Another little warmupsketch, this time a little something I made based on some ideas developed with lovely shark-on-darts. Probably gonna fix it up properly later, when my hands are a bit more back to the flow
Seen this fan art & was reminded of an old post.. Fishmen & Other Merfolk in fiction are allegories for Moorish sailors of the past..Modern history often tells you of yhese seafaring race who often traded goods. Maibstream is just to egotistical to say they were blackI often show how they make up aliens or fictional races h give them our history. Fishmen in one piece are so obvious to know they were based off black folks. Just look at the depictions at some of them along with their history. They are a race who is 10x stronger than humans, often discriminated against & were enslaved till a rebellion. Even though they are strong they are docile in nature.. Definetly sounds like a group of folks you know
On Instagram under #BlueBlacknessHashtag I speak of how symbolically Blue skin = black skin.. Music as we know black people are great at creating & excelling at especially singing. As above & below seen are Female figures who are related to the blue skin concept
The recent reveal of the one piece character *Nika* unsurprisingly draws inspiration from real life accounts. This figure shares similarities with a african known as Joyboy, who we know is also a big figure in one piece. Both the figure Nika & the pic next to him of luffy in skypiea mimic the actual Joyboy drawing seen below them.
Also to not as seen above I show how fishmen =black folks & with this chapter certain remarks about fishmen definitely hold a similar feeling to racist remarks against blacks
Some more casting has been revealed for the One Piece Live Action Series.. What’s notable is the Arlong casting..
