Title: Test: City Street with 1950s Limo
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, Bakura, Molochai, Twig
Rating: G- (L0 N1 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Anime boys in skimpy clothes, kneeling in the road
Notes: I've been working on the set for 3 & 4 in Series B. I think I'll be doing this set in reverse order, just to keep things interesting. Sargantas wanted a limousine in these shots, but the only limo I could lay hands to was this 1936 model, which is pretty posh, if a little anachronistic. (I have been corrected. It is a 1959 model, and there is some debate about whether it is a limo, since the model maker identifies it as one. It's definitely not stretch.) Retextured most of it with some awesome car paint shaders I had laying around. I probably need to re-do the interior, as well, before I do #3. I'm debating whether the scene is too light, but I've recently got some crit that I shoot too dark for print, so I might just keep these light, for now. It looks like I can shoot two figures at a time, on this set, before things start exploding, which is good to know before I start building a scene. *laughs* Also, Cilea for V4 converts really well to M4/H4 as demonstrated by the kneeling pair. I probably want to re-texture the metal parts, so they don't glow in the dark, but it looks pretty good, aside from that.
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Title: Transitions A3b: After the Party
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, Bakura, ZillahÂ
Rating: (L0 N4 S4 V0 D0)
Warnings: Anime boys in chains.Tongues. Colloids.
Notes: Last one of the A series! *throws confetti* For Sargantas; the logical extension of A3a. Next, a break for some birthday arts, and then on to the B series!
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Title:Transitions A03a: Spatter
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, ZillahÂ
Rating: (L0 N4 S4 V0 D0)Â
Warnings: Porn. Unrealistic colloidial substance in motion.
Notes: I'm not happy with this, but I think it's the best I'm able to manage, at this point. I've spent days screwing with the texturing and the angles, and it's not getting any better. Add this to my list of things that are way more difficult than they look. For Sargantas, of course, who gave me two options for this shot, and I picked the more visually interesting one.
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Title: Transitions A4: Wave Goodbye
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, Bakura, ZillahÂ
Rating: M (L0 N3 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Vampire. Anime boys in chains.
Notes:This took way too long, but it's shot from underwater, which always adds another layer of difficulty. Yes, we all know they're not going to drown, because I already did the scenes that come after this, but in the correct order, it ought to be suspenseful… For Sargantas, of course. (And, yes, there are two more images (A3a and A3b) between this one and the one before it, but I wanted to get the underwater out of the way, before I started thinking of how to frame those.)
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Title: Transitions A3: Interruptions
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, Bakura, ZillahÂ
Rating: (L0 N4 S4 V0 D0)
Warnings: Vampire. Anime boys in chains. Porn.
Notes: An interruption into a scene we've already seen. Did you not wonder where our vampires were, in that one? For Sargantas, of course.
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Title:Â Transitions A2: Into Chains
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, Bakura, Zillah Â
Rating: M (L0 N3 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Vampire. Anime boys in chains.
Notes: The steps between what you've seen before! Here's Zillah fastening the chains on our favourite slaves. For Sargantas, of course.
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Title: Test: Desert Prince
Fandom: N/A
Characters: Khurshid
Rating: G (L0 N0 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: None
Notes: So, it came up that I might be needing a fantasy-Arabian prince for some upcoming work. Fortunately, I had Lux, who was almost perfect for the job. About half an hour of tweaking later, and some shouting at the dynamic fabric, and here's our unnamed prince! Apparently, he collects magical creatures, so expect another test shot involving a unicorn or a gryphon or something. No postwork, so, yeah, the edges on the dunes are a little sharp.
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Title:Â Transitions A1: Out of the Bath
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, Bakura, Zillah Â
Rating: M (L0 N3 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Vampire. Anime boys in chains.
Notes: For Sargantas. Our protagonists leave the baths, and begin their journey to the dungeon.
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Title: I Believe in Getting the Bastard
Fandom: Potterverse
Characters: Orion Lestrange (OC), Mssr. Otik
Rating: T (L0 N0 S0 V2 D0)
Warnings: A corpse and some blood.
Notes: A quick one for osprey_bagman on LJ, that I was supposed to have killed off, months ago. *coughs* Orion Lestrange finishing off a particular relation of his girlfriend, who he's only glad lived this long, so he could do it himself. Also, I still have like… zero skill at doing blood in post. Bonus points if you correctly identified the title… Double bonus points if you have any context for why I'm quietly cackling about it.
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Title: 2/2: Electricity
Fandom:Â Yu-Gi-Oh, Lost Souls
Characters: Amelda, Zillah, Molochai
Rating: (L0 N4 S4 V3 D0)
Warnings: Steampunk electrical brass-tentacle B&D. I don't even…
Notes: The other half of the Museum of Particular Perversions commission! The glass is a little more subtle, in this one, but if you view it full size, the reflections show up. Had to shoot this one in two parts, because holy shit, the glass. Crashed my video driver a few times, overheated my graphics card… *laughs* Then I just gave up and shot the sides first, and then turned them off and shot the centre, with the glass. For Sargantas, who must think I've forgotten, by now! Sorry for the lag; things seem to be working at least as well as they were before everything exploded!
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