Creating Characters Based on Ethnic Dysphoria
summary
Claim: growing up adopted into a white family makes an artist default to white character designs until conscious work undoes it. Evidence: anime dubs, Final Fantasy X and Sailor Moon references shape reference choices; diary profiles and childhood drawings show repeated whitening. Intervention: revising the original character Lisa Andrea Williams (hair, skin, origin) and creating Alex Wolfe over twenty years produces noticeably more diverse casts. Thesis: naming the feeling as ethnic dysphoria lets designers change practice, expect pushback, and improve representation.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Creating Characters Based on Ethnic Dysphoria
- 0:54Dysphoria (noun)
- 1:19Leisha-Marie Riddel
- 2:13Adoption
- 2:46Childhood with Family
- 3:42Lisa Andrea Williams
- 4:12Interpreting What I Saw
- 5:02Anime
- 5:34Final Fantasy
- 6:22Summoner Yuna
- 7:15Original Stories
- 8:06Privilege
- 9:17The Sound of Music
- 9:45Changing Lisa
- 11:35Conscious Designing pt. 2
- 11:59Exceptions?
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