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Reblog on Tumblr [link] . You may download and post on other sites as long as you credit me (Alexandra Dal), link back to my deviantART page (my watermark doesn't count) and do not alter it.

Pitt Artist Pen on vellum, scanned and colored in Photoshop CS5.

On a related note, I almost fainted when I saw an middle-aged interracial couple with a child in a cell phone commercial a few months ago. I thought interracial couples could only be depicted by young, sexy, clubbing models in ads for alcohol. Edgy!
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~SpyGlassez Feb 2, 2012
I was wondering if you minded if I used this image in a powerpoint I was going to give about advertising to my composition class. I would give you credit in the citations, of course, and not change anything. Thank you!
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=AlexandraDal Apr 26, 2012  Student General Artist
I'm sorry I missed this as I've been neglecting my account recently. Feel free to use this and anything I have marked with a Creative Commons license in the future. If you did use it or do in a future semester I'd love to see your Powerpoint.

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~SpyGlassez Feb 2, 2012
I was wondering if you minded if I put this into a powerpoint presentation I am giving over advertisements (I am an instructor at a community college). I would give you credit in the citation, of course, and would change nothing about the image. Thank you!
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~popgunswonderboys Nov 7, 2011
Dude, I'm so happy that black women are portrayed as having their own hair, that is not something to get huffy about. Every time I see a black girl with pressed, relaxed or weaved hair I just think- "what a lie you are living". So even though black women are still in the background, even though they still only use light skinned gals, black women with green or blue or hazel eyes, WHAT THE FUCK EVER, at least they have real hair. But that being said, still, ads will only allow "natural " up to a certain point. I can't even think of women who are being portrayed with real afros or kinky hair. It's all this kind of big curly white woman hair, that bounces when you walk and still obeys the law of gravity. ...yeah, what you drew is hardly natural hair for most black women.
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=AlexandraDal Nov 7, 2011  Student General Artist
Blegh, I meant 3a curls, by the way. I was thinking of 4c because it's a texture they'd never show.

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=AlexandraDal Nov 7, 2011  Student General Artist
The "natural" hair thing itself isn't a problem for me. Like you said the only women they show have big bouncy loose ringlets. Even if you don't think women should relax their hair, what percentage of the black women you know or see out and about have 3 or 4 feet of natural curls? I know natural hair has become a lot more popular in the past several years - which is great, because less women feel pressured to relax because it's the norm - but personally the large majority in my city have braids, short hair, or weaves. Yet when's the last time you saw a chick with braids in an ad? Guess that's too "ghetto" and alienating to the white viewers. So my issue isn't really with the natural hair, it's that 4c curls have become the only acceptable hairstyle for black women in commercials. White commercial actors come in all varieties, so I'd like to see black women allowed some variety in advertising too.

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~popgunswonderboys Dec 26, 2011
Yes, when you put it that way, I totally agree with you, I really really do! I feel like we have to bombard mainstream media with all different types of hairstyles and skin tones and just looks in general, because seriously, some people only know what you show them on television.

Sorry it took so long to reply. And sorry if my original comment was...bitey.. I'm a little more mellow right now.
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*chrismickens Oct 31, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
So true! I've pointed the natural hair thing out to a few friends, and now they can't help but notice it :) Relaxed, weaved and straightened hair is good enough for selling rap music, but not tampons!

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*SultanaLime Oct 29, 2011  Hobbyist
I'm genuinely loving your sense of humour. And this is totes true. :I
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~InamiNella Oct 28, 2011
I'm a black female and this is sooo.... :|

TRUE. xD

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