Ta-da!! *poses*

[DarkPirateShea]

The portfolio section of my site is all updated now, take a look.

www.shealynn.name (http://www.shealynn.name/)

I'm still workin on the pictures section. But that's not really the artsy stuff, it's just snapshots.

Lemme know what ya think.
Also if you find anything on my site isn't working then lemme know and I'll fix it.

[kitty!]

what the hell are you talking about woman!? everything looks the same!

((your drawing needs to be updated! where's your ink stuff? and the letter stuff?))

[DarkPirateShea]

It's there.... try refreshing the page....

[kitty!]

I had to empty my cache. I use firefox.

[Shryke]

Oooooh Pretty!

I'll need to make an offer to your father.

[Plunder Down-Under]

What do you plan on offering?

[CptCalico]

It'll probably be time better spent putting up an altar and making a sacrifice in blood to Ctulhu.

[Lithanial]

very good work in that portfolio, but it has to be said.

KNEE HIGH STRIPY SOCKS! WOOO!!

*ahem* im like the only guy who wears those ALL the time, but they keep getting holes in them too often :( i can only get size 4-7 socks but im a size 9.

[Shryke]

What do you plan on offering?

you of course, fathers allways like new sons.

[CptCalico]

very good work in that portfolio, but it has to be said.

KNEE HIGH STRIPY SOCKS! WOOO!!

*ahem* im like the only guy who wears those ALL the time, but they keep getting holes in them too often :( i can only get size 4-7 socks but im a size 9.

Woooah.....*kinky*

[Lithanial]

well, not really. it springs from having ridiculously long legs while having a 30" waist, can never get trousers with a long enough leg so its either have hairy man leg on show or get kneee high socks.

knee high socks also help with motorcycle boots too so its practical reasons, though yes they do look cool ^^

If you want kinky i got a sheepskin rug in my room thats just ludicrously soft and smooth. it has its uses ;)

[CptCalico]

Argh! Too Much Information!


And imagine what it'd be like to discover an allergy to wool that way...

[Lithanial]

nah, not too much information, just enough to be perfectly innocent yet tease your mind to think of all the ways it can be used :jbangel:

[CptCalico]

There'ss anything innocent to be found here?!

[Lithanial]

me? im perfectly sweet and innocent like a chibi devil :DP:

[CptCalico]

*blink*

[Lithanial]

:D

[CptCalico]

*twitch*

[Lithanial]

ill drive you insane yet, just you wait ^^

[CptCalico]

...Flirt.

[Lithanial]

teehee :shhh:

[CptCalico]

...I don't do yaoi.

...In public.

...Well, not on a website forum anyway.

[Plunder Down-Under]

you of course, fathers allways like new sons.
Niiiiice... Wait....

Meh. Niiiice.

[Lithanial]

thats fine, im not gay, i just like teasing.

Been there, done that and....no....just....ewwww; muchly not for me.

[CptCalico]

thats fine, im not gay, i just like teasing.

Been there, done that and....no....just....ewwww; muchly not for me.

Well, with two defunct marriages and three kids on my CV...me neither. Dancing on the border fence can be fun though :dp:

[meghasissues]

i love your stuff.

...and my friend sam (he's a photographer) wanted me to tell you that he loves your pictures and he thinks you're really hot

[kitty!]

...Naynay you need to take amazing pictures of me one day. I wanna see if I can get people drooling like you do.

[DarkPirateShea]

i love your stuff.

...and my friend sam (he's a photographer) wanted me to tell you that he loves your pictures and he thinks you're really hot

Awesome!

...Naynay you need to take amazing pictures of me one day. I wanna see if I can get people drooling like you do.

I was actually thinking about that.
I was trying to come up with something interesting for a photoshoot.

[sableagle]

A note regarding sheepskin rugs: those fine, soft hairs can get right up someone's nose when you're trying to give a massage, and utterly spoil the effect. Get a silk pillowcase or something to cover the end and prevent this.

Now to check out the Shea site. Back in a few hours. ;)

[CptCalico]

I was trying to come up with something interesting for a photoshoot.

Oooooohhhh.

Can we be....suggestive?

[DarkPirateShea]

Depends on what sort of "suggestive" you mean. If you've actually got ideas, feel free.

I've got some ideas myself though.
Mel, you wouldn't happen to own any dresses, would you?

[Lithanial]

eep, id so feel like an art teacher giving suggestion like "go and do a piece on the theme of "power" you have 3 weeks".

would be good to see a shoot thats lighter in colours though, maybe more greens to contrast with the pink hair ^^

[CptCalico]

Depends on what sort of "suggestive" you mean. If you've actually got ideas, feel free.

I've got some ideas myself though.
Mel, you wouldn't happen to own any dresses, would you?

Oh, I always have ideas. Sometimes I am told to hide them. Seriously, I can come up with something fun - but to get one thing sorted out first; will this series be of you or of Kitty?

[Lithanial]

it could be of neither you know calico :P

[CptCalico]

Hey! Watch it! :shhh: I'm being serious in this particular thread, and from Sheas and Kittys comments up there the odds are it's one of them.

[DarkPirateShea]

Well I know now that if she doesn't have a dress currently, she will in the future.
Cuz I mentioned today that life needs more opportunities to wear pretty dresses, and then we were talking about prom.

[Lithanial]

i envy girls theyre pretty dresses and other clothes. all us guys get is generic t-shirt/shirts, generic trousers and the odd suit, so little mens clothing out there thats actually intrestingly intricate and fun!

[DarkPirateShea]

That's where being a pirate comes in handy. Pirates can never have too many dangley bits. (you KNOW what I mean. don't twist it. :p)

[domino]

if i can talk a little shop here...

what camera do you use for your photography? do you mess around/photoshop alot or are they just naturally awesome shots?

i cnat phot people right so i still with animals/plants/nature and still life.

[DarkPirateShea]

I use a Sony Cybershot DSC-W100. I also have a W50, which is almost the same camera, but with better macro (2cm! it's SO cool!), which seems odd considering that it is the model BEFORE the W100.

I always run my photos through photoshop. Even if it is only to brighten them up a smidge or to up the contrast a little. And the ones with me in them usually have to be fixed a little in the face as far as getting rid of blemishes and such.

My mom uses a Sony H9. And she does more of the sort of photography that it sounds like you are interested in. With the outdoors and animals and such. Her camera does really well with that and it has a 10x zoom.
Also she works in the camera dept at Best Buy and is always going on about cameras so she knows what she's talkin about.

edit: Also, for a pic to really be good, it should be a good picture just ANYWAY. Like, before you touch it with any editing program. Editing should be used as icing on the cake, not as a method of covering up a bad picture, like dunking a cupcake in icing to cover the fact that it is burt to a crisp.

[CptCalico]

That's where being a pirate comes in handy. Pirates can never have too many dangley bits. (you KNOW what I mean. don't twist it. :p)

Yarrrrr!


Seriously, that's part of what makes the pirate cliche a fond fantasy.......color, excitement, exotic, and over-the-top merriment...

[CptCalico]

*smacks head again*

Of....course. Make a pirate photo series ;D

[DarkPirateShea]

That will be done via Dragon Con and/or Renn Fest.
Mel has to buy herself a bodice this next Renn Fest so she can look more piratey anyway.

Besides, I have ideas for pictures involving pretty dresses but they are all full body shots so I can't use myself as the model cuz that would get too complicated and probably end up not working out right anyway.

[CptCalico]

Okay, something simpler and more basic then.... May I suggest something with thin silk scarves in various colors? They accent your hair, and as all the arabians knew it makes your eyes ten times as interesting if scarves cover the rest of your face. And girl, your eyes are quite interesting just as they are. With black scarves and some good smart makeup you become the modern arabian woman, while with only a blue up to your eyes and the red hair flowing it's 1001 night we see. I know you can work this further much better than I can imagine it, so I'll shut up on this one.

[DarkPirateShea]

That's not a bad idea...
I already have the image in my head. :D
I just gotta hunt down some thinner fabric. I'm thinking it'll be better if you can sort of see the shape of the lips and such behind the fabric.

[CptCalico]

That's not a bad idea...
I already have the image in my head. :D
I just gotta hunt down some thinner fabric. I'm thinking it'll be better if you can sort of see the shape of the lips and such behind the fabric.

The shape of....ye gods, I'm weak kneed already.

[DarkPirateShea]

Lips on the face, good sir.
The FACE.
Just so we're clear. :p

[CptCalico]

Lips on the face, good sir.
The FACE.
Just so we're clear. :p

Oh, I assumed so. The other option would have be tacky and I have a higher opinion of your art than that. Besides, I saw that mouth picture on your site and that's what I saw partly pressed against the siiiiiilkkkk

[kitty!]

I have a really pretty dress that I think I still fit in that we can use for the dress photoshoot. I'll send you the pic in a few seconds, actually.

edit: okay: good news I can still fit in the dress. Bad news is I can't send a good picture of me *in* the dress. But it's this red dress with this clingy black netty thing with flowery details over the red part so the dress ends up looking blood-like.

I wore it to my 8th grade prom and 9th grade homecoming. unfortunately I don't have pictures of me from either event.

[Lithanial]

That's where being a pirate comes in handy. Pirates can never have too many dangley bits. (you KNOW what I mean. don't twist it. :p)


not being a pirate however i am doomed to a life of dull clothes :( except for my stripy knee high socks :D

hell even the gay scene doesnt get interesting clothes, its all tight clothes but nothing very fancy...*mutter* calling all clothes manufacturers! guys want pretty clothes too!

[CptCalico]

not being a pirate however i am doomed to a life of dull clothes :( except for my stripy knee high socks :D

hell even the gay scene doesnt get interesting clothes, its all tight clothes but nothing very fancy...*mutter* calling all clothes manufacturers! guys want pretty clothes too!

That's it, you are definitely a pirate. A cabin boy pirate ;D

[Plunder Down-Under]

When I grow up(read: have money) Im gunna dress so eccentrically people will assume im gay... or insane.

[kitty!]

aw, you think people don't think that already.

[DarkPirateShea]

Oh, it's a red dress? That's even better.
Also Mel, I wanna check out that construction equiptment you said was in those woods. That might be a cool place for pictures.

[kitty!]

sunday?

[DarkPirateShea]

Sure. You're house it is then. But maybe not all day cuz I don't wanna stick Kait with Brynna all day (that might be kinda cruel), and I might also have to make dinner cuz my mom has to work.
Also I really gotta work on monday's comic, fyi.

[kitty!]

I hope I'm in monday's comic XP

[DarkPirateShea]

No, sry, you're not.

Crap, and I also gotta go to Michael's tomorrow and get paper for my drawing class monday. The Main St. art store was all out of the kind I need.

....hm, we might wanna just be at my house tomorrow, we can check out the woods next week or something. I gotta work on my comic, and I need to make sure I have everything together for my art class, and I still havta write a paragraph for another class but that's for tuesday,
and,
and,
I am so tired. :cry:

[CptCalico]

......and I just realised Shea has a comic. Commencing reading Now.

[Plunder Down-Under]

aw, you think people don't think that already.
Oh I never said that, but this will give them reason to think that

[Lithanial]

That's it, you are definitely a pirate. A cabin boy pirate ;D

hah, im abit old for a cabin boy, and my hairs too short to pull off a pirate bandana.

most intresting bit of clothing i got is a cybergoth style top, being thin makes cybergoth look good and makes most clothes hang badly off me but something about the cybergoth stuff works on me :al:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/Lithanial/CybGtop.jpg

1st attempt at messing about with a photo too, not bad for amature stuff by my reckoning :jbangel:

[CptCalico]

Bishy! Hey, you cut the pic off at the butt :dp:

[Lithanial]

hey, you got a touch of mid-rif and a view of my bed. Be glad :jbangel:

hairy man butt doesnt exactly make for good photos.

[CptCalico]

hey, you got a touch of mid-rif and a view of my bed. Be glad :jbangel:

hairy man butt doesnt exactly make for good photos.

I can't agree more. Thank you for being considerate.

[kitty!]

It's hip! It's a man hip!

sexy!

[Travellar]

Given what's been divulged elsewhere about the shape of Kitty's body, and the current state of her hair...

I'd say go with the Pirate in a bodice look. Any slimming of your waist (though unneccisary) will create an exageration of the curves of your hips. Since you've also stated you have, ahem, upper body endowment, a bodice will create appealing effects at the top AND bottom. Tights, vice trousers, for the legs, as well as striking some heroic poses into a slight wind (silk scarves again become a neccesity) should give you the desired level of drool and awe from admiring crowds.

well, that was a fun little rant. I'm suddenly inclined to take up hat making. Pirate hat making, that is!

*edit*
and who says men don't get to wear fun clothes?
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/425235/Labcoat.jpg

[DarkPirateShea]

Lithanial that's an awesome shirt!
I like how the arm things connect to the sleeves.

And we all know kitty! would look awesome in a bodice/corset. It's just a matter of getting one this next Renn Fest.

[Lithanial]

*edit*
and who says men don't get to wear fun clothes?


having studied chemistry at uni and done lab technician jobs before, wearing a lab coat on a night out does not strike me as fun :(

glad you like the top, looks even better when using poi, one of my mates has a set in the exact same colours.

so whats peoples ideas on pirate outfits, sash is a must but do you go for a frilly shirt or a baggy silk one? such decisions to be made :jbangel:

[CptCalico]

I believe in a working pirate's getup. In other words, linen.

[Lithanial]

ah yes, but then that doesnt have quite the flair now does it, and with my build, baggy linen probably wouldn't work anywhere near as well as a close fitting flowing silk top. sure the linen can work but if your gonna go fancy pirate costumes then you should go the whole hog and get clothes fit to be a captain.

wonder how much a decent set of breeches would cost :D

[CptCalico]

Well, fancy is different. My, why didn't I realice you were going to dress up as a fancyboy? ;D In that case, co with frills. With no frame and a baggy you'll look like you have set sails :lol:
Actually I've already a vision for you, albeit of a less rank. White levis with huge bellflares, tight white armless tee with horizontal blue stripes and optionally one of those cute white sailor's hats...

[Lithanial]

ewww....no.

whites a shit colour for me anyway, point of pirate stuffs to go with flamboyant colours since at the time certain colours were restricted to the nobility, the pirates not caring about that took on nobility colours as a nice little "fuck you"

[CptCalico]

ewww....no.

whites a shit colour for me anyway, point of pirate stuffs to go with flamboyant colours since at the time certain colours were restricted to the nobility, the pirates not caring about that took on nobility colours as a nice little "fuck you"

Colorful, yeah - you should google how Captain Calico Jack earned his name ;D

[Lithanial]

haha

Yet he must have been disappointed with the last words he had from the love of his life, Anne Bonny. She stated that 'she was sorry to see him there in gaol, but if he had fought like a man, he need not be hanged like a dog'.

classy

[CptCalico]

Hey, after sailing with two feisty lady pirates in the crew and having them in bed every night....getting hanged would totally be worth it :drool: Don't forget how the two lasses got away; both were found to be pregnant...

[Lithanial]

supposedly pregnant mate, supposedly ;)

If you knew saying you were pregnant would stop you getting hanged you sure as hell would fake it if you had to; but hey, being hanged reportadly must have some pleasure to it. hanged guys have a tendency to spew all over themselves after all :jbangel:

doesnt quite make up for the whole...being dead thing though i'd imagine .

[CptCalico]

Well, if I was in the middle of being hanged a bit of upchucking or other fluid releases wouldn't be my primary concern.

You are aware that hanging usually means having your neck snapped by the force of your weight x acceleration, right? Most often that means instant death. Sometimes they would fuck it up and the victim would kick around wildly while being choked. At that point the executioners would grab onto the body's feet and yank down, to get it over with. Partly because that might lead to sympathy with the victim. Fun fact: the rope knot should be by the victim's ear, not in the neck.

Compared with, say, the 'humane' death of a slowly working poison injection or the ever fun coughing to death on gas - not to mention the being-grilled-to-death variant - a rope becomes a positively benigh way to go. Also because execution batallions tend to hate firing at someone tied to a stake, so at least only the executioner get sleepless nights rather than a group of hapless soldiers if there's cause for cause for regret.

More fun facts: self-asphyxiation is one of those games only serious thrillseekers should have in their erotic reportoair. If you mess it up, you are going to have a veeeeery long last minute as the noose flattens your trachea and you realise just how stupid you'll look to those who find you... :lol:

[Lithanial]

haha quite. in the words of jayne "hell, thats no way for a man to die, if you want to kill me let me in and shoot me!"

[CptCalico]

I didn't get that one.

However, for potential last words I'll cite the wonderful Tank Girl. The nemesis is doing his casual interrogation talk and reads a few poetical lines. Her reply : "Look. If you want to torture me, spank me, lick me - do it. But if this poetry shit continues, shoot me now, PLEASE!"

[Seolta]

haha
classy


Well, can you blame her? He and the rest of the crew got drunk off their asses then hid when the navy came to call, and she and Mary Reade were the only ones to put up any sort of fight.


Hey, after sailing with two feisty lady pirates in the crew and having them in bed every night....getting hanged would totally be worth it :drool: Don't forget how the two lasses got away; both were found to be pregnant...


I don't see Bonney sharing too well, even with her best friend... 'Sides, Reade had another fella on board...he got himself into a duel and the other guy was significantly better at fighting and shooting...so she as "Mark" challenged the other guy to another duel, earlier than her snookums', flashed her boobs at the guy, and killed him while he was gawping. Not that the "pled her belly" thing did her much good, in the end...she died in prison shortly afterwards anyways.

[CptCalico]

You must admit that it's a great story though... :lol:

[Lithanial]

Well, can you blame her? He and the rest of the crew got drunk off their asses then hid when the navy came to call, and she and Mary Reade were the only ones to put up any sort of fight.

I dont blame her in the slightest, its a classy line to come out with, one which i agree with ;)

[Travellar]

I feel like making a tricorn. anyone need one for thier pirating outfits?

[CptCalico]

I feel like making a tricorn. anyone need one for thier pirating outfits?

I might actually be interested. In what material and in what price class?

[Travellar]

I'll be making it out of felt, like any good hat. what's the circumfrence of your forehead?

[CptCalico]

I'm usually a size 59.

[Travellar]

I'm going to assume you mean centimeters.

[CptCalico]

Yeah. Could be inches if I was wearing a helmet already, but...

[Lithanial]

Super Deform! Woo!

[Ruestir]

Shea, those "dramatic makeup style" photos in your portfolio are really nice. They are very striking, which I know you were going for, but I wanted to comment that they are probably my favorites along with the black and white towards the bottom of the similar vein. You do very good work.

[DarkPirateShea]

Thanks.

My feelings toward that set are a little mixed. I know they are good pictures but I hate hate hate how my eyebrows look. Especially in the third one there. At that point they were almost completely gone (Trich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania), look it up) so I had to use makeup pencil and then darken it in photoshop cuz the light shining on my face made the makeup all shiney in that spot.

So yeah. Don't much like those ones on a personal basis, but I leave 'em up there cuz I still know they are good pictures.

[Ruestir]

Heh, well your personal bias aside, they are good. The more I look at it, I really <3 the b/w photo. The first one with the rose and stomach is nice too. I love the red against the b/w.

[DarkPirateShea]

B/W photo... near the bottom? Lol, I think I took that with a webcam.

You say the rose/stomach one is the first photo? Clear your cookies and refresh the page, there should be more before that. I updated last week or so...

[sableagle]

It's nowhere near first when I look. There's an amazing sharp picture of a flowering plant. You must have actual still days where you are. That sharpness with that depth of field? Impressive!

[Ruestir]

I didn't mean it was the first photo, just the first of the two rose photo's on b/w skin.

[DarkPirateShea]

I think that picture with the flowers was actually on kind of a windy day. I had to wait 'till stuff wasn't moving. I took a few pics and that was the one that ended up being still.
[Photo tip: take LOTS of shots. There's bound to be a good one in there somewhere.]
That was a very random picture too. We were going for a walk and we stopped for slushies and I was all like, "pretty flowers!"

My camera has a good macro (close-up focus) setting. Plus, it was a really nice day out and any camera will take good pictures in good natural lighting.

[sableagle]

From your comment about child-hand-shaped hands, I take it that's not your stomach, but if it is I'd be interested in knowing how on Earth you took the picture.

[DarkPirateShea]

No, that's my stomach. If you look at the hand you can see the fingernails are more rounded and less long (in terms of shape, not growth) than most women's nails. Especially the thumb nail. I have odd shaped thumbs. "Clubbed" is, I believe, the term for it.

And I have a vanity in my room with a mirror on it. If i face the mirror and point the camera at me, I can see the screen on the back of the camera in the mirror.

[sableagle]

Oh yeah. Screen. Last time I bought a camera 1 megapixel and a decent card was £600 and a better 35mm with two lenses and five films was £250.

Was that on timer or reaching out to the button?

[DarkPirateShea]

I'm pretty sure I was holding the camera, so probably the button....

Yeah... looking at the pic now, I think I held the camera sideways so I could hold the camera and press the button with my thumb.

[Lithanial]

ooh! i spy pics i didnt see before!

http://www.shealynn.name/photos/07/images/blue-long.jpg

pretty ^^

[KiaKat]

:drool:

WANT.

i'm a take her home and love her and hug her and never let her go and then when i'm done i'm gonna curl up with her and lick her for hours.

[asianmommy]

i second that :drool: and I'll raise you an open mouth, wide eyed stare, with head tilt.

OMG.

[KeegaKurGurk]

verry pwitty but i dont stare at pwitty things it makes people think im some kinda freak or stalker :dgrin:

[asianmommy]

verry pwitty but i dont stare at pwitty things it makes people think im some kinda freak or stalker :dgrin:

i will stare all day long.

[KeegaKurGurk]

you can do that for you are female but if i did it some one would think im a creepy stalker.

[Evandril]

*wonders why a red x in a white box is so appealing* :wall:

[KiaKat]

Aw, Evan, that's ok. We'll find a way to get you to see the pretty pretty pictures of Shea.

Soooooo pretty.

:drool:

i'm going back to my corner to lech after teenage girls now.

[Lithanial]

pretty hair, pretty dress, gorgeous girl occupying the space inbetween :dgrin: thats what your missing.

[Evandril]

pretty hair, pretty dress, gorgeous girl occupying the space inbetween :dgrin: thats what your missing.

Ahh, kk, thanks...what did you say your targetting coordinates are again?? :dgrin:

[sableagle]

SE202577

Oh no, wait, that's their OP. Don't bomb th... oh, ****!

[DrT]

Don't worry, we'll tell them the radio had a malfunction ;p

[BeautifulTragedy]

Wow Shea, you are perhaps the best photographer around our age I've seen. Plus your other artwork is great too. But really all I can say is "wow" on your photography. I know of a few people who's got a lot to learn before they have bragging rights now.

[DarkPirateShea]

Lol, wow, I'm awesome enough that I have other people posting pictures of me. Neat-o.

And thanks BT!
I'm the coolest 18-year-old I know!

*cough*i'mjustshowingoffnow (http://www.shealynn.name/artwork/Photos/images/Hair.jpg)*cough*

[KiaKat]

:drool:

Hey, stop that! I can't afford to have my computer injured by drool-related injuries right now!