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.

Comments

[cicerothewriter.livejournal.com]

I love your description because it really does match my own. I was, however, toying with the idea that Jeeves was one of those people who seem taller than they really are. Does that make sense? I'm beginning to picture him as being shorter than Bertie. Not short, just shorter. This is a bit of a problem because I always picture Bertie looking up at him. I'm not sure if shorter!Jeeves is my mental image or not, but I think it's an interesting idea.

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

Some people do just have a great deal of presence, and it can overwhelm other perceptions of them. I suspect Jeeves might even be able to loom silently if he's slightly shorter than Bertie, though it does kind of clash with my perception of him.

An odd example from a musical performance I went to in late 1979 or early 1980 -- I went to a concert by Little River Band when I was living in Hawai'i. The lead singer was a tiny guy but he took up the entire damned stage when he was performing. You'd never really have thought he was several inches shorter than everyone else. Doing that while you're silent and supposed to be invisible (like a good valet) would be a hell of a lot harder, though.