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As an avid comics reader, I've always been fascinated by how some artists draw black people. I love that the most skilled artists can render a cartoon character in black and white and yes still bring across the essential features that make black people black and yellow people yellow and white people white.

I have never tried drawing a black person before, but wanted to give it a try. I was initially reticent to add the brown to the pencil sketch as it meant obscuring the underlying pencil, and the darkness of the tone meant that definition was obscured, but I got used to it after a while, my eyes and brain adjusting to the darkness eventually.

Just as with most of my art journey, I found that once you get started it really isn't so hard to create something.

This desire to draw black people most recently sprung out of reading "Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African Americans" by Bey and Laird, a highly recommended read for anyone interested in black history in America.

The stamps were a present from our very own Mim, who came over and gave me and Elena the mailart365 stamp in person when she came over for our wedding, and the bold red Licensed Mailartist stamp came through this week after 6 months in transit from VA!