A little something for the weekend
And by little I mean "Possibly redefining the concept of sexy tied-up Robin forever!"
And this is me saying that, so consider what I might mean by that
I like to bring the boards something nice to celebrate the end of the working week and this may be my best yet.
Yup, my George Perez commission is completed!
George Perez was one of the defining mainstream comics artists when I was growing up, he was critical to the New Teen Titans becoming a best seller and made each member look fantastic and individual. And perhaps there is no finer example of that process than his work with Dick Grayson's Robin, who he made look REALLY sexy not in spite of, but partly BECAUSE of his fantastically silly outfit.
Little things like that aggravating little lock of hair that kept falling across his eyes. You just wanted to brush it out of his face and then run your fingers through his 1980’s MTV-star hair whilst you… ahem, but I digress.
When I say that George Perez has been on my radar for a commission for a long time, I’m not understating the case. But a co-incident time of his taking commissions and me having the money had never come about.
So when last year it DID come about, I had to make the leap. I went almost the whole hog and asked for a pencil-toned full figure picture, which was most of my bonus for the year, but what the heck.
Now what with one thing and another, it took a while to get it, but I can be patient, and with George Perez you really don’t mind waiting at all as you know you’ll be getting something awesome at the end of it. Of course, there are the little concerns one has in a one-off commission; Was I too specific? Not specific enough? (I left my preferences as open as possible, to allow Mr Perez as much leeway as possible)
Any such worries were, of course, groundless and suffice it to say that when this arrived in my inbox, I think I was robbed of the power of coherent speech.
I don’t have the actual art in my hands yet, but my agent in these matters, a staggeringly generous friend who shall remain nameless to spare blushes, sent me this scan to tide me over, and assures me that the scan does not do the piece true justice.
And with that, I shall leave you to ogle, admire, drool, or whatever you might want to do over this piece.
What to pick as a favourite element? Is it the splendid physique and fantastic anatomy? The great tie-up? The shredded costume exposing yet MORE of aforementioned splendid physique and fantastic anatomy?
If forced to pick I might actually go for the marvellous expression which, despite the gag, manages to convey an absolute promise that no matter WHAT whoever did this has done to him, and no matter how secure these bonds are, he IS going to break free and when he does there WILL be a very physical and completely painful reckoning for anyone involved.
But who has to pick? I have it all in one pretty tied up package with the sexiness of Dick Grayson ramped up to 11!
And this is me saying that, so consider what I might mean by that
I like to bring the boards something nice to celebrate the end of the working week and this may be my best yet.
Yup, my George Perez commission is completed!
George Perez was one of the defining mainstream comics artists when I was growing up, he was critical to the New Teen Titans becoming a best seller and made each member look fantastic and individual. And perhaps there is no finer example of that process than his work with Dick Grayson's Robin, who he made look REALLY sexy not in spite of, but partly BECAUSE of his fantastically silly outfit.
Little things like that aggravating little lock of hair that kept falling across his eyes. You just wanted to brush it out of his face and then run your fingers through his 1980’s MTV-star hair whilst you… ahem, but I digress.
When I say that George Perez has been on my radar for a commission for a long time, I’m not understating the case. But a co-incident time of his taking commissions and me having the money had never come about.
So when last year it DID come about, I had to make the leap. I went almost the whole hog and asked for a pencil-toned full figure picture, which was most of my bonus for the year, but what the heck.
Now what with one thing and another, it took a while to get it, but I can be patient, and with George Perez you really don’t mind waiting at all as you know you’ll be getting something awesome at the end of it. Of course, there are the little concerns one has in a one-off commission; Was I too specific? Not specific enough? (I left my preferences as open as possible, to allow Mr Perez as much leeway as possible)
Any such worries were, of course, groundless and suffice it to say that when this arrived in my inbox, I think I was robbed of the power of coherent speech.
I don’t have the actual art in my hands yet, but my agent in these matters, a staggeringly generous friend who shall remain nameless to spare blushes, sent me this scan to tide me over, and assures me that the scan does not do the piece true justice.
And with that, I shall leave you to ogle, admire, drool, or whatever you might want to do over this piece.
What to pick as a favourite element? Is it the splendid physique and fantastic anatomy? The great tie-up? The shredded costume exposing yet MORE of aforementioned splendid physique and fantastic anatomy?
If forced to pick I might actually go for the marvellous expression which, despite the gag, manages to convey an absolute promise that no matter WHAT whoever did this has done to him, and no matter how secure these bonds are, he IS going to break free and when he does there WILL be a very physical and completely painful reckoning for anyone involved.
But who has to pick? I have it all in one pretty tied up package with the sexiness of Dick Grayson ramped up to 11!