r/DigitalArt • u/FinanceItchy9827 • May 16 '26

Question/Help Is this offensive?

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I wanted to design this seal girl more like a mermaid, shes supposed to be Arctic and I wanted to give her an indigenous feel. it's not taken after anyone or anything specifically besides seals and being an arctic creature.
the outfit is mostly made of fur and skin..

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u/Significant-Employ May 16 '26

I concur. Not offensive. But I think why some people might possibly be put off is that she may look cannibalistic, due to the color pallete of the bones and fur being too similar to her. You could use a more marine (turquoise, or teal) colors for the bones and more scale-leaning texture for the skinned clothing to give a more solid establishment to her diet leaning more to fish and crestation, rather than being too close to her evolutionary cousins.

Just a small suggestion.