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i've been noticing for a while now, that a lot of gifsets with poc characters, especially athena and ana, make them look way too pale or whitewashed. this is especially the case when people do pastel/overly bright coloring. i'm not trying to call anyone out, it's a common mistake and it's very easy to go wrong, i just want to link a couple of tutorials here to help correct those mistakes.

this is a general anti-whitewashing tutorial and a good place to start.

this is a guide on how not to make your poc characters look too red/orange.

this is a tutorial on how to make pastel gifs without whitewashing poc.

i know gifmaking is tough without worrying about whitewashing, but it's a real problem, and all it takes are a couple of layers to fix it! you could also use a vector mask to see the before and after coloring of your gif, and if you're still not sure of whether it looks okay, ask other gifmakers!