to write the unwriteable wrong

Cover art for la_petite_singe's awesome Erik/Charles Summer Fic Exchange story, The Eldest of the Gods. It's a 1920s Eton College AU; the guys are 18-ish (and Erik is ginger!) I showed the sketch to my girlfriend who doesn't know XMFC and she said, "It looks like Brideshead Revisted." I was like, "EXACTLY." I hope that comes across for you, too! India ink on bristol.

ETA: If my webhost is being wonky, you can view this at my tumblr.

[xpost: Erik/Charles]

I'm still drawing XMFC art because my goal is to burn myself out BEFORE I get my summer fic illustration assignments. And because my other option is packing my apartment. Last time I had to pack my apartment, this happened.

Yesterday was fun-filled and whimsical; today is dark and creepy. NSFW, but not much more so than is obvious from the thumbnail.



The toughest part about this was trying to get the body positions anywhere near plausible, since I don't exactly have relevant references. I even tried taking pictures of myself doing the positions (NOT SHOWN), but as I look nothing like the guys and it's more about the interaction than the individual poses, it didn't really help. I need a couple of semi-slender, semi-muscular guys who are willing to pose together in any homoerotic position I wish. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK.

Practice drawing the XMFC guys. Partly because I'm gearing up to do illustrations for the summer fic challenge, partly because I could not bring myself to do anything from my list of things to do today.

( little drawings )

POLL! Because I (I think?) have never done one before.

From the stunned silence of my flist I have to conclude I'm the only person I know who's into XMFC right now, but as much for my reference as yours, there's an Erik/Charles summer fic exchange starting soon and art is "if we have enough interest," so if you want to draw McAvoy's silly face as I do, express interest!

Courtesy Kuwdora via Seperis, it turns out the Erik/Charles recs are here. :D

There's also the Erik_Charles LJ community to which I have now crossposted.

And astolat has started writing Thor.

All is well in the world.

In other news, I have never regretted not knowing how to ride a bike more.

Nobody gave me any Charles/Erik recs so I wrote one real quick. Can anyone beta? It's about 2,000 words, about as light and happy as you can get!