ART: Portrait of CPT James T. Kirk

[mijan]

Title: Portrait of CPT James T. Kirk
Artist: mijan 
Rating: G
Warnings:  None. 
Fandom: Star Trek ST:XI
Character: Kirk, duh.
Medium: Mechanical pencil and computer printer paper.
Notes: The second in what might become a series of portraits as I slowly remember how to draw again.

Comments

[nuclearsugars.livejournal.com]

oOo, VERY nice! I certainly hope you draw more, you definitely have a talent for it! :)

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

Lovely!!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[blue-hobbit.livejournal.com]

Oh you made a Jim to go with Bones, great work!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Of course! The CMO needs his Captain! :D

[themadfish.livejournal.com]

Very nice, you got a good eye for proportions. I like the shading you got going on his forehead and cheeks, and how there's nearly a hint of cross hatching on his neck. The only suggestion I have is to have more contrast in the shading in some areas like the ear, neck, and eyes, even if it's not the exact same shade as whatever you're working with. Um, I'm not sure if you're looking for critique or more in-depth suggestions with these, but I'd be happy to provide any if you want.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

No, please, critique is good. I'm just starting drawing again, and anything helps. There's actually more contrast in the original sketch, but it bleaches out in scanning. So I try to put it back in by adjusting in photoshop, but my laptop's screen isn't great so I don't know how much I'm really adjusting it. Feedback is wonderful for this!

[vixys.livejournal.com]

HIS LIPS. I'M SORRY, I'M IN LOVE WITH HIS LIPS. /abuse of capslock

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Please, continue to abuse CAPSLOCK for me. It makes me feel better that so few people commented.

(Forgive me, I am still slightly sick, and feeling quite pathetic right now.)

Also - *icon love*

[vixys.livejournal.com]

This is the icon I use when I'm flailing about something. Like this. Because the pretty, oh. *hugs*

You could crosspost to kirk_mccoy. I mean, you've done the pair of them now, and while it's primarily a pairing comm I've seen loads of people just posting bits and pieces for either. I mean, Karl Urban picspams aren't exactly Kirk/Bones, are they?

*hugs* But "slightly sick" means getting better, right? *more hugs* ♥

[mijan.livejournal.com]

*blushes* I'm glad a couple of people seem to really like it, and I'm tickled that you're all flailing and stuff, because it makes me feel like I'm not completely sucky at this.

Also, I feel kinda strange about cross-posting this long after I've made the original posts. What do you think? I mean, I've seen people do some INSANE cross-posting, but I don't want to be guilty of the sin of overdoing it. I'll let you make the call. Tell me what to do. For once, I can't decide. But you're right - Karl Urban picspams, no matter now pretty he is, are not strictly Kirk/Bones.

And yes, slightly sick means "getting better." Other than the spasm-like coughing which makes me think it might be a touch of bronchitis, I'm on a high-test antibiotic right now for the eye and sinus and ear infection thingy. That's clearing up. But my lungs are still not happy. And I'm leaving for Boston in a few days. I wanna be healthy so I can climb Mount Washington on my birthday next week.

[vixys.livejournal.com]

*randomly looks at homepage* Dude, your birthday is totally on the same day as mine. That's weird. :D

I think you should crosspost, yeah, even if it is a while after the original posts. And I mean, you can hardly be accused of being over-liberal with the posting: I've seen people crossposting links to about seven comms for the same thing (an SPN thing, I think), which is ridiculous. Also, I'm something of a crazy crossposter - or, at least, I can be. :D I LIKE COMMENTS DAMNIT. Especially flaily ones. Because I love writing. :D ♥ But just linking to the K/B comm would seem like a decent idea, tbh. Or something. :D

Also, random comment after just scrolling back to find the Bones one: I really like how you do the uniforms. Like how you can only see the shoulders, but it's still distinctive as the AOS uniforms and how it lends the portraits an air of authority. Or credibility. Or something. Yeah, eloquence, you have failed me. I was very drunk last night - that's my excuse. *facepalm*

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Well HOLY FUCK - birthday sisters! *grins* I knew I liked you. Weird yes, but I seldom seem to meet people who share my exact birthday, so I'm quite tickled by this! *hugs*

And you like how I do the uniforms? COOL. That makes me squeeful. :D

And okay, I'll cross-post. After I go and see what you said in reply to my medical technobabble comment of doom...

And please, if you're going to be around for a while, can you be all chatty with me? I am going stir-crazy.

[vixys.livejournal.com]

*highfive* Yeah, I know people with birthdays on the 11th and the 13th, but never on the actual day. Also, it's the start of the grouse hunting season in Scotland. Just so's you know. :D

my medical technobabble comment of doom...
:D Which was awesome. Just. Yeah, awesome. *flails some more*

I'll be around a bit, I think. Food at some point, but whatever. I'm recovering from Scotland right now - which involves lying down on my bed and not moving a lot. I fell off a quadbike, so my entire right side aches, and the pair of us polished off two bottles of wine last night, so I have an eensy bit of a hangover. YAY FOR TEENAGERDOM. *facepalm* ♥

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's exactly it - lots of people on the 11th and 13th, but almost never another August 12th person. Maybe I'm egocentric, but I seriously believe that there is something extremely special and unique about August 12th. And not just grouse-hunting season in Scotland, although that's cool too. :D

Is awesome? I made an awesome? WHEEEE!!!!

You fell off a quadbike? Now come on, I'm supposed to be the crazy, reckless one who does stupid stunts and goes flying. Just bumps and bruises? You didn't injure your back, did you? And as for the hangover... drink more water, my friend. Lots of water. *nods sagely* Sports drinks are very good, too. Helps to re-balance your electrolytes.

[vixys.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, weirdly enough - there is something about the 12th of August. Although it means that I get mocked so much by my friends, because I'm pretty much the youngest in my RL circle of friends. *facepalm* Wonderful. :D

You always make awesomes. *hugs*

Yeah, I fell off a quadbike. *facepalm* Mainly because I kept forgetting, y'know, the necessity of steering. And I went too fast in a tight circle and didn't hold on. And hey, I can be reckless too! *pouts* I'm fine, don't worry - scraped my hip and bumped my head, but it was on Sunday and there've been no adverse effects except the achy-ness. The friend I was with totally fussed, which was quite sweet. :D

*drinks lots* :D I don't usually get hangovers, so this one's a bit unexpected. But yeah. It was a fun evening, in which we watched the Lord of the Rings extended DVD versions (for Two Towers and Return of the King), and generally acted drunk. There was also nipping out to the extension at about eleven o'clock at night to get more wine - in the wind and the rain - with no shirts on. *facepalm* It was warm inside.

/ramble :D ♥

[mijan.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, weirdly enough - there is something about the 12th of August.
Well, now I know that if that's just crazy talk, at least we're crazy together! :D

Squee! Awesomeness!

And hey, I can be reckless too! *pouts* I'm fine, don't worry - scraped my hip and bumped my head...
You know that I now have an almost compulsive need to check the dilation response in your pupils and your ability to focus. If you notice any blurriness in your vision or sudden odd headaches... oh hell, your parents are doctors, so they know what to do. But still, I am going into EMT mode. (Did I ever mention that I used to volunteer with an ambulance corps?)

I don't usually get hangovers, so this one's a bit unexpected.
Which is why I'm now concerned about your head, silly. I'm telling you - any sign of an odd headache...

Wind and rain with no shirt? Heh... I can't chastise you... that's something I would do. WOOHOO!!!

[vixys.livejournal.com]

*highfive for craziness* XD

(Did I ever mention that I used to volunteer with an ambulance corps?)
You did not. But don't worry, really - like you said, my parents'll know if something's wrong, and I really do feel fine. I can still write and can still spend a four-hour car journey being snarky, which is a plus, so I'll be fine. *hugs*

that's something I would do. WOOHOO!!!
:D It's a regular occurence at parties around here. A friend of mine lives on a main road, and we usually end up (at about one in the morning) running outside down that main road with very little on and getting cars to honk at us. It's fun. Even if one of my friends did get stopped by the police and told to put some clothes on. :D

[mijan.livejournal.com]

I can still write and can still spend a four-hour car journey being snarky, which is a plus, so I'll be fine. *hugs*

*Gives you the Eyebrow of Doom (TM)*

Okay, worst concussion I ever had... I fell ten feet from the top of an Army vehicle backwards onto concrete, whacking my head into another vehicle on the way down. Didn't knock me out immediately, but I passed out about five minutes later, and was out for 7 ot 8 minutes, so they told me. I insisted that I was fine, finished my day at my unit, went to ROTC the next morning, where the Colonel told me to go to the hospital immediately (I guess I looked ashen grey and my eyes weren't focusing). I still thought I was fine because I was getting my stuff done, and my head didn't hurt much. (Actually, it felt like I was a bit tired and hungover, truth be told.) I told him I had to go to my uni class before I could do that - it was mandatory, I insisted. So, four classes (including a lab) later, I went back to ROTC, where the Colonel assumed I'd already been to the doctor, and when he found out that I hadn't, he was livid, and had a retired Special Forces Command Sergeant Major ESCORT me to the emergency room. Yeah.

So... with mild concussions, and sometimes even with major ones, you feel mostly fine. And then shit happens. Which is why I worry, because I am over-protective and all that shit. Forgive me - it's just who I am. I look out for people.

Anyway, back to nakedness in the rain - that's awesome. At least they don't tend to arrest you. Here in the USA, people are such prudes, seriously. Nudity laws are super strict and people are too uptight. Which is why I love being Pagan - nudity is part of the subculture, and it's all good. :D

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I just went way too TMI, didn't I?

*headdesk*

Sorry.

[vixys.livejournal.com]

What? No, it's fine - I just got dragged off to eat with my family and totally didn't forget that you'd commented. Totally didn't. *blushes* And then I got caught up in writing and yeah, I'm an idiot. Which we've established, methinks.

*hugs* ♥♥

[mijan.livejournal.com]

You're not an idiot. I'm writing, too. Even though I need to head out to the labs. I'm writing an academy era story, which I thought of yesterday. :D

And I also cross-posted the art like you suggested. :D

[vixys.livejournal.com]

*has just come back from a) a long phone conversation with a friend and b) kirk_mccoy*

:D See? Look at all your fangirls on the comm. *hugs*

Ooh, academy era. That sounds interesting. Oh, just out of interest, any more on the Draco/Chekov one? I really liked how that was going. :D

And yeah, writing. I'm not even writing fic right now. I'm using writing as therapy, as it were. *frowns at Word* Anyway. ♥

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Not fangirls... just... *blushes* But I don't feel like it's real fanart because it's boring. I mean, people squee over chibis and sex scenes and stuff, and I just drew portraits. I have no idea why I am so pathetic about this, seriously.

And yes, Academy era. First semester. I've been running dialogue and cleverness in my head for the past hour while I did chemical and radiation waste handling. This is going to be FUN.

Yes, I wrote some more of the Draco/Chekov one, and I did a bit more fleshing out of the transporter room scene, fixed a few things, and so on.

And there's nothing wrong with using writing as therapy. Why do you think I torment my characters so horribly and put them through hell and subject them to things that should scare the shit out of me? Therapy! :D

[vixys.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I prefer "serious" fanart. After a while, chibis and porn get a little samey. Something that's well done is refreshing. Like these.

This is going to be FUN.
:D I have no doubt. And if you need a beta, yeah, I'm totally here. Draco/Chekov, too.

Yeah, but it's not therapy-therapy (because fuck knows I do the whole put-them-through-hell thing), it's just... Idk. Some stuff happened in Scotland that was kinda weird (in between the falling off quadbikes and running around shirtless). It's here. It's not even fandom. *facepalm*

Sorry, I'm in a bit of a strange mood right now.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh boy...

I've gotta step out for a minute. I'll explain later, but... incidental puppy. Yeah.

*HUGS* I'll be back, hun, if you need anything.

[tavi-b.livejournal.com]

Gah! I will have to actually watch Star Trek one of these days just to see where all the pretty art is coming from!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

The pretty art is because of the pretty boys! :D

[rubymiene.livejournal.com]

I really like the hair. Drawing hair is so hard.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Really? See, I like drawing hair. I was actually concerned that Kirk's hair in this one didn't quite work. I'm glad it does!

[hitlikehammers.livejournal.com]

You drew this with a mechanical pencil?!?!

Wow. Just wow. Your talent is something in the realm of wow.

(And I'm sorry that this comment makes absolutely no sense. Why I continue to leave packing to the very last minute and deprive myself of sleep as a result is beyond my understanding. Alas.)

[mijan.livejournal.com]

LOL... yeah, I know about last minute packing. *headdesk* I'm sure I'll be packing the stuff for my Boston trip on Thursday night, and shall get NO sleep.

And yes, mechanical pencil. Why are you surprised? Mechanical pencils are great for consistent lines and subtle shading. :D

Want me to do your portrait on Monday? (OMFG I'm gonna meet you on MONDAY.)

By the way, I'm having a brain-fart. Did we exchange phone numbers?

[yoshikimos.livejournal.com]

heya

i drew you some fanart for your 'eclipse' fic haha

http://yoshikimos.deviantart.com/art/wonderwall-132254920

hope you like it ;3;

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh! WOW! It's gorgeous! You've got Draco's bag, the Mislocator, and Biddy holding Draco's wand... WOW, you've brought me back to my own fic! That's wonderful. I actually tried to illustrate that scene once, and the sketch just failed spectacularly. I'm delighted that someone else did it.

I'm also surprised that people are even still reading that old fic of mine. I mean, that fic encompassed three years of my life when I wrote it, but I figured it would fade with time and naturally people would forget it. The idea that people are still reading it, and still love it... I can't put into words how much that means to me.

Thank you.

♥

Here... this icon is a miniaturized copy of some art from the fairy ring scene. :)

(**Deleted and edited because I couldn't remember the name of my own damned house elf. I am so ashamed.**)

[tobemeagain.livejournal.com]

I was just coming to see if you'd possibly written anymore ST fic, and well I got distracted by the guys. Please keep drawing more. You say it's been years, I say you haven't lost your touch.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I just felt like sketching, and there it was. :)

Yes, I'm writing more Star Trek fic. It's just a long one, and it's not ready to post. Actually, I have several WIP's going. I'm determined to finish one of them soon.

[tobemeagain.livejournal.com]

Oh cool *that and a massive grin were first response*
I love long fics, they have so much room to twist and turn; hurt and laugh... ehh, you get the idea. I'll keep checking back :)

[strangeallure.livejournal.com]

I was just checking to see whether you have more great icons - you definitely have - and stumbled across this drawing. It's really lovely.

It looks just like Chris Pine, only with better skin. (Don't get me wrong, I love the guy - he's Captain Fine, after all.) The proportions are spot-on, and you didn't overdo the shadowing.

You should really draw more, if the mood should strike again.