Shirtless Nick for your viewing pleasure.

[disordered_mess]

This has stood as a WIP for months upon months because I've been crazy busy with school, but I'm finally done. I mean, I started this piece about a week after I got the book, and that was an ARC. Fail. XD

Comments

[amanuensis1]

Oh, my, that's UTTERLY the Nick in my head. Beautiful!

[disordered_mess]

AWESOME. You have no idea how thrilling to hear that is. <3

[disordered_mess]

And I just realized -- doubly so coming from someone who has a very, very good grasp of the hawtsome. I love your fic. XD

[amanuensis1]

Oh, you're so sweet, thank you!

[disordered_mess]

Er, no actually. It's a digital painting. ^^;;

[stereosymbiosis]

unfff

[disordered_mess]

Unf is a very good reaction. XD

[ashkitty]

Oooh. Really very nice!

[disordered_mess]

Thank you!

[empresstria]

Mmm. Gives whole new meaning to "magically delicious." The eyebrows are my favorite part (lips come in at a close second, everything else vying for third).

[disordered_mess]

Thanks. I think I redrew the eyebrows about three times, trying to get across the right feeling. And god knows how long I spent on the lips, they were a pain. XD So I'm thrilled you like the results.

[empresstria]

Eyebrows always seem simple, but since they're such a vital part of expressiveness, they need to be perfect.

Upon further examination, I do think your outlining is a bit...inconsistent? Not quite the right word, but close enough. F'rexample, you've outlined his collarbone, ear, and armpit, but not his nipples or belly button. So it looks like the front of his torso is in a different style.

[disordered_mess]

Yes, I'm aware. Eliminating the outlining altogether, however, did not work at all. XD And it looked ridiculous to have the nipples outlined. I may be able to do the bellybutton, when I have time to do edits -- that shouldn't look too terrible.