Otherwise, next time that artists opens commissions? How many people have you advertised a whitewashing artist to? How many people think whitewashing is okay because a popular artist does it, with support? You don’t need to start or join in a dogpile but at the very minimum, you should not be supporting such people.
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The fault of fanart though? Yeah, that’s on fanartists and those who support fanartists who whitewash.īecause again, there is art in the game that shows the right skin tones, that matches the diversity Solmare seem to be striving for (that they aren’t consistent with).Īnd there are no shortage of fans who support fanartists who know that whitewashing is wrong, and yet… Many fanartists who whitewash still get support from the fandom.Įvery time you reblog or RT any art of an artist who whitewashed, you are endorsing and popularising whitewashing and racism in art.Įvery time an artist blames their tools, their medium, their style, their lack of knowledge that other people(?) of different skin tones exist(?), they are endorsing and popularising whitewashing and racism in art. The fault of the above lies with Solmare. Racist and colourist coding can occur in any society that has institutionalised racism or colourism. With human vs demon recognised as good vs evil by all common story tropes, this means that dark skin is being likened to evil (demonic) and light skin is being likened to good (human).
I have written before about the racist coding of Diavolo, that he has lighter skin in his human form, and darker skin in his demon form. I have absolutely no idea what privileges or marginalisation apply to any one individual, and that is a very important thing to remember.īut as a company, Solmare does bear the responsibility to ensure that all the game art matches, both for aesthetic design purposes and, in this case, to avoid characters being white washed. And note, I am not directly blaming the artists.
There are so many resources out there, for free!
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Plus many artists, including Devi/dsm7, have written guides for how to colour darker skin tones. Diavolo is portrayed as white more often than he is with his actual skin colour.ĭark skin tones do not look like that in direct light or in shade.Īnd given that some of the card and game graphic artists can clearly manage this task very well, why are Solmare not making sure other artists adhere to the correct colour palettes?Ĭolour picking from the sprites does not work for these characters - it does not work for ANY characters - as those are extremely small file sizes, small resolution, and small detail.īut it is not difficult to find real world references for any skin tone. What isn’t great, is that the two new characters have joined Mammon, Diavolo, and Simeon in being lightened and whitewashed in the in-game card art, and their skin tones made grey when in shadow, and WHITE when in light.Īll the pictures on the right above are not how darker skin looks. Amidst the excitement of the new season, new characters, and new cards, we gotta talk about something that is sadly still an issue, even after Solmare talked about inclusion.Īdding Mephistopheles and Raphael to the cast has increased the number of PoC characters from three to five - which is a great thing!
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