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[bladespark]

It's late. I'm awake. I have a naked bishie in my sketchbook! Well... okay, he's not actually naked. I'm trying to draw Aidan, and as previously mentioned I'm having trouble with his costume. So I just have the figure sketch, with the muscles and shapes and the pose and all. So it looks naked-ish.

I'm poking about historical costume sites, and I actually like some of the late Renaissance stuff. But... the pants are just wrong. With the knicker-thingies, and the poofy trousers that just go to the knee, and the hose and... well... just no, not Aidan at all. No poofy anything should be involved, except maybe a poofy lace cravat or something. But some of the jackets, and waistcoats and things are kinda sorta close to what I'm thinking of.

The problem is what I'm thinking of isn't concrete. I can't say "the jacket's like this and the shirt is like this," because I don't know what they look like at all yet. It's an overall impression. I'll know it when I see it, the style, the sort of suave foppy "I know I'm beautiful" thing, but it's not silly, it's elegant, and when I see something that looks like that, I'll know I'm good. What does a fashion conscious bishie angel fantasy demon summoner wear, anyhow?

Maybe I should give him long hair. I'm sure at some point in his life he grew it out. But then again maybe not. He wouldn't look like Aidan with long hair. Hrm.......

Comments

[moltare.livejournal.com]

Something in the style of the duellists' outfits from, well, Aquitaine right round the coast of modern France via Brittany and Normandy through Burgundy to the Black Forest, might serve.

No lace or unnecessary frills to catch a lucky sword-tip, but free movement and a sleek elegance.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Hrm. This sounds promising. Any notion of where I could find an image of such an outfit?

[moltare.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Google offers Ser Edouard here: http://addreama.tripod.com/MarrachFantasy/id10.html

Who, while not quite what I had in mind, is fairly close. Whoever drew that has clearly not considered the thick leather padding any duellist would want over their on-hand shoulder, knee and ribs, but it's a solid fantasy-code-duello style.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Ah. Hrm. That does have possabilities, yes.

Thanks!