The Dresden Files (Book Series) (Thomas/Susan)

[bardicsidhe.livejournal.com]

Title: Smile For Me, Baby
Author/Artist: bardicsidhe
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Nudity and nongraphic depiction of heterosexual sex

A/N: Written for the following request:
Thomas/Susan: Shower sex - "yeah, she is a whole new tradition/I feel it in my heart"

So finishing this piece was basically hell. *wry* I'd done numerous sketches of both characters to try and get a good feel for them - and while I'm satisfied with Susan, I'm not terribly pleased with how Thomas turned out. I have a major crush on Susan, and I hope I did her justice. She's no big-boobed bimbette, and I did my best to give her beauty without falling on the usual pornographic stereotypes (though the thought of drawing her as a traditional pinup has crossed my mind). I was down to the wire on this one - not as much detail as I wanted, plus I'm a total novice at drawing any kind of sex, so the objective was to draw a scene that didn't feel stilted, wooden or posed. ...I hope I managed at least something close to that.

The lyrics, as I found out, are from Deep Purple's "Woman From Tokyo." After listening to that on loop for about a week while I worked on this piece, Susan damn well HAD to have a grin on.

Comments

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice! I like the atmosphere, and the effect of the falling water.

Thomas is strong to manage that, though. Either that, or the showerhead is. ;-)

[bardicsidhe.livejournal.com]

In the full image, Susan has her other leg down as a brace. I just ended up cropping it because as a whole the final image seemed stiff. I agree with you, though - Thomas would have to be pretty buff. Vampire skillz, maybe?

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

I like vampire skills. *grins*

(I totally blame my friends for the theory that White Court vampires are immune to the Red Court's venom, and Red Court vampires are immune to a White Court's glamour.)

[sorchafyre.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, this is my favorite kind of picture, it's nudity that seems almost innocent rather than tittilating, and yet is sexy as hell. The water spray is just right, and you can see it gleaming on her skin. Fun!sex is the best kind, and this captures that nicely.