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Burksaurus — First Islander of the Black Islands
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Published: 2018-07-18 19:46:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1984; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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This is my first time submitting a portrait. The picture is a portrait of a Melanesian woman with tribal tattoos from the South Pacific in Melanesia which consists of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji. I have always found it interesting that the South Pacific and Australia have indigenous black populations outside of Africa like the Aboriginal Australians especially since they have been living in Melanesia for 30,000 years forming different cultures. But what makes them stand out from Sub-Saharan Africans is that they have natural blonde hair and blue eyes with no European DNA especially since they do have black, red, and brown hair along with brown eyes. Oh, looking back at this picture it reminds me of dark-skinned characters I see in animation, comics, manga, and video games with blonde hair like Mihoshi from Tenchi Muyo; Tier Harribel from Bleach; Killer Bee and A from Naruto; and Atsuko from Michiko to Hatchin. But let me know what do you think of it in the comments.Related content
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I use to do my illustrations with markers are watercolors. But I found myself gravitating to comic book and became a good inker. Which I learned then it could black outline will highlight your coloring. Perhaps you should try aching in your outlines that way it will enhance your color and bring your illustrations more to life.
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Thanks for the advice😊. I'll try to use inks whenever I do my art.
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The thing I find even more remarkable is that the genetic marker for blonde hair in Melanesians is different than the marker in Europeans, indicating that it seems to have evolved separately. I've never seen anything published on the matter of eye colour, but I suspect it's the same tune. Very interesting!
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I was surprised that the Aboriginal Australians and Melanesians were black people but they stood out from Africans is natural blonde hair. I am African American and I always thought black people were only in Africa and we had black and brown hair. But I was looking on the internet and I learned the first people that arrived in Southern Asia were black people.
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Indeed! A lot of people still cling to this archaic notion of "race." We've known for a long time that people of all hues are found all over the world; but it's easier to generalize. I think if more people did more research, the world might be a richer, happier place.
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I agree, humans were from Africa and started as black people before we migrated into different countries and our bodies adapted to the climates and landscape. I really wish humans should get along regardless of their differences.
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