#this is more for body shape/pose reference than anything else

[stellewriites]

fem!141 thirst traps

simon: he doesn’t take it himself, is mid-way through his routine when one of the lads takes it and sends it to him with the suggestion of forwarding it on to you.

he does so with an unrelated text, “be home in half hour. leg day tomorrow :(” and he doesn’t think anything of it until you send back a stream of 👀 & 💦 emojis and ask him to keep you fully updated with before and after pics of tomorrow’s leg progress. all angles, you specify.

price: you message her first, a curious “wuu2?” in hopes of curing your boredom, and boy does she fix it. she doesn’t mean for it to be a thirst trap but the casual show of height and strength in her relaxed posture has your interest piquing immediately and you’re bugging her for the next hour for more snippets into her gym routine until she finally catches on and sends you a steamy photo in the gym showers with a promise to come occupy your time in person.

gaz: she’d message you at stupid o’clock, something baity like “just finished my usual yoga routine, but it’s not hitting like it used to 😪 we should try couples yoga, don’t you think? you said you’ve been feeling tight recently, i can help with that.”

and i mean the flash of bicep and tease of bush was enough to turn you to putty but the idea of getting a little stretching done under her hands was certainly something you’d never say no to either.

johnny: johnny’s surprisingly clothed in hers; as long as she can flash the nipple piercings and the size of her hands, she’s golden. flexing and keeping her trackies low slung to flash a tan line is just the cherry on top, a little extra to reel you in.

it’s probably the only time she's subtle; as soon as you reply anything vaguely complimentary or suggestive she's sending absolute filth right back - whether it’s in voice notes, scrambled texts, pics of her hand down her pants or pulling at the collar of her sports bra to flash her tits. she just needed the suggestion of permission before getting started.

alternatives:

johnny/gaz: i think they’d like a bit of competition between themselves, would send it to you with a cheeky lilt to the message, “who’s been working harder, babe?” or maybe “who looks better?” if they’ve riled each other up too much and need a third opinion to decide who’s made the most progress since they’re lifting pretty much the same weight and their stamina is just about level.

when you reply a flirty, “think we’ll have to run some tests at home” they don’t waste time finishing their sets before leaving.

simon: he rarely sends a posed selfie but when you request it (and maybe send an example photo of yourself first) he’ll oblige with his face covered.

finds it funny when you promptly send it back with red circles dotted all over and an almost blunt text, “this is where i’m going to bite you when you get home”, only there isn’t really any patch of skin you haven’t circled twice over.

price: she’s another one, like simon, that’s likely to have the lads take a candid photo and suggest she sends it to her missus. price would be in the locker room, half changed and laughing at something soap was saying when she catches gaz out of the corner of her eye.

it’s takes all three of them badgering her to send it unlike simon who did it without needing much convincing. but she’s glad to have given in when you send your own gym selfie back - tight workout shorts practically eaten up by the curves of your arse and thick thighs. one hand is pulling up your baggy shirt so she gets an unhindered view and she can see your cheeky smile in the reflection of the mirror.

[rose-morose]

alright everyone it's jiangshi time

that's right I'm back for more Chinese mythology in Jentry Chau vs the Underworld and we're talking about possibly my favourite creature from Chinese mythology, the 僵尸 (jiangshi)

(LONG spoilers under cut as per usual)

our resident JCVTU jiangshi is Ed, named for Edward Cullen the most commercially successful dead guy (except like Dracula probably)

(it's a Twilight reference btw) (I'm guessing only gen alpha missed that one)

when gugu's bestiary claimed that jiangshi are among the least threatening residents of Diyu, it wasn't kidding (not even joking or exaggerating its list of weaknesses is the longest section of its Wikipedia page)

jianshi aren't known to be particularly intelligent and are in fact often portrayed as mindless much like zombies, so I'm guessing the reason it was chosen to be the supernatural sidekick character was because of how little a threat a jiangshi poses to the main character

it is worth noting that traditional jiangshi of ancient depiction are known to be substantially more dangerous than their pop culture counterparts, but that's not Ed

anyways, jiangshi are often likened to the western vampire, they don't drink blood, but they do drain the qi of their victims (like Kit), they are undead creatures, they are often depicted as resting in a coffin or other dark place during the day, and they are sometimes known to be capable of flight (however I've never heard of them being able to "shape shift" in any capacity)

I did look into Ed's shape shifted form, and found that the most likely reason for this form is tied to the jianshi origin, jianshi myths are often attributed to the practice of "corpse driving" which was the transportation of the corpses of workers that died far from home back to their village to be buried with their families, the way that the corpses were transported made them appear to be hopping upright, but their is one specific technique that I believe inspired Ed's other form

I found this technique on Wikipedia, and it comes from an oral account of a two man team of corpse drivers, one man would carry the corpse on his back, both the corpse and the man would be draped in a long cloak, decorated with a Chinese mourning or funeral mask on top (though I've never seen a funeral mask as expressive or ornate as Ed's), the second man would travel ahead with a lantern to warn his companion of obstacles, but this doesn't seem relevant to Ed's design

I think this explains the extra tall incredibly flimsy inflatable arm tube man form being due to the design being based off of a corpse on top of another person with a cloak over them (like 3 kids in a trench coat) as well as the mask on top, I'm not sure what else could have inspired this design

moving on from that little side tangent, the common modern appearance of jiangshi (including Ed) is attributed to Hong Kong's jianshi film and literature phase where they just went crazy over them for awhile and put them everywhere

jiangshi appear to be adult men dressed in the clothing of an official of some kind from the Qing dynasty (though I'm not sure if Ed was created from the body of an adult), with pale greyish or sometimes greenish flesh

I mentioned earlier that the jiangshi are one of my favourite creatures in Chinese mythology, and it is purely because I love this design for their appearance, I just think it looks neat

there is another relevant little detail I found online about jiangshi, and that is that in modern media jiangshi are often combined with the idea of the 饿鬼 (egui), kind of pronounced like uh-gooay (that's not a very good pronunciation guide but it was the best I could think of), which literally translates to "hungry ghost"

in the show Ed is often very hungry and is always trying to get food to eat, and I'm guessing this is a reference to the egui part of modern jiangshi depictions, as I've never known them to consume anything other than qi

something I would also like to touch on is a very well known part of the jiangshi identity that is mostly missing from JCVTU, and that is the fact that jiangshi are often referred to as "Chinese hopping vampires/zombies" and that 僵尸 (jiangshi) literally translates to "stiff corpse"

there are two primary reasons a jiangshi would be stiff, and that is either rigor mortis or a fulu Taoist talisman placed on a jiangshi's head like the one shown above on Ed's forehead

due to their stiffness, jiangshi have been known to only be able to move by hopping around since they are unable to move their legs enough to walk or run

going back to the practice of corpse driving, one way that jiangshi are said to be created is by Taoist priests that reanimate the corpses, and use a bell to control the corpses and have them hop their way home, this was supposedly a way for poorer families, that could not afford standard corpse driving rates, to get their loved ones home for burial at a price they could afford

I am not at all disappointed by the exclusion of this design element which, while not being inherent to the traditional jiangshi design, is very often associated with its identity, I actually think it works better for Ed to be able to move around at will, but at least the first episode references this with the fulu paper talisman that traps Ed

another way jiangshi are believed to be created is by leaving a corpse unburied for too long, Ed says his body was thrown in a river, meaning it was never buried, but a jiangshi created by throwing a body in a river specifically does sound familiar to me, I just can't quite say where from, either way if Jentry had waited any longer, gugu's body was very much at risk of becoming another jiangshi which honestly would have been hilarious

the last thing I want to touch on are the jiangshi's many many weaknesses

one mentioned in the show is dropping rice in front of them, coins also work, but in either case the jiangshi would be forced to take a break for a moment to count the coins or rice on the ground

Ed mentions in the Alamo episode that jiangshi can't see you if you hold your breath, and this is true and very silly to me

there are plenty of strategies in Chinese mythology specifically meant for combating any form of undead like roosters and peach tree wood, and these all apply to the jiangshi as well since they are also undead

while there are plenty of other ways to fight a jiangshi, I'm gonna end here for now because this post is getting really long

I love taking any opportunity I can to talk about Chinese mythology because I love it so much, and Jentry Chau has given me an excuse to gush about pretty much all of it

I'd be surprised if anyone made it this far though, these posts get even longer every time, but I enjoy them regardless

anyways, moral of the story is go watch Jentry Chau vs the Underworld if you haven't already, and don't read the Twilight books or watch the films you have been warned

[crystalreydraws]

I absolutely love your art style. I want to start to draw but I don't know where to start. do you have any tips? pointers? I would really appreciate that 🥺

I admire your work so much. 🥺

Based on my own experience, if you have absolutely zero drawing experience, I’d suggest picking your favorite manga and learning to draw the characters. Start with sketchbooks. There is no need to worry about digital art yet.

Study the official art style and pay attention to how they draw hair, eyes, body proportions, clothing folds, shoes, side and back views of human, linework, shadows, and so on. Try drawing different characters too. This helps train your observation skills, sense of line weight, and muscle memory.

Once you’re familiar with that, take what you’ve learned and move on to another favorite manga. Adapt to its art style as well, and figure out which parts you like better than the previous one. Absorb those elements and combine them. Then repeat the process again and again.

Eventually, you’ll develop your own drawing method, inspired by a variety of sources. This is important, because you should always be inspired by more than just one.

And that’s all you need to know to get started!

What comes next is building your knowledge.

Once you feel confident enough to take on more of a challenge, you can start exploring things like human anatomy, composition, color theory, and so on. You can always search for references on Pinterest, just type something like anatomy reference.

For anatomy study, try doing pose studies using real human photos or action figure references. Focus on analyzing muscles, gesture flow, and shape language. Drawing character turnarounds can help too. It works best if you have an action figure you can take pics from different angles.

You can even make it more fun by turning your studies into fanart. Use the pose for a character you like, and gather extra references for clothing and body types to support your imagination. Always find multiple references and combine them. The right visual reference can save you hours of struggling with how to draw something.

If you feel tired while learning, it’s totally okay to take a break. Draw whatever makes you happy, or don’t draw at all. Just rest and come back when you’re ready.

Or try learning something else that sparks your interest. Maybe your strength lies in color sense or composition. You don’t have to master every skill. Just keep going.

Also, if you’re already at this stage and want to get into digital art, you can consider investing in a PC or laptop if you don’t already have one, a tablet, and a drawing software like Clip Studio Paint or anything else that works for you.

That’s all. Good luck and start drawing! 🙌

[narfin-frood]

Silly question but how do you art?

Or more like, how is your process to draw? Your lines and posing are so loose and show the feeling of a character so well, like, how do you make your art so real with only a few lines is what most amaze me. Anyway I hope I'm not bothering you and that makes sense, thanks for reading!<3

you're not a bother, don't worry! i'm not sure if there's an appropriately concise answer to a question like this, but i'll try to explain my process for poses a bit, and if there's anything else specific you'd like to know about my process, feel free to ask, and i'll try to answer!

for posing, i find it's very helpful to start by thinking about what situation the character is in. you don't need a location or a background or anything (unless you're being #serious about it). for this, i chose "picking up something way too heavy" (cont. under cut, wall of text ahead)

keeping it very simple is key!!! do not worry about details!!! i am very bad at this. i love to add a little detail or two, like his eyes or his little expression, but i have to catch myself before i get too into it, otherwise i'll forget the point of what i was doing and/or get bored. use just enough strokes to get the point across, and stop there (for now).

i draw fast and loose, with long strokes, which also happens to help with the problem that happens if you start with any specific part of the body. it's important to start with... everything at once, or else you won't be able to see what needs to be changed or fixed until it's too late and you've already decided on where you want the head and the left arm to be!

to display effort & strain without just contorting the character's face, you gotta think about just how heavy the object is, how one would go about grabbing it comfortably, and whether your character is smart enough to lift with their legs.

wander is great (read: BEST CHARACTER DESIGN EVAR. i love him kisskisskiss) because he's not grounded in any sort of reality until necessary, and his limbs have no bones, but he still has specific proportions and volumes to refer back to if you get carried away with the wackiness. posing a character made up of several noodles of varying widths is very simple, because you can do basically whatever you want to push and pull and make it as clear (and/or as funny) as possible.

start with your line of action, in this case the long line connecting his neck and his left foot. think about where the floor is, so you can make the feet of your character and whatever else is touching it coexist in the same reality. think about clarity: big, simple shapes are your friends, and if you're not getting the gist of the pose through the silhouette alone, try again! there's NO shame in hiding the first layer and doing a couple more sketches until you land on something you really like. Don't polish a turd, especially if you yourself think it's a turd. it'll make you feel like you're wasting time, and drawing is about having fun and experimenting, so if it's getting boring or frustrating, it's time to try something else.

wander and other characters with no bones and no rules are great for posing because you can do things like make their arms bend the wrong way just to play with the clarity of the pose. this:

un-breaks the arms and makes a little more sense for somebody with elbows, but some clarity in the action is lost when the arms don't curve upward and away from the very heavy object he's straining to pick up.

grounding your characters is both more complex and easier than it sounds, and it unfortunately requires you to think about perspective (i know. i know. i know it sucks and it's confusing. i hated it for a very long time but once it clicks, you'll have it in your brain forever)

fudging a perspective grid is fairly easy, just draw several parallel lines and have them get closer to each other as they recede into the distance, and then do it again in the opposite direction. you can use the transform tool in whatever program you use most to fudge this for even less effort, by just getting a png of a grid and fucking with it

now that you've got your floor, think about those feet. the grid makes it fairly easy to envision how a shoe would look sitting on that floor:

this is also where having an understanding of volumes comes in handy, because things farther in the distance will in fact look smaller, but it's up to you to figure out just how much smaller it would be in comparison to the other identical thing with the same volume that's closer to the camera. usually it's almost negligible, but it becomes easy to spot if it's a little off.

and here's the pose i settled on! i made his noodle arms more extreme for extra XD factor and i put him on his tippy toes for that extra bit of height!

a lot of the principles i'm talking about in this post i mainly pick up from consciously watching my favorite cartoons (and live action shows) and if i really, really like the way something is done, or if i see something that i've never really registered before, i'll screencap it or i'll pause or i'll just keep thinking about it until i draw again.

this is called "building a visual library" and it's the #1 easiest and most important way to practice. it requires no drawing, unless you want it to. look at lots of art by artists you love, and if you see something and you think to yourself, hey, this looks really good, by all means, absorb it.

art is great and it's really fun and there's literally nothing wrong with taking inspiration where you can find it!! seriously!!! absorb your favorite parts of every art style you find cool and fun and put it into your own! you're the only person who can draw the way you draw, and while replicating an art style is fairly easy (or it can be, depending), matching it perfectly is Literally impossible, so don't worry about being derivative. Nobody will notice, and if they do, it's okay to say you're inspired by them! encouraged, even!

my own art style, like everybody else's, is a frankenstein's monster containing all of the things i've loved before!!! and i think thats beautiful and if anybody tries to tell you you've gotta be 100% original and have "your very own style", they're a filthy liar and they're definitely (consciously or not) already taking inspiration and reference from the things they themselves find cool and awesome.

ANYWAY. wall of text over.

TLDR: draw quickly, use long strokes (try not to pet your lines), have a specific situation to put your character in, get familiar with volumes and proportions, and have fun!!!

[crumplstiltskin]

Idk if anyones asked this before but how do you usually approach your anatomy? Did you do a ton of studies beforehand to get where youre at now (if so,,what kind of studies?) or did you just sorta pick up the skill along the way?? : ] big fan of how you draw bodies n stuff as someone who struggles with muscles a lot n your overall posing is so nice guhh�� anyway have a good day! 🫶🫶 just curious on how you approach things

hi! first of all, thank you so much ! 😊💗 i've answered a similar question here. but short answer; yes, i've done more studies than i can count. and the practice doesn't stop! i still do observational sketches when i can. it does get easier the more you do it. you'll eventually get to the point where you can put down exactly what you pictured in your mind, but the most important thing is to study and understand how muscles work and where they connect under the skin.

not saying you should be doing medical studies or anything lol (unless you want to) but you won't learn unless you observe. i still use references now if i can't get something right but if i don't use any i follow the same principles (basic shapes and rules for certain body parts). you'll get what i mean once you do them! it's quite intuitive!

the best practice you can do is drawing a character in motion/interacting with the world around them or drawing two characters interacting with each other. i used to only do the latter, but doing studies from photographs is also very helpful.

EDIT: forgot to add but if you can find a reference where subjects are partly nude (underwear, or nude? up to you) with harsh lighting that helps a lot!!! you can see muscle definition better that way!!

(something to remember: each drawing you make is practice/a study in itself for your craft)

i have a tiktok i think would be helpful in how i construct anatomy. so please take a gander! i hope i answered your questions. if i wasn't clear enough or if you wanted to ask anything else, feel free :-)

[moon-bun-bun]

Do you have any.advice how to draw bodies and poses best way possible

I apologize if my explanations and stuff make 0 sense I've never been good at explaining things 💀 this is gonna be rlly rambly I'm so sorry 🙏🙏

But!! For drawings bodies I break down certain chunks to shapes to build it :) I use the same shapes for like every body which can lead to very stagnant variety so beware of that, but in general this is how I build it out:

A good thing to remember is bodies are squishy, so I love putting in folds and such on exposed skin :3 a lot of how I learned to draw bodies is from a lot of general tutorial posts scattered around online, when I was younger I found a lot of YCH's and pose bases super helpful to see how some artists drew bodies in more poses than just standing there! The cross I do on their chests rlly only serves the purpose of helping me personally figure out which way its facing.

If you need to know how to draw woman's chests, I just kinda draw this M shape on the bottom half of the chest 90% of the time bc I'm putting clothes over it so it just helps me be able to know where the folds go and where to shade it if needed :) it's not SUOER present in my older sketches, it's a more recent thing I started doing but it is helpful.

As for posing, pintrest is my absolute best friend for references. I will always suggest making a board tk save references for just abt anything you could ever want for references :3 This is the reference board I use the most , I kinda just throw a bunch of things into it. Unfortunately my bodies folder in there is NOT very full at all, but I got lots of poses and sorts to help with other things.

What I do if I struggle a bit with a pose is trace out the shapes if I'm using a reference to break it down a bit. (My tablet's broken atm so this visual is gonna be a little janky but it'll get the point across)

I don't use this initial step as my sketch, but breaking it down like this helps me see how everything works out and what I want to move and resize to have fit whoever I'm drawing!

Another thing is I'm lazy, so usually I do these base shapes in my pose I want, get the sizing and proportions around where I want it and go right into clothes. I used ti sketch out the body entirely then start clothes over it but my sketches got super cluttered super fast so I just kinda start putting clothes on and hope it looks like how they'd lay over it 😭😭

This is gonna be rich coming after this big old wall of text, but my biggest thing is just don't overthink it. I'm very loose with how I draw bodies and poses, personally if I'm Wy too worried abt it looking "realistic" I'll soend hours and hours on a sketch and it'll get overworked. If a certain pose is too frustrating or confusing, take a break! Come back to it later with a clearer mind and try again :) move arms and legs and stuff into unnatural positions if it looks better composition wise, as long as it's not WILDLY out of place no one's gonna notice.

For good measure here's some older traditional sketches that aren't finished or have varying levels of my building blocks in them, a lot of your bodies will become muscle memory over time as you get more comfortable with it through practice, hence why some of these may look like they're missing chunks of the sketch:

These also two are a little more OK the finished portion of a sketch, but the general shapes I use are in there even if they're a bit harder to see. The other three are more in that early stage, but are missing portions of their building blocks from that "I'm just winging it" type stuff :3

I hope this was MILDLY helpful 😭 in my head it makes sense but I have no idea if any of this makes sense to anyone else

[pocket-goat]

my process was more or less just jumping straight in with no plan and hoping for the best, but i'll try and explain my process a bit/give some tips if you wanted to make your own!

making the pebbles shimeji was a little easier to make than shimejis ive made or attempted to make in the past, mostly because of his simple design and the fact his body is just a vague cloak shape! there are definitely plenty of shimejis out there with a lot of detail on them that look really cool (i used to download so many of them) but i'd recommend keeping it as simple as you can. it makes it easier to draw (there are around 70 something frames for a shimeji. thats a lot of work) AND it makes the shimeji itself easier to look at. adding a bunch of small details to an already small character is just going to make it look messy.

try and squash proportions and shrink the size of anything that sticks out from the main body of the character too, whether it be ears or pieces of clothing or, like in pebbles' case, antenna. you want to fill up as much of the canvas as you can with your design so that when you finally replace the default shimeji frames with your own, its actually the size its meant to be and not small because half the canvas space was taken up by something else, if that makes sense. (i think there may also be a way to change the size of your shimeji, as well, but i dont know for sure!) this also just makes the design cutsier in my opinion which is great for shimejis.

i dont really have any good "professional" advice to give honestly, when i made the FP shimeji i hadnt even thought of shimejis in years, let alone made one, so i was honestly just figuring it out as i went and crossing my fingers. i opened all the original shimeji files in one canvas in my drawing program (firealpaca!), vaguely sketched a pebbles adjacent shape over top of each frame in a similar pose, just to get the gist down of what each frame was for (walking frame, crawling frame, whatever), and then just. went for it and hoped for the best.

i would recommend trying to make your own shimeji though! i found it really fun to do, despite what you might think from the way i'm absolutely dragging my feet making the moon shimeji (she is so hard to draw specifically. why is she so hard to draw??!)

my shimeji is pretty simple but anyone is free to reference it for making their own iterator shimejis as well!!!! (as long as theres no direct tracing involved of course~)

[fantasy-anatomy-analyst]

Do you have any advice on how to go about designing monsters and animals and the like? I like the idea of creating those kinds of things but I always blank on how to go about it, like I know little facts like Allen's Rule but I don't know how to find out about something like that intentionally or even think of it for my thing. (me when I have no idea how to explain that I have no idea how to research smth lol)

first I've heard of Allen's Rule, so that probably says a lot about the fact that I'm mostly self taught lol.

here's the wikipedia page about it for anyone else who didn't know.

to sum up, it is a rule stating that animals in cold climates tend to have shorter/thicker appendages while animals in hot climates tend to have longer/thinner ones. Arctic hare vs desert hare, as an example.

the first thing to do when you want to design anything is to do a lot of studies. just in general. look up images of any animal or insect and draw sketches studying how they're built. do it for people too! you'll always be better at making new designs if you have a basic understanding of how real things are shaped and how they function.

study from videos by sketching fast gesture poses as you watch the creatures in motion! I have also done this while attending sports and dance performances. studying bodies in motion by watching olympic athletes or videos of people trying and failing to do a sport. just study the heck out of everything you can! it's as simple as putting down some lines and shapes to show the main body forms. heavier detail studies are also useful! tracing images in order to study the details is not wrong. I do it all the time, as you can see in a lot of the advice posts I make! I frequently provide traced images of the creature references I've found in order to show my process of breaking down the simplified body shapes.

my actual sketch process often looks like this:

(image description: multiple layers of very loose scribbly sketches in different colors. visible notes on two layers of sketches read "aerial silks dance" and "flying birds". the clearest and topmost layer of sketch is a humanoid figure with wings, performing a dance.

as you might be able to see if you can even begin to parse the mess that is all my study sketching, the final pose sketch I made here for my bird dude Morianon doing a little dance does not even match the poses I sketched from reference videos! This is because gesture sketch studies like these are more based on vibes than accuracy! They're a good way to warm up and practice making really fast gestural doodles that just show the form and motion more than anything well proportioned. It also frees you of the pressure to draw anything perfect! this is messy on purpose! you gotta be messy, it's how learning works.

and then once you're more confident with speed studies, you can get more specific with detail studies. all of this is essential if you want to be able to design creatures. it's all about artistic confidence and developing the skills to notice details. and then you get better at applying those details.

I have two posts on how to study and use references! one over here focused on humans. and another one here about non humans.

this is getting longer than I expected lol. I have other posts on my to-do list that will also be helpful to you I think, and you can explore the links on my pinned post to find more advice on a lot of topics! I might have to make a post on the more general topic of "how do I even get started on designing a creature?" because it is kind of the whole premise of this blog, huh? I have a lot of advice for people who already have a solid idea and just need some advice to overcome a few obstacles along the way, but I don't think I've made a proper advice post for what to do when you don't even have a starting idea.

the tldr version of creature creation is this:

pick a niche (mountain people, flying predator, burrowing creature)

study real life creatures in similar niches

start throwing ideas at your page until something sticks and then take the things that stick and build on them until it feels good

refine your design

[dreamtydraw]

helloo! what do you use for pose or fashion/color scheme inspo, if anything? super interested bc these aspects in your art are so amazing to me !!

Hiii ! i’ll first start by saying THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT !

Secondly let me offer you a link to my pinterest reference board : here

When it come to colors, I’ll admit i do it by instinct and turns out i have a good instinct lol. I really like color symbolism and always sort of use it in my artworks but i mainly developed liking for some combinations that i saw and learned from everyday life inspirations.

For fashion inspo, i really like browsing pinterest posts of handmade / designed clothing / traditional outfits and see what i like in it ( shapes / colors / texture / specific way it looks on the body )

COSPLAYERS ARE REALLY GOOD RFERENCES !

By analysing what i like in my references i get to have more creativity in the artwork because then i focus on doing something i find aestheticaly pleasing rather than copying something that someone else did better / that i can’t reproduce.

When it come to pose it’s a bit similar to clothing but i don’t always use references ( my anatomy i always better with a reference lol )

I either construct the pose by myself by sketching quick forms until i like one. Or i find a posing i like, see what i really like in it ( hands ? Specific body shape ? Fold ? ) and sketch it.

Here the poses aren’t the same but the main idea is here : focus on the head + fingers covering some part of the head.

Now also important : i keep a personal sketchbook where i do artistic research. What i do in it is just drawing everything that i like while trying to keep the sketchbook pretty + have fun with materials / colors / shapes.

If interessed i’ll share some pages :}

Idk if my advices have been well explained but i hope they can be of use ! Thank you again for liking my art !

[liftfox]

I have blender and krita downloaded. When I tried krita it just did not run well on my computer, so despite all the nice things I've heard I haven't used it.

I tend to default to facing left. I mainly do 3/4 faces.

Abel is one of my oldest characters, as he originally was created when I was in middle school prior to me utilizing him for a dnd campaign (of course, he's seen some large changes during that). A general affinity for creatures, mainly dragons, probably carries through to some extent. My previous 1920's era obsession definitely carries through, though rather than using the era itself as a setting I mainly steal the style.

Abel is my baby bastard boy, and his armor is way too fucking complicated. Malfis's revised demon design comes second I think due to how I had massive difficulties actually posing him in a way that shows the design off.

I post most finished art, though there's a significant portion of time where I had literally no socials for posting. I also don't post art to socials that I make for other people or projects (ex. artfight).

Witch Hat Atelier may have massively influenced my love of adding stuff that flows to characters (ex. long hair, scarves, capes).

Sewing, knitting, and croquet! Massive respect.

The biggest one would be a series of character designs based on the periodic table. I got to sodium before I burned out, but that project was a massive aid in my improvement and even just designing 11 characters is a decent chunk of work.

Character name, one or two words to describe (typically sketch), date in MM-DD-YYYY

Anything flow-y.

Random stuff on spotify, like recommendations. If I have one, a character playlist for whatever I'm doing.

Unsure. I feel decidedly neutral about all body parts, but likely arms?

I respect a lot of youtuber artists, but most of their styles don't appeal to me. The main example for myself would be Lavendertown.

Any excuse to do bright red in strong contrast with something else. Aka blood.

My room mainly. I doodle between or during some college classes.

I feel like I'm best at what I like doing because I practice those things more. Suppose I would say just normal animals and fanart?

Generally just have water or tea.

Not many recently. I've swapped mainly to tablet, which is not broken and never had been, and pens for doodles.

Plants are fun.

Hands. They can still be a struggle, but I generally like looking at references because getting hands right is so satisfying.

My style is all over the place, so it's difficult to say "nothing like". I enjoy art that's super eye bleedy with bold lines and clean shapes.

Uh, none. Not sure if that's bad.

Yeah. The bulk of what I paint is on one layer, but often I may use layer modes to create starting points or adjust stuff.

I just get random images online or take pictures of myself, so sometimes.

I haven't posted much online and I don't remember any comparisons really. The one that sticks out to me is a comparison to Mando. No, it is not Mando, it is just a modification on a spartan helm where the insides are stylized to be dark.

Again, I've shown my art to so few people I don't know.

Not really? I guess I use my rough sketches to warm up, or just draw some lines.

Only artfight.

Don't know.

I'm really proud of the angel carving art I did. It doesn't perfectly match the look of stonework, but I think it's a cool blend of textures and I'm proud of how the shapes turned out.

Weirdly Specific Artist Ask Game

Didn't see a lot of artist ask games, wanted to make a silly one.

(I wrote this while sick out of my mind last year and it's been collecting dust in my drafts, I might as well let it run free) 1. Art programs you have but don't use

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)

3. What ideas come from when you were little

4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

9. What are your file name conventions

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

12. Easiest part of body to draw

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing

14. Any favorite motifs

15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth)

16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)

20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any

23. Do you use different layer modes

24. Do your references include stock images

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with

28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines)

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated

[bexatthedesk]

HOW I CREATE MY ILLUSTRATIONS

I get a lot of people that think that digital art is just pointing at the screen and PLOP! a fully formed image appears. They are surprised when I tell them that "digital art" is not the same as "computer graphics" (and even computer graphics takes more than just point and click skills). I used to get the same reaction in my graphic design world, where someone thought that just cause something is on a computer that it was easier than using traditional art supplies. I thought I'd show you my process as I create one of my pieces.

THUMBNAIL

I start with a really messy and basic sketch at small scale, called a "thumbnail". This helps me get the layout and composition of what I want to make. Usually this part doesn't require any research, it's just an exploration of poses or how I can get the figures in the image to fit.

SKETCHING

When sketching it depends on the image in what I start with. Here, I started with the cliff they are sitting on, so I had something to anchor the figures to. This helped a lot with sizing and perspective. Next I did the front character (Bex, my persona). I used a reference of a jaguar to get some of the shapes of the shoulders and back right, then I adjusted because of her different anatomy (she's part dog among other things). Ell, the character in back was next. I drew all of her, including what was hidden to get the right height. For Ell, I used a german shepherd as reference. Bex's wings were next, and I didn't erase parts of her back, in order to get her spots in place later, but I did hide Ell's feet in the next one. Lastly, I added their accessories.

BACKGROUND

I like to start the background with the sky, much like Bob Ross. It helps to have those colors figured out for later when I go to do the shading. For this sky I wanted a sort of sunset or sunrise so I used soft blues, pink, and yellows. The gradient tool in photoshop is very helpful for this part of the process, but I like to add in colors between them to give it that color changing look. The clouds were done with a normal brush but I set the layer on low opacity to let the colors come through. Lastly I blocked in the cliffside and worked on the rocks and how the light hit them.

LINES AND BASE COLORS

Next I do the lineart by reducing the sketch layers' opacity. This process takes a while cause I like to be precise. When I'm done I hide the sketch layer and color in the lines with each character's base color. Before I do anything else I add a new layer and color in the "extras"--eyes, nose, paw pads, or small piercings if they have them.

CHARACTER COLORS

I like to start off with a soft brush for coats that change color and work from dark to light and for Bex's blue points. I use a harder brush for Ell's sable marking, which shows over her pangare/countershading and the same brush for her white points and belly. I have specific colors I use on 40% brush opacity for shading each character, and each marking has two to three shades. Here, because it's a strong light coming from below, they get a sharper shadow.

CHARACTER SHADING

Ell's wings and tail are blocked in, as is Bex's wingtips. Then using a reference of Bex's spots from previous images, I use the same brush from Ell's sable, and start putting them in. She has a specific style of spots so I don't just add them wherever, but I do follow the direction of her fur and body placement. After each character's coats are finished, I color any accessories they have--Bex's bandana and Ell's necklace.

GROUND

I left the harder part for after the characters--the grass. I realized here that the color needed to be lighter (even if I wanted to work from dark to light, I had trouble figuring out the contour of the land). This is the same brush as the sable and shading from before. I work slowly here and in this case I started with a light color and medium tone to shade in the contour of the cliff. Then I added the darkest shade, especially under the characters. Next I used progressively lighter shades to complete the detail in the grass, until I could add highlights and hints of flowers.

EFFECTS

The final part is the effects of lighting. In sunsets the light changes to gold so I used a color similar to the sky to add a soft light from the bottom left. The same color I used to highlight the characters where they faced the sun. Their backs got a desaturated red shadow, and lastly some darker shadows coming off of them to give it that nastolgic anime feeling:

[sleepingdeath-light]

wally + painting as foreplay hcs ; 18+

requested by ; anonymous (19/06/23)

fandom(s) ; welcome home

fandom masterlist(s) ; sfw | nsfw

character(s) ; wally darling

outline ; “nsfw request (from an adult! haha) for more of Wally and the painting foreplay from your last post because I absolutely love the idea and I’m curious about the details!”

warning(s) ; sexually explicit content, referenced sexual intercourse, use of painting as a form of foreplay

note ; block the tag ‘playfellowxxx’ if you don’t want to see nsfw content for this fandom — clown created it for this specific use haha

additional note ; if anyone can guess what the third method is a reference to then you get a cookie

minors and ageless blogs will be blocked

wally is, before anything else, an artist — painting is practically in his blood — so it’s no surprise that this passion of his would make its way into the bedroom

there are a few ways that this tends to manifest itself so i’ll go through them in order of likelihood

the first is that it’s a painting of an erotic pose/outfit that turns into something more involved

typically this begins with him being solidly behind a canvas and viewing you and the scene you’re apart of through the lens of artistry rather than arousal

of course he finds the sight appealing and attractive on principle — it involves you after all — but the intention is innocent enough so his mind is centred on mixing acrylics and sketching shapes and the like

he’s mentally breaking you down to your components rather than seeing the whole picture: the curve of your throat, the swell of your thighs, the strain of your arms and the array of toys and gear that surround you

light and shadow and shading and colours and his hands are covered in paints and there’s some on his face… his hair is more black than blue, even

and he’s not going to be thinking about sex unless you invite him into the scene or mention wanting to see the painting close up

even then it will take him a minute since his mind is elsewhere, but after that he’ll start to appreciate the full picture in a much more active (and enjoyable) way for you both

the second is done through him painting you whilst you’re being pleasured or pleasuring yourself

whether it’s by instructing you to masturbate or using a remote controlled toy, this method will involve him trying to depict you in the throes of pleasure to the best of his abilities

he thinks you look absolutely stunning when you’re getting off and he wants to be able to capture that moment in paint and pencil — which, of course, means that there will be more than one attempt needed for him to get it right

this time he’s not oblivious to the eroticism of the situation and is instructing you on what to do in a calm and gentle voice — praising you for doing so well as he always does

‘hmm… spread your legs a bit wider please, dear,’

‘now, now, don’t muffle yourself — i promise you’re not distracting me,’

‘hmm… i’m not sure if i got your eyes quite right. would you be okay with trying that again?’

he’ll show you each sketch and painting after the fact whilst he helps you come down from your climax

talking you through the techniques he used and pointing out things about you that he loves through the art piece

and, of course, he’s more than happy to reward you for a job well done — which is what leads to some more active commentary on how much he appreciates your body, your words and, well, just you in general

the third, and final, way that painting is used as a type of foreplay for wally would be him painting your body like it’s a canvas

this would rarely ever happen because it just wouldn’t be something he’d think of doing — so you’d have to be the one to propose it

he’d probably struggle a bit with planning and fretting over the logistics of finding body safe paints (especially if you have sensitive skin)

but once everything is sorted out he’d probably get really into it in the moment

he’s printing the natural world onto your naked body and he’s being so gentle and focused as he does so

petunias and forget-me-nots and baby’s breath and lilies and roses and lavender and bluebells and daisies and so much more

each one with its petals painted heavy and thick with it’s stems brushed faint and thin — decorating and complimenting every dip and curve and scar and stretch mark that made your body your own

he’s humming some song or another as he makes his way further and further down: from your lips and cheeks, to your throat and chest, down your stomach and back, along your thighs and calves before ending at your sex

by then you’re a breathing work of art and the sun is warm and low and he’s looking at you like you were one of the beautiful blooming flowers that now decorated your skin

and you kiss him and he kisses you and you make love

the artwork gone — smudged all over your faces and bodies and the blanket beneath you — but it’s impact permanent

a memory, a moment, an emotion

then nothing went to waste — not even as you carry yourselves up to shower together and are intimate once again and you feel and see the paint (in a mixture of other things) washing away down the drain

[iraprince]

hi i just wanted to say im genuinely obsessed with the way you draw thighs + hips + butts + the crotch region in general. thank you for your service and if you have any suggestions or resources id adore them

hi, thank you! i have a lot of fun drawing those bits so i'm glad the fun comes through :)

i can def take a crack at some notes on how i construct stuff, but especially with this general pelvis area i think a lot of how i draw it is very much individual stylization -- so what i'll go over is definitely not any kind of anatomy tutorial or step-by-step or anything like that, and i also wouldn't even really call these notes suggestions on how to draw this stuff. my real suggestion is what it always is, which is to get into anatomy studies/figure drawing first, then decide how you want to stylize starting from that foundational info! also, while i don't usually lean into this a lot in my own style, the musculature of the thighs is a lot more complex than you might expect, so it can be useful to look at more detailed anatomical diagrams in addition to just studying from models. but i hope seeing how i often do it myself is still helpful in some way!

so, for starters, and i mean this totally seriously: a lot of what i get complimented on in my art is stuff i specifically draw with horny intent, lmao. i'm not at all saying you have to be horny to get good but i think you get results from fun + fixation, because when you care a lot about the details and when you care about capturing specific stuff that you're excited about (in any way), that comes through in your drawings. so when ur deciding on how to stylize, pay attention to what little details about ur area of focus are really cute/interesting/appealing to you, and find ways to emphasize that!

honestly part of that means focus on posing as well as whatever you're doing with anatomy/stylization -- i have a thing i affectionately call the "ira neck thrust" that my friends are constantly calling me out for and it's basically just the tits and ass back arch that i'm so fond of. of course u end up noticing how i draw this area when i'm constantly drawing attention to it and making things cheesecake-y specifically to show it off, lol!

beyond that i think the summary of the rest of the notes is just to find ways to lay things out so that it's easy for you to place the shapes and details you want to stylize/emphasize. i like drawing thighs with pronounced upper muscle; i often stylize the lower half of the torso + hips with multiple repeating curves to emphasize that shape. i love hip creases and visual cues on how the thighs are moving, so i usually don't miss an opportunity to draw those in (and to pose/costume in a way that specifically shows it off, again). my anatomy in this area is usually so stylized and unrealistic that, while of course i make a lot of these decisions from a foundation of figure drawing, a ton of the actual impact/final look is just coming from style choices!

(i also only have time to throw together one example, but these things should still generally ring true for bodies of any type/size; "bony" landmarks exist regardless of weight and will show up on larger bodies as areas where tendons + muscle anchor to the bone, which can have a lot of influence on folds + the shapes of body fat, and it's always a good idea to study reference and decide from there how to stylize. "morpho: fat and skin folds" is a great anatomy book for this.)

i feel like this is all i have energy 2 throw together at the moment and it's so specific to how i draw that i'm not sure how helpful it'll be lol but!! maybe i will come back to this another day if i think of anything else. also i guess here is one final summary of why i think this method works for me

[hellspawnmotel]

I love your art!! I really admire your work and I love your deltarune fanart, especially how you draw noelle :) whenever I look at your art I always feel like you have such a firm grasp on anatomy and all your drawings feel like they really exist in 3d space, and i love how the characters in your drawings are shaped :0 do you have any tips for a learning artist?

well gosh, after you buttering me up like that, how can i refuse? (jk but in all serious, thank you so much this is SO sweet) anyway, let's see, tips..... (this ended up turning into a whole tutorial lmao)

so one thing you'll hear a lot of artists say is to start with a warm up first, but not a lot about what "warming up" actually means. some people take that to mean they have to start with a whole other drawing, personally i find that takes away too much energy and i end up spending way more time on it than i want to. i like doodling little cubes and cylinders, but if i have something to color sometimes i just do that to warm up. whatever works for you best, just anything to get your hand used to the motion of drawing.

for starting the actual drawing it really is important to begin with a line of action. think of it as a basic guideline for how you want to pose a character. it will help the pose flow better, trust me. (im going to draw noelle bc obviously im pretty used to that)

some artists start with just the line, i like to do the guide for the head first and then the line, whatever

you dont absolutely have to follow the line for your pose btw its just good to have an idea of what youre doing before you do it

after that is when you start worrying about shapes, usually. an important thing to remember when drawing is that absolutely everything is made of shapes, first and foremost. humans, animals, objects, drawing anything starts with shapes. circles squares and triangles. this goes for drawing from life too! it's why you want to start with a light pencil or a sketch layer cuz this is the stuff youre gonna erase later, but it's essentially the skeleton of your drawing

btw, i give noelle a very basic "average thin teenage girl" figure but it's good to practice other body types too and learn what shapes work best for drawing those

you mightve heard the advice to "draw the person nude first and then draw the clothes on top of them" and that's only partially true- it's good to know what the shape of the body is before you dive in with the clothes but you dont have to do like, a whole nude model first. you just need enough to understand how the fabric is going to fall on the body

also, and this is sort of off-topic, but when it comes to clothes its good to understand how different fabric works and how it's going to react to a body underneath it. some fabric clings, some is very loose, some is thin and some is thick. basically what im saying is that you dont have to shrink-wrap the clothing to the body, especially when it comes to a character with breasts or anything else that sticks out. thats a mistake a lot of beginner artists make. in this case, noelle's robe is very loose but i still want it to conform to her body a little bit so the pose isn't totally lost

aaaaand there ya go! after all that is when im ready to actually draw the dang thing. you can tell if you look close that i didnt totally follow the guidelines i made for myself, and that's okay. for example i tend to almost always draw the head too small and then have to enlarge it afterwards. one of the perks of being a digital artist is i can make mistakes and not have to re-do the whole drawing to fix them.

one other thing as to how to get better at actually drawing the body right in the first place- FIGURE DRAWING! as cliche as it might sound it really helps. it's best to draw from life, but if you can't get into a class for it there are plenty of websites out there with good photography of nude models. i also reference a lot of my poses from those websites, or sometimes from videos of figure skating or ballet if i think the situation calls for it.

this is a good website for figure drawing practice- it lets you set a timer so you can practice getting a pose down quickly or spend a lot of time on one model, your choice

also, yknow, always make sure you're having fun and dont stress out too much about whether what youre drawing looks good. the more you draw, the better, and don't think you have to post everything to social media if you dont want to. draw for yourself first and foremost and observe from life and artists you admire what you WANT to draw and want to get better at, and what looks like fun. that's the most important part

[anonbeadraws]

Reference sheet for your commission references!

So, It can be stressful not knowing exactly what the artist wants from you as a commissioner, especially first timers, so I’ve whipped up a lil something!  (gotta say, this is what I want as an commissions artist, can’t speak for anyone else!)

REFERENCE GUIDE 💖

-  So first thing, I personally prefer having a PDF/word/page doc or a google doc for references, rather than loose images on an email. It’s much easier for me to find the information I need and not have to go from tab to tab!   If that’s something you can’t do, let me know when you email me and we can work something out! - In that Document, written description and visual references are key, both are preferable! I’m happy to charge a little extra to work from written description only but Visuals (sketches, previous commissions, photos) give me something to base off, so I don’t spend the whole time researching for your piece! Colours, patterns, face claims are all helpful!

 the following info is generally what I need (you’re welcome to copy paste this into your doc!) :

VISUALS

Age/Race/height/body type:

skin colour/ scars/ freckles/ skin conditions etc:

eye colour/shape:

hair colour/style/decorations:

Any additional details (prosthetics limbs/no limbs!/tattoos/piercings/wings):

CLOTHING

brief description of any clothing, their colours/pattern :

ITEMS:  (items such as weaponry, jewellery, bags, accessories and or animal companions!)

PERSONALITY

Brief personality description (are they suspicious, happy go lucky? What's the general vibe?):

Background information that could be important in the design (their ancestry, where they come from, any inspirations?:

any preferences on posing/expressions:

EXTRAS

If there is more than one character on your ref sheet, please separate your descriptions/images out by character for ease.    I’d also want to know the character’s relationship to each other; family, friends? enemies to lovers? are they physically affectionate to each other? How would they interact in this scene?

if your commission has a background/scene, visual and written references are brilliant along with the vibe you want for the scene and time of day! Below is a badly sketched Ref of what all this could look like!:

Keep in mind, the sketch is only a guide, if you have more than one page of visual refs, that’s cool! As long as you can get the info above (and anything you think i’ll need) into a single pdf/google doc format, you are good!   This is just very helpful for me too, since i struggle with too much info at once while i work.  Any questions are welcome, hope this helps! Going to link this to my commission sheet too! Thanks and i appreciate you all! 💖💖💖

[hongism]

01 - p.seonghwa + impregnation/begging (18+)

» p.seonghwa x fem!reader » 18+ dni if minor » smut/pwp » language, explicit sex, unprotected sex, dirty talk, creampie, use of petnames, manual stimulation, begging, impregnation kink » wc 5.4k » link to masterlist

“so.”

“so,” the man across from you echoes back, mug halfway to his lips as he arches a neatly shaped brow in your direction.

“you’re a sex worker.”

seonghwa almost sputters on his coffee. the bluntness of your statement hits with full force, and in your defense, you had a better approach before sitting down on his couch twenty minutes ago. that went out the window obviously. you’d like to say that nerves got the best of you.

“i… yes, y/n, you’ve known this for years now, no?”

“well, yes. i have.”

“are you looking to… become one yourself?”

“no! no, no, absolutely not.” seonghwa hums around the rim of his mug. “not that there’s anything wrong with that line of work! it’s just not — i can’t see myself doing that, you know? i’m sure you’re great at it.”

“no complaints so far.” he smiles with one side of his face, smirk turning your insides to mush at the insinuation. “it’s true though: the job isn’t easy, and not everyone enjoys it or sticks with it. some crank the dial down a few notches and choose to become strippers instead. some move up to other areas of expertise like hardcore bdsm clubs. i’ve seen it all.”

you can’t recall the first time seonghwa told you of his line of work — he refers to it as a third base revelation, one he only gives out after being friends with some for a while, and although you two aren’t the closest, he’s still the only friend you have in such a position. and admittedly, he’s invited you to some… shows and most intense viewings for people interested in voyeurism and exhibitionism, but neither of those are on your list of interests. the first time you asked him how he finds it in himself to do all those things, he simply shrugged.

“i’m surprisingly vanilla outside of work. i enjoy my job, yeah, and all that it comes with most of the time. but in my own sex life? i like keeping it simple so it doesn’t feel like i’m at work again.”

right now you’re wondering where your request will fall on the spectrum.

“why do you ask, y/n?” he poses the question with ease, a quick diversion from one topic to the next with such fluidity that you can’t help but to answer right away.

“i was curious about something and was wondering if you could help me with it.”

seonghwa unfurls his legs out from under his body, letting both feet hit the floor as he leans forward to set his mug down on the table between you two. you seem to have piqued his interest in the very least.

“enlighten me.”

“well, you said you’ve seen it all. does that apply to… kinks too?” to be talking about sex on such a level like it’s being done over morning coffee is something your mother would scoff at, probably reaching for her bible in attempts to purify her sinful daughter all the while. in reality it’s half past nine in the evening right now, and seonghwa is fresh out of a shower after a work shift, long black hair falling around his face to frame his pretty dark eyes. he’s captivating in a lot of ways; that’s never eluded your thoughts. it’s hard to not admire him or view him in some kind of sexual way especially when he discusses his job so freely.

“yes, my dear y/n. although there are things even i won’t do for work. fulfilling people’s fantasies only goes so far as my comfort zone allows me to. where i work, however, we have certain workers who specialize in some areas more than others, which is why we take our matching process so seriously.”

you’ve been beating around the bush a bit, so you know now is the moment to just spit it out or else you’ll continue running circles around seonghwa all night. you didn’t even intend to take up his freetime like this as it is.

“then, um, does anyone — any of your coworkers — d-do they specialize in breeding or impregnation?” you tilt your chin down to your chest as you ask the question, feeling the sudden weight of how awkward this feels on your side of things. this must be totally normal to seonghwa, someone who has slept with people of all genders whether they’re friends or lovers or strangers. but to you? your nights usually consist of you and your trusty vibrator, or the occasional hookup where they fuck you in missionary position until they cum. this is well out of your comfort zone to even be discussing like this.

seonghwa’s gaze is on you. you can feel it burning holes into the crown of your head. the silence stretches on for what feels like forever, although you’re certain that’s just your mind manifesting some of your anxieties about this.

“they do,” he replies at last, voice scratchy like he needs to clear his throat. he does a second later, then brings his left leg up over his right knee. the position brings your gaze to him. there’s a certain level of sheer seduction to how he moves, just naturally and unintentional at best, but with the topic at hand, you’re wondering if there’s a little motive to the movements. “do you have a friend who is looking for something? that in particular, i mean?”

the question is clearly searching, and even though you think seonghwa knows where this question will lead, you sense that he’s aiming for a direct confirmation from your lips.

“i-i am.”

“and you’d like me to find someone who would be a good fit for you?”

ding ding ding. seonghwa hits the nail right on the head, tongue poking out to drag over his lower lip as he glances over your expression. you bite the inside of your cheek.

“yes. like, i was thinking maybe um, i could meet you at the club? and you could help me find someone for that?”

seonghwa laughs at that, a deep and throaty sound that goes straight through your chest and out the other side like you’ve been shot.

“oh baby, why go through the trouble when i’m right here?”

“what?” you blurt in an instant. you heard him perfectly fine, you know exactly what he just laid out on the table, but still that doesn’t stop the disbelief from overcoming you. seonghwa drops his head to the side, one corner of his mouth pulling upwards with the motion, and he huffs out a breathless laugh.

“my specialty… my area of expertise, that is—” he pauses to lick at the edge of his lips, and you admittedly spend far too long staring at his tongue‌ “—let’s just say that i’ve been known to beg for the chance to indulge in such a kink.”

that’s a bit of a power trip in and of itself, although it’s not even a goal you have for the bedroom. just the idea of a man like seonghwa begging you for the chance to cum inside and—

you swallow to stop the thoughts from continuing, nearly ashamed at how filthy they are with the man sitting directly across from you.

“it’s outside your work hours,” you state somewhat dumbly, and seonghwa notes that with another laugh.

“i wouldn’t fuck you tonight even if you asked me to.”

“oh.”

“that specific kink — it requires unprotected sex, and in my line of work, that’s something we take very seriously. so, even though we’re close friends, we’ll need to go about this the right way.”

“which is?” it’s a quick admission to how badly you want seonghwa, and you see his pupils flash like an animal’s when he hears your interest.

“schedule an appointment at your gynecologist this week. i’ll send you the money to cover it, so don’t worry about the cost. have an std test done and get a copy of the results. sunday evening, come here at seven with them, okay? i’ll bring mine as well. i’m assuming we’re both clean here, so things ought to be smooth sailing from there. for now, though, let’s talk specifics.”

“specifics?” you press your thumbs into your palms, a nervous habit you picked up years ago.

“what’s on the table, what isn’t, hard limits, whether you want to use the color system for safewords, roleplaying and such. probably a lot all at once, but we can talk through it slowly, yeah? my primary job is your comfort, y/n, then your pleasure.”

“okay. um, fire away then.” handing over the control of the conversation to seonghwa is easy because he knows this better than you do, and you have no qualms with letting him lead how it will look as long as it conforms to your comfort zone. you trust him, he’s your friend first before he’s a sexual partner, and you know he’ll take great care to modify himself to your limits in the bedroom.

“what’s on the table. a breeding and impregnation kink?”

“yes.” it’s easier to admit this time around, and seonghwa’s somewhat gentle smile only encourages that further.

“hard limits?”

“uh, degradation, hitting, choking, things like that. i don’t want you — don’t like being called names.”

“perfect. praise then?”

“it’s not a necessity, not really.”

“and do you want to implement dom/sub themes to our scene?”

“no, not really. that feels… um, the few times i’ve tried it, it’s just felt rather impersonal and unenjoyable for me.”

“alright, we can avoid it. you’re familiar with the traffic light system of safewords?”

“yes. red for stop, yellow for slow down, green for good to go. i’m fine with using that.”

“and roleplay? do you want us to be more of actors in the scope of sex, or?”

“n-no, i’d like it to just… be us. no acting, if it can be avoided.” seonghwa lifts a hand to his chest and presses down hard over his heart.

“careful there, y/n. you might make me catch feelings talking so sweetly like that.”

you feel your body heat up at those words, a feeling of almost embarrassment at being called out even though it was never your intention to begin with. seonghwa moves again, and both feet find solid ground before he pushes himself to his feet. you watch him stand, eyes wavering a little under how tall he seems from this angle. he’s as elegant and graceful as ever, the epitome of want and seduction to a point where it’s no wonder people of all kinds are attracted to him. the effect he has on you just in two steps is dizzying at best.

seonghwa gets close enough for your knees to nearly brush as he stands before you. when he brings his index finger to your chin and tilts your head up to better see your face, you simply let him. entranced and intoxicated. it leaves you wanting to explore a little more.

“i don’t want it to feel like work to you,” you murmur with the last bit of sanity you have left in your body. he bends at the waist, free hand tucked behind his back and resting against his tailbone as he moves to close the distance between your mouths. you strain to reach him, but he stays just far enough out of reach to where only his breath cascade over your lips.

“it most certainly won’t.”

sunday can’t come fast enough in your mind. even though nerves are a big factor in how you’re currently feeling, you are moreso impatient about finally getting what you’re after. the fact that it’s going to be with seonghwa of all people is just an added bonus. thus during the entire elevator ride up to seonghwa’s floor, you’re clutching your clean std results in one hand over your chest with enough force to tear the paper. true to his word, seonghwa did indeed send you the exact amount of money you needed to cover the appointment, plus a little extra pocket money that he refused to take when you tried sending it back. it makes you feel like you are the one doing him a favor when in reality it’s the other way around.

the ding of the elevator announces your arrival, and you step out into the long stretch of hallway after smoothing your dress down. he gave you no dress code for tonight — frankly you probably won’t be in clothes for long as it is — but you still put on a strappy little black dress to at least feel somewhat seductive and enticing. stupid, perhaps, but mostly a confidence boost.

it proves effective and worth it when seonghwa opens the door and takes in your exposed skin and body with little inhibitions.

“ah… i should’ve put something nicer on it seems.” he drags his tongue over the front of his teeth before smiling wide. you are indeed overdressed seeing as he’s got sweatpants and a plain black tee on, but the way he’s looking at you leaves little to the imagination and makes you feel just fine about the differences in your outfits.

“here,” you offer, handing the paper with your results on them over before stepping into the apartment with him.

“clean bill of health, hm?” seonghwa takes them with a grateful smile. his hand reaches for your lower back, securing against the satin there. his fingers wander enough to clue you in as to what he’s doing, and fortunately, he picks up on the lack of fabric underneath your dress within three seconds of searching. “did you walk here?”

“uber.”

“alone?”

“yes.”

“should have called me, i would have picked you up so you didn’t have to ride alone.”

ever the gentleman.

he leads you to the kitchen first, slipping away from your side as you reach the granite countertop, and two seconds later he returns to your side with a paper of his own.

“for you, my dear.” seonghwa twists so that his back is pressed to the counter, elbows finding purchase on the cold granite as he dangles the folding paper in front of you. you fall for his petty trick and reach to take it only for him to pull it out of your grasp at the last second. the smile he sends your way looks pained more than anything else, but you know that’s the kind of smile he wears when he’s really enjoying himself. “wanna earn it?”

“i thought we were supposed to see each other’s results before starting any of the fun?” you counter. your tongue catches between your teeth, and you raise a brow at him. oddly, playing the little game of push-and-pull puts you more at ease.

“then read my results so we can get on with it.” seonghwa mimics your expression and lifts one of his brows right back at you. you take the bait again, snatching the paper out of his fingers before he can yank it away again. he watches you with hyperfocus as your eyes scan the sheet, finding clean results across the board. you aren’t surprised; seonghwa wouldn’t offer to do this with you unless he was certain it would be safe for both of you. still, the gesture touches your heart a little, even if it’s a common thing he does with clients.

“happy?”

“haven’t fucked you yet, so no.” seonghwa pushes off the counter and steps away in the same breath, leaving you where you are as he leaves the kitchen. “so, will we be wining and dining before i have you? or shall we go straight to the bedroom?”

it ought to be criminal for seonghwa to look so fucking enticing in nothing but a plain tee and sweats.

“the position i have you in changes depending on your answer,” he continues. the words go straight to your gut, curling your insides with a wildly rampant sense of arousal at just the prospect of him fucking you.

“which do i get if i pick the wine and dine option?”

“on your knees over the couch as i fuck you from behind.”

you twist to face him better, hoping that your flustered state doesn’t show too much to his perceptive eyes.

“and the bedroom?”

“then i hope you’re flexible because i full intend to bend you in half so i can fill you up properly.”

your ploy to not let anything show yet fails right then in that moment. you can’t blink fast enough as your brain struggles to catch up and process what he’s just said, a subtle nod to what started this all in the first place. he’s doing it to test the waters a little and see where you stand in the scope of the scene, and you’d be lying if you said you were no longer interested. if anything, you want it even more now.

“is that more preferable, y/n?”

it’s the first time he’s said your name tonight, and it sounds like straight sin on his tongue.

“much.”

“already speechless?”

“kiss me and we’ll see who’s left speechless, hwa.”

seonghwa laughs loud and clear, tongue poking out between his teeth.

“i knew you’d be fun once the nerves weren’t in the picture.” he must realize you don’t intend to go towards him because he’s stepping back towards the kitchen in the next few seconds, finally finally closing the distance between your bodies properly. and unlike last time where he merely teased you with the idea of a kiss, he fully plants his lips over yours with your chin pinched between his fingers. it’s not a rough grasp either — enough to encourage you to stay put, but there’s so little force that he could not be touching you at all for all you know.

it starts soft and gentle, lips like a plush cushion over yours, and you can taste strawberries on his mouth like he’s just eaten them. then his tongue pushes over your lip and intrudes to tangle with your own. every other time a man has done this with you, it’s been in a fight for dominance and control over you, but seonghwa — he doesn’t fight back when you push your tongue over his. he continues to explore your mouth with his tongue, using his slight height advantage to angle himself better against you and lick over your palate. the sensation sends a shiver down your spine, and you use it as an excuse to fold your arms around seonghwa’s shoulders, intertwining your fingers at the base of his neck. his hands move at the same time yours do; long fingers trail down the exposed skin of your back before weaving through the strings keeping your dress together. he doesn’t remove the clothing yet though.

no, seonghwa keeps kissing you like it’s all he intends to do tonight, and you can’t even find the energy to complain because of how well he’s kissing you. it might be the lack of oxygen in your lungs though, because he also seems fully intent on running you completely dry of air before separating from your lips.

you do get a bit dizzy from it, in a strangely delightful way that leaves a pleasant fuzziness in your brain similar to a soft cotton. seonghwa pulls back to pant into your open mouth, inhaling the air you exhale with a dazed grin playing at his lips.

“having you tonight might open pandora’s box, baby. i’m already half-convinced that i want to make this a repeat occasion.”

“want you to fuck me,” you murmur through gasps of air. seonghwa drops his chin as he laughs, slightly damp black hair falling over his face. you can’t resist the urge to push it back and tug the locks lightly as you runs your fingers through it. it earns you seonghwa’s first moan of the night, a deep sound that makes your whole body thrum with equal parts arousal and excitement.

“keep that up and we won’t even make it to the bedroom.”

“then hurry up.” there’s an edge of whining to your tone, that of a petulant child not getting what they want fast enough, and though you expect seonghwa to retaliate and deny you, he simply secures a hand on your lower back once more, guiding you to the bedroom through the living room without complaint. that same hand moves up to tug the poorly drawn tie at your back. the fabric around your body falls loose in the next moment, warm hands replace the comfort of the fabric, and suddenly you are very nude in the middle of seonghwa’s bedroom.

he spins you around by the hips as he’s wrestling with the fabric now pooled around your ankles, lifting each foot up and out of the satin before taking a moment to strip himself down to his underwear. the bulge in his underwear is ungodly at best, already huge and he isn’t even full out of his clothes yet. and behind that, the thought of oh god i need that in me morphs into oh god he’s gonna be so deep in me with shocking haste. your mind catches on that thought, hangs onto it and clings to it desperately because you want it so badly. even as seonghwa returns to touching you and nudges you towards the bed, you’re still stuck on the thought of how good his cock is going to feel inside you.

you push yourself onto his mattress without any help from him, eagerness getting the better of you as you watch seonghwa pull his underwear off to reveal an impressive length underneath.

“hope you know how to use that,” you quip, if only to not seem so desperate for him.

“well, baby, i’m about to give you a demonstration with it that’ll ruin you for any other man.”

that comments border a bit too far on ridiculous, and seonghwa seems to realize that half a second later because he catches himself and falls into a small fit of laughter that has you laughing along with him.

“yeah, that was bad, i’m sorry,” he murmurs through laughs as he climbs up on the bed with you. you scooch back to the pillows, watching the way cock swings a little as he straddles your hips.

“sounded like a line out of a bad porno.” you’re still smiling when he kisses you again, as he smiles into your lips as well. it takes a lot of the weight out of the situation, makes it feel less serious and more personal in a way that you truly appreciate.

“how many bad pornos are you watching to know what they sound like?”

“a mediocre amount, i’d say.”

“let’s make a bad porno right now.” seonghwa nips at your lower lip, catching it between his teeth as he smiles down at you, and you roll your eyes despite still laughing.

“every bad porno ends in the girl not cumming.”

seonghwa clicks his tongue against the roof of his mouth.

“then i take it back. or i’ll take it as a challenge to make you cum on my cock. sound good?”

“y-yeah,” you whisper back, a little breathless with the way seonghwa’s fingers are moving lower and lower with each word. he reaches your entrance with two long digits and spreads your folds before dipping the first finger into your hole. thankfully, his fingers are thin enough for it not to be a discomfort, and you’re wildly grateful that he’s even taking the time to stretch you because of the sheer fucking size of his dick. and speaking of his dick, you find a thought somewhere in your head to reach down and grab hold of him. it earns you a sharp hiss, air rushing through seonghwa’s teeth as you close your fingers around the base of his cock.

you open your mouth to speak, but there’s no thought in your mind so you have no clue what you’re even intending to say. seonghwa interrupts anyway and presses his mouth to yours once more, at the same time his second finger slips in alongside the first. they dip out a second later with an embarrassingly loud squelch that signifies exactly how aroused and wet you are. does doesn’t stop to explain what he’s doing, but when his hand nudges your own out of the way, you think you’ve got a pretty good idea. it’s confirmed when he returns to scissoring his fingers gently inside your cunt. when you next put your hand on his length, it comes with greater ease, the slide of your palm against his cock assisted by your own aroused smeared over it.

seonghwa operates with a certain subtlety that doesn’t go ignored.

if you had to describe it, you’d probably echo his own words back to him, ones that he told you some time ago before this was even on the table.

you can work in sex but not be good at it.

seonghwa both works in it and is good at it, that much you can tell just from how much care he is taking with you and your body, reading the cues from your muscles and how you react to each touch. like when he curls his middle finger midway through a shallow thrust of his hand. you keen off the bed, back arching and spasming as he rubs over your sweet spot with the pad of his finger.

“oh my god,” you gasp against his mouth, and he eats the words right up with a breathy chuckle.

“can you sing louder for me, darling?”

he repeats the motion a second time. it has your moan breaking off into a high-pitched whine that devolves into a dry sob all in one breath.

“beautiful.”

his fingers disappear from your cunt only to push your hand off his cock, and you’re still a bit caught off-guard by the sound he pulled out of your body when he moves to press his tip to your needy hole.

“ready for me?” he asks before pushing in. you manage a series of nods, immediately moving your hands up to grab at the pillow under your head. “words, dear, i wanna hear you say you want my dick in your pussy.”

“i-i—” that just about renders you totally useless. seonghwa smiles more to himself than he does to you, and he shifts to grip the flesh on the back of your thighs. the next motion is so fluid and smooth that you barely realize what’s happening. one second you’re flat on your back, and the next seonghwa has your ankles folded so far over your waist that they’re nearly up over your head, knees resting just under your armpits.

“up to hold your legs in place for me?”

“y-yeah,” you exhale. he helps you secure your elbows around the backs of your knees, effectively folding you in half the way he initially promised to, and the static in your brain makes every thought stutter into nonexistence. “i’m ready for you to fuck me.”

“yeah?”

“want your cock in me, hwa, please, fuck me full of cum?” you swallow after speaking, eyes searching seonghwa’s expression as his pupils dilate a little further.

“i’ll fuck you nice and full, baby. promise.”

and that, well, you trust him to do exactly that. he’s given you no reason to doubt him.

but first he enters you with almost much patience, slowly sinking his length into your cunt as he secures his hands around your forearms. the pressure forces you further into the fold he’s tangled you in, but it’s not enough to be painful on any part of your body.

when he fully seats himself inside you, your walls are already flexing and pulsing a bit around his cock, adjusting to the new stretch as he rubs small circles against your skin. you try your best to focus on that — the way his thumbs rub in rhythmic patterns and his soft urgings for you to relax work magic as well. he’s wildly patient with you as you adjust, eyes not leaving your face for even a second even though you’re sure he’s having a hard time not moving at all.

“o-okay, okay. green. i’m green, can we continue?” you ask once the burn dulls to a manageable degree.

seonghwa’s response is to rock his hips against your ass. the first shift of his cock has you jolting, the suddenness of the pleasure from this position foreign to you. you half expected him to struggle to find a good angle, but of course, he’s good at what he does, and what he does is sex.

your moans encourage the movements; his thrusts are fully in time with your responses to his body, that subtle care for how you’re doing shining through.

“feel good, baby?”

“y-yeah, your — ah, your cock feels so good, hwa,” you whine back, face buried against your shoulder as more cries tumble from your lips.

“you’re so tight for me, y/n. you and your needy little cunt… you want my cum that badly, huh? want me to fuck you nice and full, have my cum so deep inside you, you’ll feel it for days after this.” seonghwa is damn good at pushing all your buttons as well, almost too well because he’s ridding you of every coherent thought imaginable with so much ease that you’re a puddle of mush on the bed without even being close to an orgasm. “i wanna see fucked full of my cum, baby. will you let me do that? let me fuck you so good you’ll have no choice but to get pregnant from it. i promise i’ll be good for you.”

“h-hwa, pl-please,” you whine. the word twist your gut in ways you’re scared to admit, it’s too attracted, the idea is too enticing, you want it so fucking badly, and yet seonghwa is the one begging for it. he is begging for you to let him do what you want. and he doesn’t stop there — his mouth really never stops running for a moment.

“let me breed you, baby. wanna fill you up so badly, want my cum spilling out of you, let me have that please? i’m fucking you so well, aren’t i? don’t i deserve it?”

“yes, yes, hwa, please — i’m gonna cum!”

“gonna cum on my cock just like that?” he hits you with a particularly sharp thrust, and you cry out, tears springing to the corners of your eyes as the pleasure begins to overwhelm you.

“cumming, i’m cumming, oh my god, h-hwa, hwa—” your cries turn to a drawn out moan that seonghwa practically punches out of your chest with his uncoordinated thrusts, little gasps and breaks to you voice as he fucks you through the euphoric high. “c-cum in me, please, want you in me, cum inside.”

“i will, baby, i promise. i’ll fuck you nice and full of babies, how about that?”

you writhe under seonghwa’s weight as he fully sinks his cock in your pussy, fully buried to the hilt as he shoots hot strings of cum inside you. it’s so deep that you really believe what he said about you having no choice but to get pregnant, like the contraceptive is useless against this because of how deep inside he is and how much cum he’s pumping into your cunt. yet you don’t want to push him off or get him out of you, you want him to stay exactly where he is without a doubt, so when he relaxes his grip on your arms, you release a pitiful whine.

“stay, hwa.”

“gotta get you some water, love.”

“it can wait,” you urge, pushing your lower lip out in a way you hope will convince him not to pull out yet.

“then i wouldn’t be much of a gentleman, would i?”

“be a gentleman and stay inside me for a few more minutes then.”

a smile twists his lips, another one that looks like he’s grimacing more than smiling, then he leans closer to your face to press a kiss to your sweat-stricken forehead.

“then i’m getting you water and making you something to eat.”