#my pinup prince

[ego-osbourne]

The Flames of Love

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Here’s my submission for the TES Pinup Challenge! Mehrunes Dagon, in all his glory, following Day 25’s Oblivion prompt! This was such a blast to work on, many thanks to @nerevar-quote-and-star for hosting!

Closeups + Progress below!

[tiredela]

Midnight rain for @nerevar-quote-and-star ‘s pinup challenge!

Mephala is lonely. She gives you a suggestive look and says she wants to have some “spider-fun”! Will you spend some time with her in her spider web? :::;)

[scumhaus]

Wonder Woman in Bruce Timm style. Threw in a little timelapse with Mac DeMarco.

[razorsadness]

I knew that if I went to Minneapolis I would never come back. How many pies would I make for him, hoping to fatten him up. But I did all of that anyway, and not in Minneapolis. After Nashville, Prince, I returned to New York, and to the man whose girlfriend I wanted to be. I wanted to be his Dorothy Parker, and his O Sister. You know what I mean, Prince. I wanted to make him scrambled eggs, and I did. I could not make a poem out of any of it. Dorothy Parker, dark-haired, helmet-haired, was never a waitress like in your song, Prince, but she wrote some poems—not like yours. You can't write everything. In any case, you got certain things about her right in your do-rag'd head, and then you put them in your song, lines like "(Dorothy Parker was cool)" and "Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff / In a violent room / Fighting with lovers past / I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine / Dorothy was fast." Those people in the violent room were phantoms, I know, Prince, the ghosts of fingers past on your back, your neck, pushing your head toward the paper, forcing you to remember their old love—it keeps them alive, as my old loves keep me alive by forcing my hand, which writes lines like these.

Hilton Als, from My Pinup: A Paean to Prince (New Directions, 2022)

[nixsmis]

collide, spark

Xander (icyboi) (c) Reven || Cinna (lavaboi) & art (c) me

[fromsidereal]

Save a horse (Ride an alien prince)

Was originally going to put Bowie in a cowboy hat, but that seemed hard. This is somewhat of a continuation of the summer pinups I did last year. Bowie in his peach swim trunks my beloved 🍑 ✨

[madameberry]

This was originally a thread I made on twitter of drawing reference packs of nonwhite and/or body-diverse people. I made this out of spite after hours of googling trying to find fair-use reference for RGB/hue lights on dark skin (which I still haven't found!). With twitter going the way that it is, I'm crossposting this here in case it gets nuked. This thread originally focused on packs that are specifically uploaded for drawing reference that have licenses for artist use, though later I did branch out a bit with suggestions from others. I'd love to see more added to this.

This is gonna be long so I'm putting it under the fold. Let's get into it.

@AdorkaStock has tons of body-diverse reference packs, including probably the only trans or disabled models in a reference pack I've found. Oh, and the best part about adorkastock: most packs are free with attribution! Some faves:

https://www.deviantart.com/adorkastock/art/Wing-Pack-Preview-891765898

https://www.deviantart.com/adorkastock/art/Sailor-Starlight-and-Prince-Nova-Highlight-Pack-842015663

Faestock on Artstation has a few packs. I like that these packs have costume references too, since I struggle with clothing a lot.

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/VXDqy/x113-stella-fantasy-queen-reference-pack

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/v9bPA/x120-genie-pose-reference-pack

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/1V0aw/x120-christine-action-reference-pack

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/LpWb0/x120-gown-sword-pose-reference-pack

Grafit Studio has a few good packs if you're willing to pick through their selection. Here's a free pack with a variety of models, and an expressions pack I've used a few times.

Sample pack: https://grafitschool.gumroad.com/l/IoHbY

Expressions Pack: https://grafitschool.gumroad.com/l/LPpjT

Satine Zillah on Artstation has a number of packs. Anyway here's a nice one of an older black gentleman, a variety portrait pack, and one costumed pack that I included in my original thread, but I can't speak on the accuracy of the depictions:

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/J25K/portraits-vol-2-model-ali-260-jpegs-photo-reference-pack-for-artists

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/yJ72/portraits-photo-reference-pack-255-jpegs

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/9NdV/culture-of-the-steppe-760-jpegs-photo-reference-pack-for-artists

Cathleen Tarawhiti on Deviantart has a number of stock options sorted by model. They normally do book cover shoots, but they're seemingly free for personal use, which I assume includes study.

https://www.deviantart.com/cathleentarawhiti/gallery/55170611/zabeen

https://www.deviantart.com/cathleentarawhiti/gallery/65446765/whitney-marie

photoref.org has a number of shoots of diverse models. The pinup shoot and the skate party shoot are great, I love the outfit inspo!

Pinup Pack: https://jennravenna.gumroad.com/l/vwAsi

Skate Party Pack: https://jennravenna.gumroad.com/l/EGpIk

@ fugitiverabbit on Twitter is running this resource of fat photo references that's (so-far) volunteer-run:

This site was suggested to me and it's just good and fun and wholesome.

There are a number of Tiktok users who pose for reference use. I can't include all of them individually, but here's the one that was brought to my attention:

r/drawme and /rdrawmensfw subreddits were suggested to me as places where people have given permission to be drawn. This can be a good source of refs for different body types as well!

And finally, two book recommendations:

Morpho Anatomy for Artists - Fat and Skin Folds by Michel Lauricella So many anatomy study sources focus on idealized proportions. This is one of the few resources I've found that goes deep into how fat and skin lays on the body in different locations.

and How to Draw Black People by Malik Shabazz

That's all from my original thread, but feel free to add more!

[accidentally-in-fictional-love]

Things I Noticed While Writing Light The Fuse: Part 3, Episode 1

Phew okay time to wrap this one up for real this time!

This shot is interesting, we've got Ethan staring at Meredith, who's again looking at him, although probably because he's new and an easy target lol and then Johnson is watching Ethan, probably because he's looking at Meredith, while Matty has his eye on the bar

This is as far back as this shot gets, but Avron is nowhere in sight, so he had to have seen Matty walk over and purposefully approach him, what an asshole

Found him, weasel was waiting over there on the other side of the bar. Also I still can't get over Agnes calling him Prince it's so cute I just had to make it his actual title, the Prince of the Phoenixes 🥰 but I know it's probably got a bitter side to it too as a reminder that he is still a Phoenix, my deep dive on Matty could go on forever do not get me started

Okay I needed to point out this entire scene cause these two have such a fascinating not even relationship or rivalry but SOMETHING going on that I need to sit down with the creator and Rhys to know exactly what happened. I can theorize and write up Avron being horrible all day long but my desire to know what went on outside of 'Avron becomes a Brawler and Matty is jealous' because every single acting choice they chose for this scene is so fucking on purpose.

The way he just freezes and stares when he hears his voice isn't jealousy, that's a reaction. He was already tired from the run so he seems to be in a more serious mood here, but something switches as soon as Avron shows up. This is no longer fun on the river Matty, or initiation 'tell me why you wanna be a Phoenix' Matty, this is him upset over something, and Avron brushing him off is only making it worse like look at his face change once he touches him

That feels like such a deeper hatred than just jealousy. The way Avron is holding onto him and brushed him so roughly, the need to do full eye contact between them, and Matty's mouth twitches again before he says no problem. He was about to start something and I really need to know what happened you guys it's scenes like this that makes this show my Roman Empire

I looked up dandelion boys specifically for this fic and it turns out it means something along the lines of someone who has lived through great hardship and came out resilient and strong and I'm sobbing again

I don't want just this scene to be another post on its own so I'll save the rest of this for my eventual Matty deep dive but oh my god. Oh my god. The way he plays all of this. He wants to be a Brawler so bad but we all saw how happy he was on the river. I'm gunna cry again and I'm not joking this time. Oh my god.

Here it is, the moment that made me wanna do this series in the first place because I definitely didn't notice this the first time since Johnson was too hot. While Matty is getting the drinks, Johnson and Ethan grab some seats and sit down. Johnson is lighting a cigarette. Matty sits down with the drinks, Johnson is smoking throughout the whole scene, Meredith leaves, and then talks to Joel. Matty then talks to Ethan about her, now smoking, and Johnson is lighting another cigarette. Matty stole it from him instead of getting his own. They're married guys I'm not even kidding with this one.

Also I just love the insinuation of Johnson falling for all of them with no example from Matty, yet he's the only one who actually talks to a Pinup (cough Angel cough) at any point in the show. Gunna be a little full of myself for a second and say out of all the stuff I've written for the fic series so far, I feel like their talk on the car about love might be the closest to canon out of everything, it just feels right.

Okay first of all I love the little smile Ethan gives at their warning, what a sweet pea. Second there's Avron staring entirely at Matty again, just completely locked on. My god I need to know what their deal is you guys this is getting serious

He's not straight. This isn't a theory. I also think I was dead on with Matty only starting this conversation because he didn't like how he was talking to Ethan. Best way to get his attention away is to make him focused on Matty again after all

I really love the detail of Ethan trying really hard not to engage after getting involved with the asshole at the restaurant and him going so still the second he looks at Avron

His mouth was twitching again, he reached his breaking point with that one, he's not even looking at Ethan. Also lmao at Johnson looking like me the second I don't have my phone, and the cute lil spin in his chair I love him so damn much

This is another interesting shot to me, Matty is the one saying all this, and Johnson does a fake impressed whistle to go along with it, but Avron says 'that's right' to Johnson out of everyone there, like he should be impressed or something, you can see him look his way specifically, away from Matty and not to Ethan, I wanna know why they choose that direction (it's because I'm right and he's jealous)

This is so evil of Matty to reveal the Aunt V secret, look at how Avron's smile just falls because it's getting out, which is why I am constantly insisting that this runs deeper than jealousy because this is so incredibly personal, this one was made to hurt. Also in the og script they actually caught Avron getting a bj from a guy when they were on the river!

I'm crying again ;w; wonder why they went from this to something even worse? Probably because of all the violence everyone is about to lay out on this man heh me included

What did Avron do to make Matty say this??? What did he repeat that Matty must've told him??? Johnson is staring him down and agreeing with him too I'm gunna lose my mind!!!

Ethan coming in hot with the misdirection so he doesn't hurt Matty, Avron successfully reaching for him only for Matty to take it back, and those punches are not just jealousy again guys he's so fuckin mad here! He hurt him and Matty is hurting him back THIS IS KILLING ME

Once again Johnson is just sitting and watching back there. I mentioned it the first time I posted this scene a while back but I firmly believe he wasn't gunna let Joel throw him out, or maybe he knows that Joel actually wouldn't do that to begin with and this is just to scare him after acting out? The man really does have a soft spot for him so this wouldn't have been the end, he just needs to be grounded for the night and Johnson is aware of that. Obviously I wrote him right there trying to get Joel off cause the thought makes me cry, but I can just as easily picture them sitting outside afterward, Johnson just hands Matty a drink and they hang around all silent GAH I wanna write now but I can't until the weekend OTL

This isn't an observation. I do love how Ethan stands his ground cause we all know he isn't fragile, but jesus christ if anyone grabbed me like that I'd fold so fuckin fast 😳 On another note, it's probably intentional but I really thought Joel was Meredith's dad by this point lol so I had to make Ethan say just that in the fic

This is another interesting shot because Meredith comes into focus and waves of course, but that's also when Matty and Johnson come into focus as well ;w; he could very much be looking at them and then notice that she was there too (which is how I wrote it) just as much as him looking at her while they happen to be walking by, but of course my bet's on the former cause I love them. I'm also madly in love with the track that plays during this scene it's so damn good

They're looking at each other in the mirror 😭 and Matty was already looking before Ethan I can't take thiiiis

It's the end of the first episode are they trying to kill everyone watching?? Cause that certainly nearly happened to me when I saw Johnson looking like this godDAMN also Matty in a tie is the cutest thing I've ever seen I love how all three of them dress so much 🥰

And that's it for episode 1! I used up almost/all my pics/gifs in all three of these and I could've used so many more just on those Matty scenes, thankfully not as much happens in the future so I should be good sans probably the finale which might need two or more depending on how much I cry over the big reveal ;w; ❤️💛💙

[tvstarkuma]

My pride icon is a genderfluid ace Teddie flag. Might as well talk about the other half of that combo now.

Teddie as a shadow was born genderless. By default the bear form has no gender and no sexual characteristics beyond what a normal teddy bear has. Even in the P4 art book his bear form’s gender is labeled as “Male?”. Bear Teddie only refers to himself as male to fit a certain role, need, or bit such as when he wants to be a prince or knight to the girls. Besides that, Teddie is only a bear and nothing else. The reason Teddie learned to default himself as male and make his human form present as such is a combination of the team socializing him this way and because of his attraction towards girls. In heteronormativity, relationships default to m/f. So if Teddie wants to date girls he believes it is to his benefit to present as a boy (no one taught him about lesbians). As his gender presentation is more of a means to an end, he does not have a strong attachment to it besides growing accustomed to the form and dress.

While leaning towards the masculine side, his human form is acknowledged in the games themselves to have soft androgynous features. Teddie is proud of this aspect of his human appearance. He can be whatever he wants this way. Androgyny holds freedom for exploration. Teddie is able to wear clothing and styles of all genders. Wearing dresses and having long hair is just as fun and comfortable as his usual ensemble. They are steps into a new world to explore that does not contradict any other aspect of himself and is another facet of his identity. Teddie is still Teddie, she is just a pretty girl now.

Teddie can happily identify as a boy, girl, or bear depending on his mood and the situation. In another P4 book that came out in Japan during the original game’s release, in-character social media profiles were made for the whole team. In it, Teddie writes his gender as a “Bear who lives for love!” next to the silhouette of a pinup girl. Similar, more innocent energy to the Crash Bandicoot drivers license with “Sex: Yes”. Teddie does not personally write his gender as either male or female, he just wants to be loved and enjoy life.

Teddie doesn’t even care what pronouns you use for them as long as it’s not a dehumanizing “it”. Use whichever one feels right at the time and they’ll never correct you. Heck, if someone used “she/her” while she wasn’t wearing more feminine clothing she would only lament not being dressed for the occasion and request a moment to change. Bear form anything’s fair game.

Happy Pride to genderfluid icon Teddie Hanamura!

[gendeerfluid]

🥀🌹The Rose Prince 🌹🥀

I’m so excited to share this pinup of my characters from the story I’ve been working on this past quarter in school. 💕💖🌹

[zymzalchemy]

Violet Moon: The Joker's Enigmatic Transformation

🃏 Dive into the twisted world of Violet Moon as she fully embraces The Joker's iconic persona! 💚 Her vibrant green hair defies convention, and that manic grin hints at the depths of madness, making Violet's transformation into the Clown Prince of Crime absolutely mesmerizing. 🎨 Decked out in a purple suit with all the Joker's signature flair, she captures the essence of this enigmatic character flawlessly. 👀 Those eyes, filled with mischief and chaos, dare you to explore the darker corners of her artistic portrayal. Join us on this journey into the realm of chaos, where Violet Moon reigns as the embodiment of mayhem and artistry in perfect harmony. 🌟 Check her out on my DeviantArt page along with our other pinups! 🎨📷

[bookcub]

@princessofbookaholics is doing another romance readathon and im gonna try another line up like i did last year (and im gonna start now cause um why not lol)

here are the prompts and the book i plan to read to fill them (some fit more than one category!!

read a romance with your favorite trope:

queen move by kennedy ryan (i forgot this was on my list but i am a sucker for friends to lovers so this is a good addition)

read a romance you weren't able to get to last year:

accidental pinup by danielle jackson (this looks to be filled with body positivity which i love, so this one should be fun)

read a romance by a bipoc author: american royalty by tracey livesay (this is inspired by meghan marckle and prince harry and im curious to read a fictional interpretation rather than the real life gossip)

read a romance that's part of a series (it doesn't have to follow the same couple, companion novels/novellas will do!):

by the book by jasmine guillory (this is part of a series by different authors turning disney movies into romance novels. super fun and silly and the audiobook of this is better than without imo) (technically i finished this the last week of january)

read a romance that doesn't have an illustrated cover (challenging, I know!): hate to want you by alisha rai (this will be a reread and i might do the rest of the series as well depending on my enjoyment level)

read a romance with lgbtq+ rep:

sorry, bro by taleen voskuni (i am sooooo hyped about this book. my great great grandparents were from armenia and i have encountered zero books with armenian characters) (and the main character is BI!!) (i am ecstatic)

read a romance with any pastel color on the cover:

set on you by amy lea (peach background, its a very cute cover and i oddly like romance novels set in gyms!!)

[princelythirsts]

Hello! Asking some Halloween ones for some of your more spooky f/os:

🐺 and 🕯️ with Eddie Gluskin and H.R. Hoffman?

🐺 || Let's say both of you have to match costumes. What are you guys wearing?

Eddie - I think he’d want to make his costume. More likely a retro theme because of that.

However I know he’d also a Disney fan since he quotes Prince Charming, so… He’d think it’s SO cute and romantic for us to go as Snow White and the Prince!

(Especially since I cut my hair shorter recently and Snow White was my go to costume as a small child. Possibly the first character I became obsessed with and would dress up as all the time. kind of like Eddie if I got my shit together and made his costume.)

I can’t really think of many retro male pair costumes we could do but I think stuff like fallout or Bioshock is always an option?

Hoffman - I’ve been thinking of us having a cute couple cosplay where I’m like a sexy retro pinup astronaut and he’s mission control. But idk I can see him also wanting to do ghostbusters or something similar. He has a canon steampunk skin so that’s also an option if I get pull something together.

🕯️ || What about urban legends and rituals? Ever tried to do one of them?

Lol these guys are kinda boring! And so am I, since I love hearing about urban legends but I’m either too nervous or sensible not to attempt any rituals.

I’m gonna say probably no for both of them, but…

Eddie -

I don’t think he’d do any ritual outside of showing me that it doesn’t work, and besides, he would just protect me from whatever ghost comes after me.

Hoffman -

I think he’d also only do it to show that it doesn’t work, but it would be because he’s convinced there’s some conspiracy at play that makes him certain it wouldn’t work.