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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[detective-wolf.livejournal.com]

I know where you're coming from, I like to be kind to nature like so, that's why I started drawing on every single page and everywhere and fill the paper will it's just a punch of pasta. If I'm not making a bigger or something that is meant as a stand alone.

But the problem is, working on the same thing for a longer while can make it stiff and then you get annoyed/tired at it and don't like it anymore. 95% of my sketches are just that, bunch of crappy sketches.

(I looked through my sketchbook during maths' (what? I should study? PFFFF) and there was a random sketch of a face, but it looked so stupid it was hilarious, I had to swallow down laughter like an idiot)

[ironicbees.livejournal.com]

My main problem is that good paper is kind of expensive, so I only use it for finished art, not sketches. I have a cheapo lined notebook I could use, but markers & gel ink pens bleed on it, so I'd have to use non-gel ink ballpoints if anything, but they're quite fine-lined. What I do is sketch really loosely with a pencil to get the basic shapes down, and then when I'm satisfied with what I have, I go over it more precisely with pencil before inking it.

I really wish I had a tablet. When you screw up with ink, you can't just erase it from the paper. I can neaten things in Gimp, but I'm still left with a messed up drawing on paper.

But the problem is, working on the same thing for a longer while can make it stiff and then you get annoyed/tired at it and don't like it anymore. 95% of my sketches are just that, bunch of crappy sketches.

Ain't that the truth. :(

[detective-wolf.livejournal.com]

Really? I have this big fat sketchbook that has 120 blanks, it's A4 and I paid about 12€ for it, then it lasts for several months. LOL, now I feel inclined to show how... 'pretty' a usual sketchbook page of mine is.

That's a typical method and I use it too + eraser. The marker method I started pretty recently, as I got annoyed at how stiff my art looked.

Tablets are like one of the most amazing things ever, I think you could find ones pretty cheaply! I'm using a Wacom Bamboo, I think it's the cheapest wacom on the market and I paid about 70€ for it. I'm sure you could check out Ebay and find even cheaper.

Indeed 8'(.

[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."