That was the commission. So, true to form, Kazerad drew Katia failing at both. Admittedly this is not my best coloring work. Considering the subject matter, that’s a bit surprising. But for some reason this one just didn’t inspire me much, (though it’s ALWAYS fun to shade Katia boobs. I do find myself spending inordinate amounts of time getting those shaded well! I wonder why?)
Obviously I spent like .5 minutes on the background. I just didn’t feel like spending much time on it I’m afraid. I think perhaps it’s her lack of neck that throws it off most for me. But hey, it’s something right? That’ll be the last of these for a while. I do still have Katia riding Bryce from Angels with Scaly Wings I want to do at some point though.
Last member of the Not-Yet-Ready-For-Clothing Players band. Nah on lead guitar just seemed appropriate to me. Seems she brought a couple friends along too!
This one’s kinda weird. First, Kaz drew her holding the guitar in her elbow and fretting… air. Why? Honestly, I don’t know. Kaz probably does! But wth, I’m going for it anyway even if I don’t get it! Second, there’s no clever censoring arm or guitar strap here. Nah’s just kinda hangin’ all out here.
Now look, I’m obviously no prude. Some would call my stories porn (though I at least like to think of them more as erotica). But really full nipplage on the Fanart Booru is asking for trouble. Even if Kaz allowed it, it’s bound to cause a ton of too-risque stuff by pushing the boundary. So I’ve added a “pasties” layer (which really is just deleting the nipples essentially and making her nip-less.
One last thing – on here, though the blog isn’t marked NSFW, I’m going for it. So if you will be offended, I apologize in advance.
So here’s Kaz’ original sketch of Nah on guitar:
So obviously the first step was lineart. As seems to be common, I stuck some color on accidentally on the wrong layer.
Ok, so I deviated from Kaz’ original here in a couple places so I may as well fess up now. First, I emphasized her butt more than the original. Because I like butts I guess. But that’s my perversion, not Kaz’. I don’t THINK I overemphasized the boobies, though I did smooth the curves out. I also DID outline the nipples but removed the outline later as I felt it looked odd with black outlines around the areola.
Second, I simplified the bats a bit – dropping their feet mostly. Also later I added a 2nd knob on the guitar (later) because… well, no electric guitar has only 1 knob. Ok, next up… flat color:
And then, of course, time for shading. Mostly it went as expected but the hair was the bitch on this one. Just flat colored hair sucks, and I’m SURE if given more time and tutorials I could have done better. But really, it’s a naked vampire playing a guitar. How much time does it really deserve? Even the bats get a bit of shading. By the time I was done, I really liked those bats. They just look so HAPPY!
And then, of course, my standard background…
So that’s the version I’ll post on the adult sites. But I knew the nips would be over the top for the fanart booru at Prequel. So out come the pasties layer:
And that’ll do it for the Not-Yet-Ready-For-Clothing Players. Maybe I’ll put em all on stage together though – if it can be done without looking too wonky.
Can you separate a name like “Weedum-Ja” like that? Well, anyway, I did. Here’s our Fourth band member, Weedum-Ja. She’s the one that dragged S’thengir into the band. I call her “Six Fingers” because Kaz tends to draw Argonians with only 3 fingers per hand.
So here’s she is tickling the ivories as they say. But this time I won’t post the layers. Haven’t got a lot to say about it, though I do like her!
I think I’ll kinda document my work on some of these Kazerad things he sent me. I’m INCREDIBLY slow at this stuff. Photoshop is just too complex for my simple thinking. I usually just do stuff like this in Paint.net but this needs more tools, so I’m learning as I go along. Here’s Day 1′s progress on Just One image!
The original from Kaz. (I added the blue background because white just hurts my eyes too much, and did some basic cleanup to make it easier to find the lines that are important)
And here’s my lineart and basic flat colors:
Still got a long way to go – and I’ll not emphasize those nips any more than they already are. Yeah, kinda NSFW but not extravagant.
To quote a character from my lewd Skyrim webcomic thing, “Oh… My… God!” I think I’ve just discovered a plausible explanation of the infamous Yo-Yo and Pineapple trick! Before I get into the nitty (and extremely) gritty of it, first I’ll need to point out two problems with my “discovery”.
#1 – I don’t think Kaz ever intended there to BE a real explanation. I don’t think he has a clue himself. That’s the point of it. So I’m not saying this is what he had in mind because I don’t think he HAD anything in mind specifically.
#2 – It does not explain the spatter that apparently is the conclusion of the trick. Or at least not very well.
But other than that, it fulfills all the qualifications:
#1 – It involves a yo-yo and a pineapple, and apparently needs both to be performed.
#2 – It’s lewd and a sober Katia is ashamed of it.
#3 – It’s shocking to onlookers.
#4 – It is considered impossible, but Katia can do it.
So, here’s how I came to it. I’ve a character who used to be a prostitute at a Cathouse. She (will be, I haven’t posted the update with this being discussed yet) was describing life there and mentioned “special” exercises. She also mentions contests that the girls would have there during their off hours, including “weight lifting”. To put it nicely, such a contest among THAT profession would involve not upper, but lower body strength. Specifically, strength of internal muscles unique to females.
Now, consider that for a moment… how would one do that? Well, you’d need something of reasonable dimension that could be put where it needs to be put, and connected via string to a weight of some sort. A rock might be the first inclination, but a rock tends to be too smooth. It’s tough to tie a string to a rock. But a pineapple has all those rough surfaces which would hold a string well.
Why a yoyo? Well, you’d want something about the right size to fit into the required place, but it should be rounded for obvious reasons. But again needs to have the proper shape to hold the string securely. Thus, the Yoyo and Pineapple Trick. Katia has strong enough muscles there to lift a pineapple.
Is this THE answer? I don’t think there IS an answer. As I said, it doesn’t explain the spatter at the conclusion of the trick (unless we assume a falling pineapple will splat from such a low distance when she releases the yoyo) and I really don’t think Kaz had this or anything else specific in mind. But, it fits nearly all the requirements!
Yes, this shocking revelation is brought to you by Blue Dragon, who obviously thinks about such things WAY too much.
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