Welcome to Melanin November, a monthly challenge to encourage diversity in our art. Be it stories illustraion, photography or more, everyone is free to participate!
What is Melanin November?
Melanin November is a monthly challenge for everyone to participate. It's a great exercise to focus on normalizing diversity in our works or even sharing a bit of history on cultures that exist outside of the realm of what's normally taught. Within any field of creativity where people are a subject, we make the effort to include those in everyday life in our work. For example - taking pictures of a black woman or brown man or illustrating an elven monarch whose skin is as dark as onyx. We celebrate the skin, faces and hair of People of color through inclusion. Diversity should never be an issue, it should be the normal.
How do I join in?
It's simple actually! Just share a piece of something you've made or some history you enjoy or even a picture of yourself for everyday of November! You can even make every submission a piece of an original character! Just use the Hashtag #MelaninNovember and there you go! You've entered the challenge! It's a challenge for a reason so you're encouraged to try and cover as many days as possible, but don't push yourself either. One submission is good enough!
Rules
First and foremost as it is incredibly important to understand:- Please be mindful/respectful of the sensitivities of ones culture if you choose to delve into them.
- This is a challenge solely focused on People of color.
- That doesn't mean fellow white folks can't join, as was stated plenty of times before-
- This is a challenge meant for everyone to participate in so don't be afraid to throw some stuff out there
- Have fun with it!
PROMPTS
Here's a list of ideas that can help get you started:
Royalty
Elven
C.E.O
Coffee Shop
Role Model
Angel
‘’’Damsel’’’ in distress
Mermaid
Disney Princess/Prince/Noble (We need more of them)
Saiyan (Not a one)
Fanart art
Hair
Hero
History
Mythology
LGBTQ+
Love
Magical Child
Motherly
Gods/Goddesses
Bishonen
Romance
Scars
Spooky Scary
Strong/Leader
Sex appeal/Beauty
Culture
“Sorry but ____ colors don’t look good with your skin tone” (of course they look good)
Body
Disabled (YES, REPRESENTATION MATTERS IN EVERYTHING)
Character Interpretation (Think Lion King, Secret of Nimh, An American Tail, Undertale,Harry Potter, etc.)
Fairy/Godmother
Friendship
Childhood
Happiness
Favorite POC in Cartoon/Show/Movie
Pokemon Gym Leader
Glasses
Vitiligo (Again, Representation matters)
SUPERhero (You can make a POC superwoman/man or something of the like
A monthly Challenge created by AncientDoodles
Thank you for participating!
