how do i consistently draw monolid eyes? sometimes i can get them right, but, most times the person ends up looking like they *could* be east asian. (which means white peoples will probably assume that it is a white character)

imo the brow/contour area is more important than the eyelid fold for e.asian eyes. there’s not much of a shadow cast by the brow bone on e.asian faces, the area’s kind of flat if that makes sense?

in addition i think noses are a pretty definitive feature for e.asian faces.  generally a wider and more rounded/soft looking nose, not very tall/projected.

other than that using reference is super good… diversify ur media, follow some blogs that post photos of poc, watch some foreign films, etc (i feel just seeing more diverse faces even in passing improves ur intuition for this kinda thing)