/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2421960
This is an interesting question. You just have to explore what works and what doesn't. Personally, I like to start out thinking of what defines race like this:
>skull structure
>skin tone
>size/shape/placement of features
Oddly enough, anime discards pretty much all of this. We see asian characters as white over here and the line between asian and white characters is remarkably small in anime.

However, you can still make a character look a specific race if you tap into people's reference pools. Obviously, if you give a character dreads and very dark skin, people will think the character is black, for example. If you put a slick, black haired person in a school outfit, people will assume the character is Asian. This works, but it limits how far you can actually push things. Once you leave that pool of reference (like say you wanted to give a black girl character straightened hair that's purple or something) the character begins to look ambiguous. They would just be a brown girl.