look up how to draw people of color). Similarly, if you live among a majority white population and primarily use people you see as subjects for study, you're usually going to be drawing white people.
The sad result of this is that most artists can only draw Caucasoid features correctly, and when they try to branch out into different peoples, they end up grossly exaggerating the facial features and it looks like a racist caricature. Of course, Zach
could just look up tutorials on how to draw people correctly, but considering that after all these years he still can't draw a cat, I'd say that his laziness is a limiting factor. However, if you look at the cover for Open Borders, you can tell that he's at least
trying to depict people of various ethnic backgrounds with distinct facial features, he's just
not doing a particularly great job.
Or maybe I'm giving him too much benefit of the doubt. Or maybe all of the people of color in his comic come from populations with dark skin and Caucasoid features.
[quote="Rogerborg"]Genuine question: why do all the diverse people of colour have universally Caucasoid features?
Really, once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it. Is this a limit of artistic ability, halfway-house tokenism, or sometinge else?[/quote]
My guess would be limited artistic ability. When you're learning art in the US, no one teaches you how to draw anything but Caucasoid features. This is also often true when you look up tutorials (unless, of course, you specifically look up how to draw people of color). Similarly, if you live among a majority white population and primarily use people you see as subjects for study, you're usually going to be drawing white people.
The sad result of this is that most artists can only draw Caucasoid features correctly, and when they try to branch out into different peoples, they end up grossly exaggerating the facial features and it looks like a racist caricature. Of course, Zach [i]could[/i] just look up tutorials on how to draw people correctly, but considering that after all these years he still can't draw a cat, I'd say that his laziness is a limiting factor. However, if you look at the cover for Open Borders, you can tell that he's at least [i]trying[/i] to depict people of various ethnic backgrounds with distinct facial features, he's just [i]not doing a particularly great job.[/i]
Or maybe I'm giving him too much benefit of the doubt. Or maybe all of the people of color in his comic come from populations with dark skin and Caucasoid features.