Talon, LOVE the HI entry! Been re-reading it to confirm it is as tight as possible (I want you to win!), then I will send it back, probably today. Really like the repeating idea/phrase. I know there is an official English grammar term for it but I have no clue what it is called.
Before I realized the contest was to describe the particular pic on the contest page I was inspired last night to draw my first true yaoi pic, of Vejiita and Gohan. It was to be an illustration for the story. Then, after rechecking the contest page for the rules (to confirm the story was meeting the criteria) I realized the moment being written about was the pic on the page. Oops! Oh well, the pic still stands on its own and I suspect the Institute will want a copy for their "A Prince and His Boy" section.
Have been VERY bad about not doing any grading. Last night I was feeling incredibly ill after eating so the idea of grading was not pleasant. I began feeling better once I picked up the drawing tablet and the crap pencil and began sketching in front of the computer, with just the light of the monitor and Talon's story on the screen. Yep, most of the basic foundation work was done with a regular and kinda inconsistent #2. It was only later, when I wanted to get the hair darker, did I move over to my drawing space and pull out the good pencils and the kneaded rubber.
Ended up staying up until 3am last night working on it. Yes, I was inspired and driven to work on it, even through my yawns. Those muses are persistent when they want me work on something! Jeeze, who would have guessed THIS particular pairing would be the first yaoi pic I would do? Not me! I would think a Kaka/Vege would have been my first. Well, the muses decided otherwise and I find I need to listen to them and follow through with the impulse or I will be unhappy with my artistic results.
Interesting tidbit, at one point I passed the drawing to rat, who turned it to the side, thinking Gohan was yuke. By gum it worked! Hadn't even intended that. Have the monk-monks in a very tight clinch so it could actually be read that way, at least when the drawing was in that stage. Adding fluffy tails has pretty much gotten the pose back to being a standing one.
Had to look at a teen Gohan pic to try to get the hair right and one of my reference photos of boys kissing boys to get a neck position, but the rest was done from my peabrain. I was amazed at myself. Now I need to find some muscle references for their arms and I think I will be done with the basics. Plan to do this as another full pencil drawing so after I lay the foundations I will begin serious shading. The cg colouring will probably suffer but I don't care.
Should have followed my gut with the Gohan/Sage pic but I didn't. I tried to force it a certain direction because I was wanting it to be clean for cg. Now I regret it and am not too happy with the drawing. I WILL work on it when the muses deem it time.
Thanks: --> to Lia, my sensei, who has inspired me to draw again. I
wouldn't be doing this without your support, Domo Arigato!
--> to Talon, for sending me her fabulous fics, inspiring me with her writing to draw my first
illustration for a story and actually liking what I drew.
--> to Dasia, for her words of encouragement when drawing her original chara.
--> to Joules, a wonderful epic fic writer, for liking my art enough to want to post them with Talon's
and her own stories.
--> to Lutra, the other half of the epic team, for being so supportive.
--> to Jacque' & Becca Raddittzu, we met on eBay as bidder and sellers and now we are face-to-face
friends. You showed us the real DBZ with your fansubs. It's all your fault the house is full of
doujinshi! *LOL*
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