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Blairaptor — Beach Shenanigans

Published: 2014-06-11 13:15:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1285; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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Description Heaven help me, there are now shirtless men in my gallery.


I had kind of a bad day yesterday, but in hindsight it was alright since pretty much all I did was draw. I did a lot of figure drawing, mostly of male figures, so I decided to test my new knowledge by drawing male figures from memory. This is also just for me to figure out Mike and Nathan's body types; rather than making the troll chubby and the vampire totally fit like one might expect I made Mike pretty much in shape and Nathan just like an average wiry guy. Mike is a contractor/builder and does some heavy-duty lifting when he's on the job, while most of Nathan's exercising would be dancing. Plus Mike is just genetically bigger anyway.

I wanted to fit Sam in there too but I was running out of sketchbook paper. When she goes to the beach with her friends she wears shorts and a tank top and collects microorganisms to look at under a microscope. Yes she's  huge nerd And since Sam has hardly any sense of humor Mike would never dare pull anything on her - Nathan gets all the abuse instead.

Oh and Nathan's necklace is one of those crosses made out of two tin pieces made to look like nails. ^^ Religious symbols can't hurt vampires in my stories - but God Himself has the same command over them as He does humans, of course.


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Comments: 9

knokati [2014-06-17 13:26:32 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome. I don't know how you could draw the swim trunks like that I need to master the art of drawing clothes

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Blairaptor In reply to knokati [2014-06-22 19:28:06 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks! Clothing is hard - I think it's something you truly have to memorize and understand. But I guess that's true for everything you draw. ^^

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knokati In reply to Blairaptor [2014-06-24 02:13:31 +0000 UTC]

Definitely

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powerjohnny [2014-06-11 17:41:55 +0000 UTC]

this is wonderful .

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purplemudkip [2014-06-11 17:12:31 +0000 UTC]

Good thing Mike didn't put that crab anywhere higher, or we may not have a Mike for later comics...

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Blairaptor In reply to purplemudkip [2014-06-11 18:51:04 +0000 UTC]

I imagine he grabbed the waistband of Nate's trunks, pulled 'em out, and stuffed the crab down the back haha. I should've drawn the whole thing out but yeah I think Mike will get out of this one alive. 

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czmAvery [2014-06-11 16:42:35 +0000 UTC]

FFFFFFFFF WTF

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ThisLunarWolf [2014-06-11 13:54:39 +0000 UTC]

I noticed Nathan's cross necklace right away; just another reason why MC is so cool. I've grown up thinking, "Oh, crosses hurt vampires in movies, vamps must be sacrilegious", but I love how you completely flipped that idea around and gave Nathan a cross necklace ^^ It adds to the fact that these monsters aren't really monsters after all.

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Blairaptor In reply to ThisLunarWolf [2014-06-11 17:02:43 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks!

Yeah, I made Nate a Christian because it fits his character but also because it's unexpected and I've never seen it done before. And if anyone needs Jesus, it's vampires. XD The point of the story, for me, is to use these monster traits to exaggerate the human condition instead of creating creatures that are not humans. So I guess I've achieved it! C:

Also I haven't adressed it yet but Nathan does not have to drink any blood at all to stay alive; for him drinking blood is a sin and the temptation to do it is very strong but it's not really part of who he is. He may or may not ultimately give in but in the mean time it remains a personal struggle like a human's temptation to do wrong.

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