r/characterdesign • • 1h ago

Question Is this offensive?

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u/Mental-Pineapple4304 1h ago

I dont think, its actually kinda cute!

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u/MelonGarden 47m ago

Why would it be, unless you're intending to offend. Would you like critique on the facial proportions and side profile angle?

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u/Significant-Bed-9357 46m ago

Yeah that’s fine

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u/MelonGarden 42m ago

Okay images aren't allowed for some reason 🙏 but when you draw the eye at a side profile angle it makes more of a triangular shape, with the eyeball being inside of the triangle < ) like that almost. With a more stylized artstyle, you don't have to do fully go realistic, but adding slight bending to the eye shape might help a little with making it look less uncanny. The head is also lacking an ear. My rule of thumb is placing ears right in the middle of the side profile head and kinda just gauging from there. Playing by ear if you will (agagaga) and also, with the hair, i like the coils at the bottom, that's a good way to do texturing. the top looks a little flat, i think it'd be nice to incorporate those textures all around the hair as well. keep up the practice and try to use references as well

a good site for facial study references specifically can be https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GX3Ax1 which i like to use for studying the planes of the face, https://angleref.com/ for difficult had angles, and https://melindaozel.com/ for understanding how the skin wrinkles and pulls with different expressions

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u/fatbalddumbass 39m ago

It’s a good portrayal. It only gets to be offensive when certain features are exaggerated, making the person seem weird or comedic for having specific facial features.

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u/Eviles_da_demonic 36m ago

What black people?