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Number 60 of 150
This old guy’s in western wear from his boots to his bolo tie.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/21/number-60-of-150/
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Number 59 of 150
Here’s an old lady in a ribbon skirt with bead earrings.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/19/number-59-of-150/
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Number 58 of 150
More beaded jewelry. I hope we didn’t overdo that detail. We may have.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/17/number-58-of-150/
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Number 57 of 150
Our first adult. Beaded jewelry is fun to draw. So was the pattern on her sweater. The pose the client initially requested had her looking down at her wristwatch. Then they changed their mind and...
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/15/number-57-of-150/
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#woman
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Number 56 of 150
The last child for this batch, with groovy tie-dye.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/13/number-56-of-150/
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Number 55 of 150
A boy with longer, shaggy hair. The hair reference the client gave me for this one was a picture of D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Bear Smallhill in Reservation dogs.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/11/number-55-of-150/
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#LearningAZ #smiling #standingpose
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Number 54 of 150
Next comes three characters in the 10-12 age range. The colorful sweater and space buns were cute, I thought.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/09/number-54-of-150/
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Number 53 of 150
The last one for age 7-9 for this batch. A gender ambiguous child wearing a letterman jacket and a beaded necklace.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/07/number-53-of-150/
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Number 52 of 150
Here’s the first larger body size character for this batch. A boy aged 7-9.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/05/number-52-of-150/
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#color #commission #digitalart
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Number 51 of 150
Another girl, aged 7-9. I really like her rainbow-colored shirt. I based it on one my daughter had years ago that I always liked.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/03/number-51-of-150/
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Number 50 of 150
Here’s one of our gender non-conforming or ambiguous characters. Since they’re indigenous, the braid isn’t a gender indicator, and the clothing is intentionally gender neutral.
I think I may have drawn ...
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Number 49 of 150
A boy with a puffer vest and shaggy hair.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/03/30/number-49-of-150/
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Number 48 of 150
Moving on to age 7-9. A girl with a starry blue dress.
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/03/28/number-48-of-150/
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Number 47 of 150
Here’s a little boy with glasses and a missing tooth. If I did it right, he should look to be somewhere in the 4-6 age range.
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Number 46 of 150
Back to this Learning A-Z project. As a reminder, this is a set of 150 diverse characters of various ages and body types, isolated on white. Here we’re starting back...
Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/03/24/number-46-of-150/
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@liztai I can relate. I've been called a *coconut at times, throughout my life. 😐 #Polynesian #IslandGirl #IndigenousAmerican
Like a *Coconut - brown on the outside, white on the inside.
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BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) — Some 82 tribes across the U.S. — from New York to Alaska — now have more than 20,000 bison in 65 herds — and that’s been growing in recent years along with the desire among Native Americans to reclaim stewardship of an animal their ancestors lived alongside and depended upon for millennia.
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Is kinning characters in fandoms and other places related to indigenous American kinship groups, and if so, how is that different from the problematic appropriation of spirit animals? Not sure myself. #curious #question #indigenous #IndigenousAmerican #kin #kinship #fandom #kinning
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Is kinning characters in fandoms and other places related to indigenous American kinship groups, and if so, how is that different from the problematic appropriation of spirit animals? Not sure myself. #curious #question #indigenous #IndigenousAmerican #kin #kinship #fandom #kinning
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