Maaany various things (including cocks) !

Looong time no blog, aye, I know, it's not like I've been busy as hell after all ! ^^" Anyways, because we all need our dose of testosterone, here's the last batch of illustrations I drew that can fit this blog, with sketches, WIP and all !

First, a little present for Dinosaurprince because by the beginning of September he learnt some bad bad news (me too, actually) and I though a little comfort would be needed. So here's Dino hugging Rikuo from Darkstalkers.

I picked Rikuo because among all of Dino's original characters I couldn't choose only one and thought it had been a long time since he commissioned some Rikuo illustration. Plus it was cute to imagine a totally fantastic character who doesn't look like a human hugging a real person.

I had to draw this piece with the only reference of a portrait picture Dino sent me once... as I'm not talented for portraits at all it was a double challenge. Fortunately, Dino recognized himself and thought it was super cute. ^^ He seemed really happy. Mission accomplished !

I thought due to his personal issues Dino wouldn't commission me for a long time, which wasn't a problem for me but sad but for him. But it looks like the boy can't live without art and fantasy ! ^^ So he asked me to have a take on his deliciously old school addiction : John Carter of Mars.

My only knowledge of John was through Frank Frazetta's paintings. You said "Frank Frazetta" ? I'm in ! -Will the arm move ?-

However, we got more inspired by the original comics than the paintings for this piece and I just looove the old smell of these comics, - yeah it does smell old even on a computer screen ! ^^ I tried to keep this special atmosphere, got all the details of the illustration from the comics. -Yeah the arm moved !-

The muscles are defined with big brush touches, as in the original comics when black was an entire part of the colors.

Aaand my very first pink sky ever ! I'm really proud of this color work, because I wanted it to look old school, wanted to go back to that time when printing colors was not easy, when comics were cheap and great at the same time ! Oh and I added some screentones too.

Well, yet another Mario / Luigi porn illustration because my previous one was a kinda great success but it was definitely getting old. I needed a new version !

Pink balls for the win ! ^^

Okay and let's end with a watercolor illustration, steampunk inspired. Because lots of my friends are doing steampunk and I felt the urge to draw some myself. But with cocks. Can I draw without cocks ? Hm... I'm not so sure.

Junk Food Commando

Let me show you my brand new commission for Dinosaurprince. It all started in a very funny way, we were talking, by email, about everything and nothing, just giving each other some news, when I confessed I was feeling lazy and didn't want to clean my rattie's cage nor cook for tonight. Immediately, Matthew thought about what Bionic Commando could do between the two games : getting lazy on the couch, eating junk food and watching TV. And this is how it eventually turned out.

First sketch to catch the position. There's an old TV (cathodic screens are so charming !), some VHS on the couch, pizza, chips, pop-corn and he's raising a six-pack of Pepsi. For his face I had to take pictures of my boyfriend doing this position because I really didn't manage to find the right angle. ^^

Matthew wanted to add Rush from MegaMan so I thought a robot-dog could enjoy some pizza too ; the cans are lifted up from a small table where you can see wet spots, a NES and a roasted chicken leaking grease on the couch. Oh and of course, THE detailed bionic arm.

Removed one of the two controlers and added a Mc Donald's portion of fries because the chicken looked weird all by himself.

I honestly spend a loooong time on this arm but I really love it. I studied US comics inking on purpose to get the metal effect.

In the end, the arm is darker than I hoped but it's not that bad, what do you think ?

Bulgarian party - Krum, Krum, Krum !

It's kinda unsual but these illustrations are not posted on my adult website "Eroticute.net", they belong to my "all audiences" gallery on www.gaellec.com. But as it's about a stud, and I had some babbling to do about it, I decided to do a blog. -As if I actually had time for it ! u_u-

The context is : I'm drawing for a French fanzine about Harry Potter's universe, Obscurus Presse. The crazy girls are simply releasing the wizards' journals, as if they were real -and by real I mean now, in 2010, not in the 90's !-. Usually, I don't draw fanarts for them, but from time to time characters of the original saga are featured and when I saw Viktor Krum illustrations were available I jumped on it !

I love Harry Potter. Who doesn't ? However, I don't like the movies, they're too short, too many details are missing, I know they're trying their best but it's annoying. So I truly expected to hate the "Goblet of Fire" movie... that was until I saw Stanislav Ianevski as Viktor Krum. *__* Oh let me be a fangirl sometimes ! Stanislav, anywhere, everywhere... ok, ok, to the pics now !

For the new issue of Quidditch Mag', the girls needed a portrait of Viktor Krum and a full body piece. Remember that we're in 2010 and the Bulgarian honey is older now. I gave him a little longer hair and stubble, a rougher face too, because if he didn't stop playing Quidditch since the 90's he probably had some severe kicks in his face -I avoided the bruises and the broken nose though- and tried to keep his pouty lips and grumpy eyebrows.

For the full body picture I didn't want a typical pose. Krum doesn't have time for this bullshit, he doesn't pose for photographs ! If you want a photo, just try to catch him in the locker room. -Ha, "Viktor Krum" and "locker room" in the same sentence make you horny ? Yeah, me too. If he's nearly naked on this version of the sketch, it's that I didn't search for Quidditch clothes references yet. Reminds me, when I was a kid just starting to draw, I read an interview of a famous french comic artist who said he always drew the characters naked before adding the clothes. I was young and didn't realize it was much better for anatomy so I though "Pfff he's not forced, what a perv !"... and now I'm drawing porn.

In the magazine the photos will be separated but for my website it was better to show it this way. Finally, what do you think of his pose ? It's nearly pinup-like, the way he's pulling the knee pad up his leg like a garter.

The second picture is an old photo -read : in the 90's- of Krum fighting the Chinese Fireball. Epic, right ? Sometimes, I'm on Obscurus Presse private board for the staff and I say "Okay I'mma do this one !". Then in front of my white page I'm like "Why did you say that, idiot ? Why ?"... That's what happened here.

But I eventually managed to start doodling. I started with Krum in an acrobatic position, I wanted him to look like he was gonna fall, to add a thrilling dimension to the pic. Then I began with the dragon and surprisingly, it was the best part to do. When I was in high school, I had a dragons obsession for a while, precisely chinese dragons. I drew them all the time, inspired by the ones you find on the Chinese restaurants stuff. So it came back to my hand really easily and I enjoyed it.

More detailed sketch. Poor me, I had to watch that part of the movie again, just to catch Viktors outfit. I had to pause the video and make screencaps. What a torture ! <3 I asked the girls if they didn't mind a little teared clothes and they were ok -it has to stay work-safe after all !-. Yes I know we see his ass a little too much on this one but I hid it on the final version.

It didn't took me that long to color but I'm quite happy with the light effects, the orange reflections on the dragon and the fire he's blowing. I added the magic ray in the end, wasn't sure of the result but it turned out good. Okay, next time there will be naked boys ! Or maybe not... ^^"

From Egypt to South Sudan

Still no sketches, still coloring the pictures I doodled on my trip to Japan Expo.

Since I was in my best friend's house, with her family and little sister, I had to stay worksafe so the only long thing you'll see on Thot is his beak ! :} I'm glad I found a good balance between well defined muscles and the body type I really enjoy. Also, the background is real papyrus I modified a bit and added on Photoshop.

I love this one because it's a topic we barely see in illustrations. This dude is inspired by Dinka warriors, an african tribe of South Sudan were men wear gorgeous and colored beads corsets to seduce women. It was actually draw just for the corset ! ^^ Anyways, I'd celebrate the end of the World Cup with him with pleasure ! You might wonder how the hell I can think about corseted african men when I'm hanging in front of the TV with a teenage girl and her King Charles dog... I wonder too !

Fairy dust and gangsta weed

No sketches today because these doodles were done at my best friend's house, and she doesn't have any light table so I inked on the original sketches.

Meluzine is a French association whose goal is to help fanzines (like mine) to promote their works ; they created an online community for fanzine artists to share their experience, some tips, they also give as many informations as they can about conventions we can attend or invite artists to sell their work on their booth in conventions...

I went to a meeting with them about two weeks ago and was told that drawing the association mascot would be a great way to help them. So as drawing is the only thing I'm able to do, I decided to go for it. Anyways, I just had to make an alternate version that is more of my taste. See what I mean ?

Well yeah I know, the haircut kills all. It looked better on the girls. X)

No, the title ain't a way to promote drugs at all, it's a reference to Dr.Dre ! The fact is I drew Javier smoking weed and my only excuse is that I wanted to draw him all tired, totally high, because I was myself. Oh, I wasn't high, I was just completely sick and exhausted with a big flu. My eyes weren't even really open and I wanted him to reflect my own condition. Oh, and I thought my name on the smoke would be fun.

Yeah, my tail is uncut, babe !

Sorry, I didn't keep the preliminary sketches for this one, I inked on the original sketch.

Aaanyways, this buff dude was drawn this morning, a bit in a hurry, because I AB-SO-LU-TE-LY wanted to try the screen recording software Veebee just recommended to me. I've been dying to record the complete coloring process and not only make incomplete animated gifs.

So here's my first try, well actually it's not very good, I didn't tame the software very well ; it's quite blurry, the zooms were automatically generated and I don't know what's with those hysterical cursor moves but it's a premiere so it's not perfect, of course. You can even see me changing the playlist on Deezer ! ^^"

I have to say for a drawing made in a rush, a daddy type of guy, with a boxer face, which I have never drawn before, it's not too bad. Adrenaline is actually good for creativity !

Original video can be found here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE7bJVj0G9E

Conan & He-Man... but quick !

Ok I'm gonna have to make this one a quickie because I'm going to the vet' in less than an hour... again. Anyways, it has nothing to do with this illustration !

New commission for Dinosaurprince. Two 80's gay geeks idols. Conan the Barbarian and He-man !

Dino let me choose which version of Conan I preferred ; I should have tried to be more inspired by Frazetta, I just love his artwork to pieces, but I thought the movie with Schwarzy looked much more eighties. ^^ Even if as a good fangirl I just can't wait for Jason Momoa as Conan !

Put your boot on, babe !

Conan seems to be way bigger and hairier than He-Man. Why not after all. Oh and every time I ink mountains or such backgrounds I think about the good old times when I used to read Andy Park's Tomb Raider comics and study his fabulous inking.

Nothing to say !

Okay this is going to be nearly a "no comment" post... because I don't wanna say too much about these characters. ^^ I simply hope I'm going to go far with them.

Like a taste of Arabian Nights... remember how many times you saw Disney's Aladdin when you were kid ? ^^ (Btw can I recommend the Japanese version of Arabian Nights ? It's absolutely awesome !)

Played with textures on this one. I'm thinking of making a night version, but by the time I'll actually have time to do it, I'll probably draw this pic better.

Recognize this camel dude ?

Yeah he got some piercings since last time. He's not into sports anymore, well, another kind of sports.

A minotaur ? Me ? I drew a minotaur ? Here's the story, last week (or was it last year ? I'm totally losing my mind these days... U_u) I finished the last issue of my fanzine Usagi Kira. You know what it is, the rush, you have to complete everything before going to the printing shop... when it was finally over, I was totally sick and tired of drawing little girls and rabbits. I needed to breathe, to draw something completely different. That's what I shouted on FurAffinity and my buddy Spinal22 suggested I could draw "something different, a minotaur for example", and why not "some light bondage". Mix it up and here's the result ! ^^

As you see I used a different coloring technique too. It was pretty challenging for me but I wanted to repeat the great experience I had coloring Rikuo's sketch by Patrick Fillion for Dinosaurprince. I've never been really inclined to color sketches, I love inking sessions so much ! I love to use my brushpen it's a bit like making love without STD ! XD I've never been that kind of persons, the ones who color sketches and do it well, but I have to thank Dino for pushing me to do this because I'm starting to really enjoy it ! As you'll see in the next pictures...

Nothing to say about them...

Nothing, I said !

And to finish, a pretty fennec boy, I'm just searching for something...

... but will I find it ? :}

My preciousss !

There are days when everything is shitty. Even the weather is ! It's pissing as if the world was going to end tomorrow ! Fortunately, there's a little sunlight in this fuckin' day. My baby, my preciousss.

Yeah, you may think it's stupid but it's always pleasant, especially when you color on the computer, to see your illustrations, and even more your comic pages, printed. They are here, all beautiful in your hands...

This is just a small self-produced fanzine I made for myself. See I already have another fanzine and it's much more "work-safe" but I really wanted this short comic to be printed. I consider it as a kind of business card. Like "No, I don't draw only little girls and rabbits, actually I prefer adult artwork, please have a look"... and that's it !

Inside there is a short hot and funny comic (six pages), a page to introduce the characters and a small "sketchbook" with the sketches of the pages, because they were pretty interesting. If you count the covers it reaches 16 pages, in color.

Nah, I'm not showing more, I don't wanna spoil the "story". XD It's a very limited edition, not really meant for sale, but if you want to buy it send me an email at galuniverse[at]gmail.com and we'll see.

Different boys for once...

Two different boys today, the kind of guys I usually never draw. Enjoy !

This dude is a character I'm currently trying to create. I'm not gonna say much about him, sorry. I just wanted to make a contrast between a buff boy, all muscular, who looks like the harshest rugby player, a "real male" with hard interest for bodymods, especially the feminine specialty that are piercing corsets. At first I wanted to put huge flowers in the background but it was going to look way too girly for him.

I guess I eventually have to state : this is my bara style. It's not because I don't draw muscles that I don't like them, don't get me wrong ! However I don't like well defined muscles, I love them HUGE but round. Nice biceps are like a nice ass : soft (and sweaty ^^), strong, hard but you can press your finger on it and push on the smooth skin. Don't give me a top model or a bodybuilder, gimme The Rock and Vin Diesel ! Wrestlers are just purrr-fect.
Notice when I inked I slightly changed the perspective or the pool, to remove the big flowers. This way the warm tones of the body would make a beautiful contrast on the blue water. My boyfriend said he "wasn't convinced by the perspective" but does he even say positive things about my illustrations anyways ?

My favorite part of the colo' is the pool's border, the cute little tiles. Okay, I love the roundness of his ass too. But the tiles, the colors of the line art that don't look the same in the shadows, it was quite interesting.

This drawing was a quick commission I did last week-end in a convention in Marseille. It was an interesting exercise, something I'm not used to do so it deserves to be posted here.

That guy stopped by my booth and asked if I could draw him. The thing is on my booth I usually draw chibi commissions because that's what people like in conventions. And it's easier. But he wanted a comic style portrait of him so it was a lot of pressure : what if I had to start the drawing again and again because it sucked, what if he didn't like it, what if he thought it didn't look like him at all ? *pressure, pressure* The huge thing in his hand was his camera. ^^
In the end I'm quite happy, it's not perfect but remember it's a 3€ commish drawn in fifteen minutes on the corner of a really tiny table. Here's his myspace so you can see by yourself if it looks like him or not. :}