Some art and a question

[ironicbees.livejournal.com]

erynn999 was hoping for some naked Bertie & Jeeves, so here they are. *cue burlesque music*





I did a gradient on the background, and didn't notice the stripy effect till it was too late to fix. Grrrr...


Have some golfing Bertie. I did this when I was trying out my different inks.



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I've been keeping an eye out online for photos of men who look as close as possible to my mental image of Bertie, so that I could point to one and say "There, that's what I see him looking like in real life". I've collected many pictures of men who look similar to him in one way or another, but it wasn't till yesterday that I found a near perfect match. I did a bit of manipping, adding a suit & hair (the man was bald)...and it turned out he bore an unsettling resemblance to one of my cousins, who is not someone I want to be reminded of in porny situations). All this is to say that my mental image of Bertie is currently undergoing a slight shift, for that reason among others. It seems my mental real-life Bertie just doesn't look as close as I thought to my drawn Bertie. He'll probably be undergoing some subtle alterations in my art now.

So, this whole thing got me wondering: what does your mental Bertie look like? Is your image influenced by fic? The tv show? For me, the consistent features are a lean face, prominent nose, slightly receding chin, large blue eyes, sunny smile, hair anywhere from golden blond to sandy brown, nice looking but not in a head-turning way. The details keep shifting, though, which is very frustrating.

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[ironicbees.livejournal.com]

Even that little is too pricey for me for a tablet right now. Maybe I'll put it on my Christmas list. Plus don't you have to buy a tablet-enabled graphics program to use with it? I do have Photoshop, but for some reason it refuses to load.

As for the paper...okay maybe it's not all that expensive. ;) But one other problem is that sketchbooks take up room, and I have very very little storage space. I live with family, my bedroom is teeny, and I certainly won't be storing anything that contains porny or fannish sketches where others could come across it! So I have to be conservative in my paper use lest I run out of places to store it.

[detective-wolf.livejournal.com]

Indeed you do, but you could try out Paint Tool Sai or Open canvas, or even Painter. Photoshop is what I use, but it does cost an arm and an leg and half an eyeball.

Don't I know it? I have tons of sketchbook since 2005 and while it'd be wise to throw them out I... I just can't, you know? That's too bad, though 8( Not only is a sketchbook convenient that you don't have to carry tons of detached paper, they also- .... I forgot what I was going to say...

Anyway! You get my point!

"Honey, what is this?"
"It's my porn sketchbook 8O."
"... oh."