its cute!

nice nice, sexy in a way, but yea....

interesting!

Makes me think of R. Crumb.

i like them!

great characters

haha there is SUPER cute!! $$$$

are those tails beneath their legs or what...

excellent style.

killer 5$

Shoop da woop

$5 =)

love the cheeks

this is really cute!

nice one! 5$

very awesome. lovin the colours 5$

am i the only one who's reminded of those racist golliwogg caricatures?

i agree. dont dig the whole blackface throwback. =[

I think the patterned cheeks on the right one look weird, and I do see why people might consider it racist. I'm sure it's not intentional.

Maybe you should make them look more like vegetables. I don't know.

just cause the figuers are black means its got to be racist? too cynical people...

nice job!!!! I do not find racist...

Eu gostaria de responder em inglês, mas não falo o suficiente bem para passar a ideia correta sobre este assunto. Fico triste que algumas pessoas vejam algo racista nesta ilustração. Ela se trata apenas de dois personagens negros, eu sou negro, e acho a discriminação começa quando se procurar questões racistas em qualquer ponto, desta forma o correto seria ilustrar sempre personagens brancos? Acho q não, se vc alguém vê racismo na ilustração q criei, saiba q minha intensão como autor da imagem não foi esta, e reveja os seus conceitos.

i dont like the penises.

yea, i'm gonna go ahead and call this racist.

2nd dudematic, super racist dude.

Everyone calling this rasict needs a boot in the ass. Great characters, style, and inks.

Thanks mezo, im a afro-brazilian man, and im not racist. But some peoples not undertand this. (sorry my poor english).

Sorry bro but just because you dont intend for it to be racist doesnt mean some wackjob out there isnt going to think it is.

Its a great design though. I like it.

hehe this is very cute!

there are a lot of customs in latin america where this would be completely appropriate; however in the US, it would be considered highly offensive to many here (especially blacks). This looks way to much like the "Blackface" caricatures. If you don't know what this is, go here!

Solution: just change the characters to another color! easy!

I try not to wear shirts that might get me a punch in the face...

I agree. Not really wearable

ótimo trabalho draco!!
dracoimagem.com says: i´d like to answer in english, but i don´t speak very well to give to you the correct idea of this subject . i´m sad because some people saw something racist in this illustration. it´s only two afro(black,nigger) characters, i´m afro-brazilian, and i think that, the discrimination begins whe u try to find racist questions in any point, in that way, the right think would be ilustrate allways white characters? i don´t think so, if somebody see racism in this illustration, be sure that´s not my desire, and review your concepts.

sorry about the poor translation :P
desculpa ai draco, eu fiz oq pude hehehehehe

Po bicho já quebrou um galhão, saca maior tristeza ter a imagem tachada como racista...fala sério =(. Mas obrigado Daniel vc ajudou muito.

dude, i'm straight up black....no good in the U.S.

pfft i really like it, i have had so much abuse about my tishirt haha 5$

é como dizem, a maldade está nos olhos de quem vê. esse povo fica vendo maldade onde não tem. É apenas mais uma estampa sua que merece um 5$ :D

regardless of pictorial intent, the cultural freight of this image is too great to make it fly right. It reminds the general US public--and probably should--of some atrociously racist practices in representation.

I think the cross hatching on the cheeks looks a bit out of place, like it doesn't seem to flow with anything else, but i dunno, its oober cute though ^_^

Very Sambo (a cartoon too racist to still exist). This would be taken as rasict by many people.

its sad that people in the bloody 21st century cannot get over the color of another persons skin and enjoy art for arts sake. Read the artists description, its basically what he/she is saying.

It's the lips that would make it appear racist in the US. Even if the characters were the same color, if the lips were different I think it would make a huge difference. I know it wasn't your intent for this to look racist, and it wouldn't be perceived as racist in your country. In the US, most people's gut reaction would be that it was very blackface, Sambo. As for Vlad3060, WE can read the description, but people passing us on the street, etc. won't have the designer's explaination. If I saw someone wearing this design on a shirt I would raise an eyebrow. Well, I can't actually raise one eyebrow at a time, but you know what I mean.

It's the lips that would make it appear racist in the US. Even if the characters were the same color, if the lips were different I think it would make a huge difference. I know it wasn't your intent for this to look racist, and it wouldn't be perceived as racist in your country. In the US, most people's gut reaction would be that it was very blackface, Sambo. As for Vlad3060, WE can read the description, but people passing us on the street, etc. won't have the designer's explaination. If I saw someone wearing this design on a shirt I would raise an eyebrow. Well, I can't actually raise one eyebrow at a time, but you know what I mean.

ok, sorry SiLLY WHiTE PEOPLE-- but im black.

100%. and i find NOTHING in in this picture racist. if you think its racist... youre just REALLY weird.
&hearts kia.

So, I don't know much Portuguese, but I can see you are saying that you are black and you don't understand what else you can do besides always illustrate white people instead. Well, listen, what you've done here is called a blackface cartoon. I don't know how things stand in Brazil or wherever you may be, but in the U.S. blackface is a powerful symbol of racism. Here is my attempt to translate:


Assim, eu não sei muito o português, mas eu posso ver você está dizendo que você é preto e você não compreende que que outro você pode fazer além de sempre ilustrar os povos brancos preferivelmente. Bem, escutar, o que você fêz aqui é chamado um cartoon do blackface. Eu não sei as coisas estão em Brasil ou wherever você pode ser, mas em ESTADOS UNIDOS o blackface é um símbolo poderoso do racism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface

it reminds me of blackface too. . .

Hey draco, again your pictures create discussion, hahaah you're going to become famous for being controversial . I really think again, this has to do with differnt cultural backgrounds, But your intention is clear, you didn't mean to be racist.

About the technique I agree that the cheeks look a bit strange also you may want to put more green stuff int he hand of the guy in the left so that we can see better what he's eating. Nevertheless it's a good job!
Saudos !

5!$

Akia... you are 14. Show this to a parent or grandparent and ask them if they find it offensive.

Cara, a ilustração tá linda, adorei a estampa! Realmente, aqui no Brasil isso ai não pega nada sobre racismo, mas nos EUA, além de eles terem esse desenhinho, eles são muito noiados com o lance de racismo. Mas muito mesmo! Pessoas brancas tem medo de usar qualquer coisa que possa ser interpretada como racismo e negros se sentem muito ofendidos com qualquer coisa também. Ainda bem que aqui é bem mais light... heheh... Ah, e adorei que eles tem pintinhos! Hahah

those dudes are fricken awesome. -Mattias
www.bandoftheday.com

For the love of god it is not racist, quite being so damn sensitive. It's all the touchy feely bleeding heart shit. Stop trying to right everyone elses wrongs, they don't need you getting offended for them. if blacks are offended they will let you know. And AkiaAwesome said so. And they are CARTOON characters, they don't even have necks and so you can't even classify them as human.

And they can't be black anyways becasue their penises are WAY too small.

HAHAHAH those are straight up TAR BABIES. Might not be a good idea, mate.

Blackface is out dated and considered racist now, whats not to get.

I don't think that this is racist... it's cool and I'm giving a 5$. I don't understand how can you get offended by this design. If the idea was to draw two tribal characters this is the way to do it. Should he make them yellow just because some of you are offended and see this racism? And offended by what? It's not enough that people are afraid to draw different characters cause someone will make them racists just cause they made them the way they should look like. Tell me if I want to draw two people from China should I make them blue?