PICSPAM - A NSFW BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD PICSPAM LOL!
A NSFW BDB
PICSPAM LOL
I made this mostly for the lolz. It started as a "I need to give each character a face" and ended in an epic Photoshop marathon that lasted almost two months lolz forever!
Some characters were very easy to choose and then work on PS, and some others, well let's say if I wasn't this control freak, Z and Wrath wouldn't be in this picspam, at all. af;dgh they were horribly hard to pick and get IC on PS. *sobs* It was a nightmare, but it was my nightmare and I was not gonna be satisfied until I topped them! 8D So, you get the whole Brotherhood with a few extras.
I added Rehv, mostly because we're getting his book in a few months and I like him quite a lot already. And he smells like Brother to me, anyway. ;) And the new troika, who are my bbs and the reason why I got so insane hooked up with the series after all these years of reading the books like a normal human being.
A few notes:
1) The little Brotherhood tattoo on the pec? I found it on the Message Board. I didn't come up with it miraculously. lol
2) I tried to make them IC with Photoshop. Don't laugh. >>
And now, skip my rant and ENJOY THE NAKED MEN!
"Wrath was six feet, nine inches of pure terror dressed in leather. His hair was long and black, falling straight from a widow's peak. Wraparound sunglasses hid eyes that no one had ever seen revealed. Shoulders were twice the size of most males'. With a face that was both aristocratic and brutal, he looked like the king he was by birthright and the soldier he'd become by destiny."
-DARK LOVER, p.3
Wrath was by far the hardest to pick. He is too perfect to exist, that's my conclusion. lol And after a few weeks of pulling my hair in desperation, skybluerae found him! All the credit for the fab Wrath goes to her. Thank you, bb!
He has the aristocratic look, plus the warrior body. Green eyes, black long hair... That's the best we could manage! Besides, he's a hottie. And I PSed the sunglasses and the long hair in one pic lolz, wut. :P
". . . As the guy walked along, there was something about him that wasn't WASPy handsome in spite of his amazing looks. Something . . . animalistic. He just didn't carry himself as other people did."
-LOVER ETERNAL, p. 81
Rhage was clear in my mind from the start. He started as younger!Brad Pitt, but lately I can't stand the guy. Plus, he's too famous. And Hollywood has that goofy and cheeky thing going on I don't see in Mr. Pitt.
My second option always was Jason Lewis. It was hard to find good quality pictures of him, but it was worth it. Each picture of him smirking screams Rhage to me. RAWR! lol
"Zsadist knelt down over one of the lessers, his scarred face distorted with hatred, his ruined upper lip curled back, his fangs long as a tiger's. With his skull-trimmed hair and the hollows under his cheekbones, he looked like the Grim Reaper."
-LOVER AWAKENED, p. 2
NEVER EVER AGAIN. NUNCA. NIE. AHHHHH! SERIOUSLY, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY. And it didn't turn out half as good as I wanted it to. Don't laugh at my PS skillz plz. ;o; And Z bb, next picspam? YOU'RE NOT INVITED! >>;
Now. 'BUT HE'S NOT WENTWORTH MILLER!!' There, I know you were thinking it. I probably am part of the 0,05% of the fanbase who doesn't see Z as Miller. Sorry, but that guy has a good guy vibe going on, he'd never get the aura of doom to make Z justice, IMO.
I'm not saying Ljungberg is perfect, but he gets nearer to my mental picture. He's tougher and has the right facial features and lol, bottom line second pic from the right, he has the right equipment, too. 8D
"Looking deeply into his hazel eyes, she stroked back his thick, dark hair. Then traced his eyebrows with her thumbs. Ran a fingertip down his bumpy, broken-too-many-times nose. Tapped lightly on his chipped tooth."
-LOVER REVEALED, p. 451
*sigh* Oh Butch, you're just too much. By far my fav Brother, and he had the best book, too. I can only picture David B. as him, sorry no negotiation here. It's all bitsofbrits' fault, anyway. I think even Ward picked him for Butch. He's that awesome.
Even the characters he plays are similar to Butch, wtf is all that about? He reads the series and secretly wants to play Butch someday. You know it's true. 8D
"After having talked with V at the party, she liked him tremendously. He had the kind of smarts that usually sucked the social skills right out of a vampire, but with that warrior, you had the whole package. He was sexy, all-knowing, powerful, the kind of male that made you think of having babies just to keep his DNA in the gene pool. She wondered why he wore that black leather glove. And what the tattoos on the side of his face were about."
-LOVER ETERNAL, p. 375
*smashes keyboard with joy* I WANNA HAVE BBs TO KEEP HIS DNA IN THE GENE POOL, TOO! I love how that was something Z's future shellan was thinking. lol V is just too damn perfect to resist.
This man is called David Gandy. But that's only a cover. In reality, he is Vishous himself. He can't fool me or the troika. ;) He is so perfect, if V existed, they'd be twins.
This page was by far my fav to work on. It took me forever, tho. I kept getting distracted with his hotness and giggling uncontrollably each time I worked on a photo. >>;
And nope, why would I use pictures where he is not naked? Duh.
"Phury dragged a hand though his outrageous hair. The stuff fell down past his shoulders, all blond and red and brown waves. He was a handsome Joe without it; with that mane, he was . . . okay, fine, the Brother was beautiful. Not that Butch went that way, but the guy was better-looking than a lot of women. Dressed better than most of the ladies, too, when he wasn't in his ass-kicking clothes.
Man, it was a good thing he fought like a nasty bastard or he might have been taken for a nancy."
-LOVER AWAKENED, p.44
BRB DYING 4EVA. LOL BUTCH, YOU CERTIFIED HETERO, YOU!! <3 *coughs* I mean, Phury's turn! He was one of my fav before his book. After it? I... can't take him as seriously as before. :( The girls and I, well we're the troika for a reason, we always come up with the best crack when it comes to Phury. We love him, we really do! *group hug*
Travis is too handsome to be real. In fact, I'll never believe he is real until he appears in front of me naked and proves it.
I didn't add the omg gorgeous red and brown waves to his hair cause it looked horrible, and kind of nancy, like clever Butch said. :P But he has a spectacular enough hair for everyone to name it when he enters a room. I think it'd do, yeah.
"The Reverend was a jacked-up six foot six, and the tight mohawk he wore his hair in suited him as well as his fancy-ass Italian threads did. His face was pitiless and intelligent, placing him rightfully in the dangerous business he was in. His eyes, though his eyes didn’t fit. They were curiously beautiful, the color of amethysts, a deep purple that glowed."
-LOVER AWAKENED, p.124
Rehv, the pimp with his pimp can and his pimp fur coat. I love the man. I don't even want him to give up his pimp/drug dealer side. In fact, I hope to read more of his sympath side. That scene in LEn where he is waiting at home for the lesser to appear? HOT! *_* What's wrong with me. lol
This guy has the mohawk, the starts tattoos, mostly all the facial features. He's almost perfect, and even then I know there is something completely off, and I don't know what. Maybe he's too fabulous for Rehv? argh!
And, I swear it's not my fault he's naked in all the photos. He's allergic to clothes, really. That's the reason why pictures of him with clothes on are non-existent. And I'm not kidding. He wears speedos at the most, and that's just when you're lucky enough. lol
"As he came back over, he sized up his friends and realized he was bigger than both of them by a good four inches. Hell, he was as tall as Z."
-LOVER UNBOUND, p.302
"Taking a deep breath, he picked the mirror that was the closest to the door and stepped in front of it, meeting his grown-up face for the first time. His eyes were the same . . .his eyes were exactly the same blue and the same shape. Everything else he didn’t recognize, not the hard cut of the jaw or the thickness of the neck or the broad forehead. But the eyes were his. He supposed."
-LOVER ENSHRINED, p. 507
*fangirl squee* John Matthew. *draws little hearts around his name* He is so dreamy, with his BFFs they three love to steal books' scenes and make them their own. Ain't that just irresistible? He has me completely hooked. Whatever JM wants, he can take. 8D
Tatum has that All American Boy vibe going on, he's tall enough, and hot enough to be John. And yeah, that middle line of black & white photos? I so wanted to show you those, omg. *_* He's the perfect JM. *sigh*
When I read in the board he was getting some with Xhex in LAv, well I felt so fucking proud of him. That's just all kinds of crazy but I just wanted to high five with him and go all YOU'RE THE MAN! I had never been this happy for the sexual life of a fictional character before in my life, lol.
"As he settled in, he shot a nod to Tohrment, who was on the silk-covered couch across the way. The vampire took up most of the piece of furniture, his big body sprawled across the powder-blue cushions. His military-cut black hair and his thick shoulders pronounced him a hard-ass, but that navy-blue gaze of his told another story.
Underneath all the warrior tough stuff, Tohr was a really nice guy. And surprisingly empathic, considering he kicked around the undead for a living."
-LOVER ETERNAL, p. 42
Initially, the last line of photos were all of him after losing Wellsie, but I just couldn't stomach it. It was so depressing and sad, and my PS was crying. So I chose to do mostly Before-LAw!Tohrment with a little picture of him in LEn.
Gerard has that tough and intimidating image and at the same time, that face that makes you think of puppies and other nice things. HurHur.
"He was definitely an Urban Outfitters man, with a thick chain swinging from the blue-black jeans and the Affliction T-shirt with the skull and wings on it and the black boots that were big as your head. His dark hair was spiked up, and he had seven gunmetal studs in his left ear running from lobe to upper cartilage."
-LOVER ENSHRINED, p. 76
Qhuinn is one of those characters with so many layers, his personality so thick and rich, you can't help but spend hours analizing his behavior and wanting to read more of him. He' just an attention whore, and we love to give him what he wants. :P
After Wrath, Qhuinn was the second hardest to pick. I thought I had things easy with him and then I couldn't find anyone, ANY-FUCKING-ONE. No kidding. I asked my BFF, the troika, even my bf! (Who btw gave me a few good names but not exactly Qhuinn-like material) and then, I went to my folder of discarted people and there he was. I have no idea why his folder ended there. *scratches head* but I found him! YEY FOR ME!
He has the 'up to no good' look, kind of hardcore and wild. And at the same time a face more of a good guy than anything else. And that's how I pictured Qhuinn mostly, he tries really hard to be badass but he's just really nice. lol
"Qhuinn let out all the breath in his lungs and just stared at his friend. [Blay]’s head hung off his neck as he examined where he’d been cut, and he was beautiful like that, his shoulders wide, the pads of his pecs thick, his arms corded with muscle. What made him all the more appealing, though, was his self-contained reserve.
Hard not to wonder what was underneath all that modesty."
-LOVER ENSHRINED, p. 76
afKsh!! BLAYLOCK WEEEEH!! I have been anticipating his section all the picspam. He's by far my fav character. Hands down. I spend around 70% of my daily time thinking of him and Qhuinn doing gay things together and I'm not even ashamed to admit it, woah.
I can't wait to read his POV. We better get it in LAv, I want to get in his brains and take a good look around. If Qhuinn is a character to sit and analyze thoroughly, Blay is really going to be da boom in that aspect, I'm quite sure.
Carson is just the perfect Blay. He has a deep auburn with copper highlights, like Ward said on the board once, a dignified red. Blue eyes. He also has the restrained aura going on, but he's not saint. And the lips. *THUD* Actually, he reminds me of Gaspard Ulliel, only younger and less tougher. I didn't want any Twilight related thing near this picspam, anyway. lol
/FIN