Sketch prompts!

[alias_sqbr]

I have a new graphics tablet after the last one broke, and Clip Studio Paint has updated in the mean time.

So give me some simple prompts to try them out! I'll be trying to do quick sketches since I think one reason I burned out a bit on art was being too perfectionist.

By "simple" I mean no more than two characters, no complex backgrounds etc. And either you give me an image reference or it's something I can look up easily without having to make many decisions.

Fanart or original. Nothing too sexy, squicky, or containing zombies(*).

Also, if you want, here's some new Clip Studio Paint features I want to try out that you can add to your prompt:

• A pose from Posemaniacs (you can upload them to the in-built 3d characters)
  
• An image with colours you like, to apply as a colour scheme.
  

(*)I only have a problem with the mindless contagious sort, or really gross decay. Possessed/controlled corpses or skeletons are fine, and vampires are A+.

Comments

[lilysea]

Blake/Avon doing formal dancing together in Regency Outfits.

Blake tends to dress in looser clothes with lower necklines in greens and browns

Avon tends to dress in tighter clothes with very high necklines in black or silver

Reference photos for faces only

Blake
https://www.framecaplib.com/b7lib/html/episodes/images/shadow/shado047.htm
https://www.framecaplib.com/b7lib/html/episodes/images/redempt/redem097.htm

Avon
https://www.framecaplib.com/b7lib/html/episodes/images/redempt/redem011.htm

[alias_sqbr]

Would you like more of a waltz than an actual regency dance?

[lilysea]

A waltz would be great! ^_^

There's a fan fic in which they waltz in regency style clothing - it's set in the future (spaceships, lasers, future medicine etc), but on a planet where everyone wears regency style clothing

The fan fic is a retelling of pride and prejudice where Avon is Darcy.

Here's the bit where they walyz

"Unfortunately, it seemed Mister Avon wasn't stupid either. Having out-manoeuvred Blake, he came punctually upon his hour to claim his designated turn. Waltzes, too. Blake sighed. You were close in waltzes, there was no escaping conversation. They were easy, as well, Blake thought grimly. No wonder Mister Avon had homed right in on them. No feats of athleticism required, no complicated memorisation of a turn sequence or teamwork with the other couples in the room necessary. Intimate, sultry, bloody waltzes that gave you too much time to whisper and think.

"You can lead," Mister Avon said as he stepped into position with surprising neatness. "I expect you like that."

Gritting his teeth, Blake curled a hand around Mister Avon's waist and extended his palm, meeting Mister Avon's eyes when he laced his fingers through Blake's and completed the circuit. Blake felt a slight frisson and wondered if the room was perhaps prone to static electricity.

The music started, and he pushed Mister Avon back two steps, finding that Mister Avon had been expecting it and went willingly. When Blake stopped, Mister Avon offered a firm resistance that let Blake pull him into a loose, swirling box without gracelessly over-balancing and losing the elegance of the figure. Almost annoyed at Mister Avon for having somehow become as competent as he'd promised and better (he must have practiced – who with, when, and why?), Blake pushed them a little faster. Mister Avon only smiled and pushed back, keeping them locked, moving in perfect time with the music. He seemed aware of every shift in it, to vibrate with each chord.

"Do you dip?" Blake asked Mister Avon, and had the pleasure of seeing the other man's eyes widen with uncertainty before they narrowed, glinting.

"Try me."

Without further warning Blake did. Mister Avon slid with him and let Blake gather him back to his chest with an elegant snap. Blake liked a dip and recovery – it reminded him of slowed-down nature-vid footage of a flower wilting, bending, breaking, falling away. The vids then played backwards, and the flower was pulled inexorably and remorselessly back to vibrancy and health.

"Not bad," Blake admitted, because Mister Avon's weight and tension and his deliberate, mannered movement felt good, and Blake wasn't going to lie about it outright. In recovering from the dip they'd shifted in such a way that, instead of having a hand on Mister Avon's hip, Blake's arm now encircled his back, pulling Mister Avon flush against him. Their faces were nearly pressed against each other, cheek to cheek.

"I didn't think the waltz included dips," Mister Avon said.

"It's an extraordinarily adaptable dance," Blake countered. "Like so—" Knowing it wasn't what a good person would have done, he raced Mister Avon through a series of unpredictable turn-outs and twirls, keeping it up even as the tempo shifted from andante to allegro. Blake's dances with Dayna hadn't been so technically demanding – they'd been faster, but their rhythm had been less punishing.

"Having trouble?" Blake asked, tucking Mister Avon's back against his chest and Mister Avon's head under his chin, keeping his hand splayed over Mister Avon's stomach, pressing him into what was, for Mister Avon, a backwards box-step.

"Absolutely not," Mister Avon gasped, breathlessly.

"Good," Blake purred, whipping Mister Avon around to face him with an easy swirl and a moment of broken contact that should have left Mister Avon reeling on his feet or sprawled on the floor, if there was any justice in the world. Instead Mister Avon turned the lurch into an easy fall into Blake's arms. Blake caught him automatically, and resented that that ploy had worked, and well. Blake settled on a last dip and ended the dance bent over Mister Avon, with both of them breathing raggedly into each other's faces. Blake swallowed hard with exertion.

"You looked great!" Dayna called.

"Yes." Mister Avon grinned up at Blake triumphantly. "I know."

"All that practicing definitely paid off. Mind you, I'm still sore from how many times you made me—"

"Thank you, Dayna," Mister Avon said through his teeth.

"No no," Blake called to her, pulling Mister Avon up. "Do go on, I suspect this might be interesting."

"You are, as it so often transpires, incorrect," Mister Avon informed him. "This time I'll lead, Blake."

"Whatever you like, Mister Avon."

"Whatever I like?"

"Within reason."

Mister Avon laughed. "And if there's nothing reasonable about what I would like?"

"It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest."

Blake noted, as Mister Avon drew him into the next figure, managing to hold Blake tighter than he himself had been held, that he'd never dropped Mister Avon's hand. It made it more natural to progress into the next dance, and it was what he would have done with anyone else, but Mister Avon wasn't anyone else. "

[alias_sqbr]

Here you go! https://alias-sqbr.tumblr.com/post/749331830363291648/blake-and-avon-waltzing-in-regency-wear-for-lily

[lilysea]

Yay, thank you! ^_^

[kiezh]

Lan Wangji with bunnies?

[alias_sqbr]

This was a nice easy prompt as I'm getting over my cold. I had a moment of "Hmm, so many people have drawn LWJ and bunnies how do I make it interesting" and then this idea popped into my head https://alias-sqbr.tumblr.com/post/748997630786453504/lan-wangji-kneels-and-carefully-holds-out-a

[isabel_lunnen]

*zooms in*

I thought about requesting something for a common fandom (so many options!), but I'm pining for the days when I could spare the time for original fiction and decided to go with that. You've already done two of my lead characters + their dragon pal, so I figured I'd ask for the third, lol.

This character, Loraya, is also 13 and wears the same outfit as the other two, but with a green ribbon around her hair. I can send you a more specific description/image of her, but she is much taller than the others (if Google conversions can be trusted, a bit over 180 cm), and considered very beautiful, with curly black hair, deep brown skin, freckles, and green eyes. You don't need to include "magical" details or any particular background, but if it's helpful, her magical powers mainly involve necromancy, telekinesis, and plant magic (she loves gardening and is particularly fond of violets). In RL terms, her ancestry is West African, East Asian, and Northern European. She's melancholy and extremely anxious for backstory reasons, as well as very kind and gentle, and this pose struck me as very suitable! https://www.posemaniacs.com/tools/viewer/poses/01H1R7XMXSKE97BXA616Y94N16

[alias_sqbr]

What kind of violet? There's a few flowers with that name, and even though they're all similar it'll bug me if it might be the wrong sort :)

[isabel_lunnen]

Haha, I understand! Google tells me it's officially the viola tricolor.

[alias_sqbr]

Here you go! https://alias-sqbr.tumblr.com/post/750007401551413248/isabel-lunnens-character-loraya-a-melancholy

Once I had the pose sketched out I went "Hmm that's some big empty spaces in the corners... FLOWERS!" hence it being important I got the type of violet right :)

[isabel_lunnen]

I know I already reblogged the Tumblr post but I love this so much!!!!