Creative pursuits in all the wrong venues

[winter]

I'm blocked. Not in the frustration sense, but rather a semi-coma that has infected almost all my muses. The only ones hanging around are a human variant of Vlad Draculea and a Takarazuka Death from Elisabeth. Nothing interesting.

On the other hand, when fyrie was here, she brought a set of pastels and drew portraits while I watched. It didn't look that difficult, so I acquired a set for myself. It's a bit time-consuming, but seeing as I hadn't drawn anything for close to five years and was never good at it - my sense of proportions is all wrong - I think my second attempt at a portrait didn't come out too badly.




My model was Maté Kamarás in one of his Hungarian incarnations of Death in Elisabeth, and the yellow-blue theme was originally weird set lighting. Of course my first portrait attempt was a certain vampire, but Maté has the advantage of not having weird cheekbones, jawline or nose. And hey, he's also a vampire - original Vienna cast Black Vampire (first solo in Carpe Noctem) and Herbert understudy. And cute. And, uh, the guy in my icon.


So, yeah. Possibly leaving tomorrow, but I have all my requests lined up and will write them there. I'll also try to get to a net cafe more often. It's much colder now, so the trek should be easier :)

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[winter]

Black's actually available in paper shops. Grey, I had to go to an art store to buy. I prefer white for still-lives, but there's something about gothic musicals that lends itself to black paper ;)

[alice_montrose]

Honestly, I wish I could get my hands on some black paper here. But everywhere I ask, I get weird looks from clerks or pointed at cardboard stands. I don't want cardboard, damnit - I want paper.
*decides to pout and sour Bucharest for black paper if she ever gets to go there*