Nightwing/Arsenal fanart (pencils)

[ratcreature]

Unfortunately my scanner decided to suck today and not pick up the contrast properly, no matter how I tried to fiddle with it, so the pencil lines are a bit faint, but on the bright side you see less of the usual smudges too (I just hope it's not a sign that it nears the end of its life-cycle). Anyway, it's Nightwing/Arsenal slash, some nudity but not more graphic than the stuff you see between Roy and Grace in the comics, and rather a lot fluffier. (BTW, the pose is mostly based on a photo I got from some wallpaper site.)

For derryderrydown, because she had a really crappy week.

Comments

[brownbetty]

Guh. Um...

That may be all I've got.

I love the playfulness of the pose, it's very nice.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! Every once in a while I like to imagine DC guys in relationships that are not completely fraught with mentor and/or family issues or otherwise grim and dysfunctional, and Dick/Roy is my favorite slash pairing for that. :)

[brownbetty]

Yeah, they're definitely the hot cocoa and cuddles pairing of the DCU. Only, if you'd like to keep that impression, don't read Petra and Derry's latest.

[petronelle.livejournal.com]

*Aww.*

That's so sweet and fluffy and *dear.*

*pets them*

They should make each other smile like that more often. Definitely.

[ratcreature]

I think they totally deserve a break from all the pain and angst canon usually puts them through. :)

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, they're so gorgeous and drapy and happy and this is amazing and it's for me and I'm totally incoherent with glee!

I totally love the way they're like a little jigsaw, fitting together perfectly with body parts meshing. And I don't mean that in the porny way.

[ratcreature]

I'm really glad you like the drawing. =)

And I bet their body parts would mesh perfectly in the porny way too ;), however I just can't draw explicit porn without making it look either completely ridiculous or just wrong.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, that's so cozy and lovely and guys all at once.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that cozy fluff works for you. (It comes much easier for me than darker stuff, but I tend to worry that it isn't really what people look for in DC fandom with all its violence, dysfunctional relationships and stuff.)

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

With all the pain the poor guys go through seeing them happy occasionally is a relief. :)

[basingstoke.livejournal.com]

oh, adorable!

[ratcreature]

They really are. :) Thank you!

[jamjar.livejournal.com]

This is just gorgeous. Their bodies and Dick laughing and it's just a thing of beauty and porn.

[ratcreature]

=)
It's great to hear that the laughter and lighter mood works. I was slightly worried people would see it as OOC because so much of the fanfic and I guess the comics too are kind of grim.

[kid-nova.livejournal.com]

It's great to see the 'originals' of pics before they are inked and coloured. I'm a process man - I like to see each step of the way. :)

I sympathise with you and scanner issues. Mine died about six months ago (actually, the connection just stopped working). I have a new one now but I haven't worked out how to get optimal scans of graphite pencil works from it. They all look like photocopies to me. :(

[ratcreature]

Yeah, pencils often don't look quite right scanned, though I guess it might be just that I don't own high quality scanners. By now I have bought a new one, but it's also a cheaper model.

And it's cool to hear that you appreciate the pencils posted as well as the final colored versions, I'm never quite sure whether people are really interested in seeing both.

[kid-nova.livejournal.com]

Cheap scanners! Woo-hoo, we rock! ;)

Yeah, bring on the pencil and coloured versions. I like to see inked copies as well haha. Though when I do, I plan to post them all together at once: pencil, ink, colour, so the viewer can really get a sense of the process.