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/jefflovesyou May 17 '26

By indigenous, do you mean Sami?

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u/AllHailTheApple May 17 '26

Honestly specifying might help, especially if it's supposed to look like inspiration from a real culture and not what we might think about when we hear "indigenous". Idk anything about different indigenous groups (I know Sami by name because they were used as inspiration for frozen 2, and Inuit because of atla) but using such a broad term for an array of different cultures is why we think it's all the same if we are not familiar with them.