Silly manipulations

[katekat]

Worksafe - fancy dresses are pretty.  Teasers:

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Elegant Tara
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Fancy Spike
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also, some story art made with the above Spike in drag:

quote 1: kahlil gibran


quote 2:  czeslaw milosz

Comments

[psychoadept.livejournal.com]

Wow, yo. Genderbending Spike=superhot. And Amber Benson is always a godess, but you did amazing things with that.

[katekat]

YAY! i'm so glad you liked him!! i've been looking for really excellent pictures of crossdressing men for a while, and this was the first that i'd found that was really in the style i was looking for. And you liked the AB too - she's fabulous, and deserves more fabulous dresses to be in.

[dara-starscream.livejournal.com]

(scowl) It's like Ewan McGregor -- bastard looks better in makeup and high heels than I do.

Yes your manips are so cool they make me jealous. :-D
-BJ

[katekat]

He looks way better than me too, darling. We can either burn them in effigy or imagine them in more dresses - which is probably a decent revenge.

And thanks for the lovely manipping feedback - it's been the only thing i've been super inspired about lately - good to know i'm doing something right!

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

Wow, the one of Tara is superhot! And the dress? To. Die. For. Wow. So pretty!

Also, I like how the Spike one is done, it looks supersmooth and like it is an actual photo (but I still don't "get" the man+dress=hot thing.)

[katekat]

I WANT Tara's dress! I also want a body that will fit into that dress, but that's another matter. The secret of the photos? i've been haunting websites that post of cool fashioin photography - it's totally the key to success.

And the Spike in a dress i did as a total joke for EB... i think it's silly too, but i like the feet in the pic. good feet are cute.

i'm still looking for authors for you darling - sorry i'm not faster, but i hope to come up with something soon!

and thanks for the lovely feedback!

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

I am in love with her dress. Totally and completely without question. Fashion websites are fertile grounds, then, for prettifulness! But also greed and envy!

Ah, I was kinda hoping someone could explain it to me. Because all I can think of is "man in a dress looks REALLY silly." *shrugs* Ah well! (Also I don't 'get' the feet thing. Feet are gross. Full stop!)

Don't worry about the citations if you can't get 'em or it's a fuss hon. I guess it is MY work, so I should be the one whose eyeballs are bleeding, not yours. :( ;)

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

Also, usually I do this before but today for some reason I didn't - the Tara-in-the-pretty-dress looks SO MUCH BETTER than angry-looking-model-in-the-pretty-dress! *Snerk* It made me giggle!

[katekat]

*grin* yay! i happen to agree with you - part of the reason why i picked it to manip - cuz the original girl was just ... tooo ookie :D

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

mew? aim? mew?

[nemo-88.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous and so cool! I really, really like the Spike one. With that make-up he really fits perfectly in that dress and into that image. Very arty! :D

[katekat]

Thank you darling! As i was saying above, my new fav. sources are fashion photography (i can get lazier and they're all still looking cool). :D

[goodbyebird]

ooooo I'm loving both of these(oddly enough, my brain accepts Spike in that dress as completely normal. Means you did great!;)

And Tara looks stunning! You're not the only one who loves fancy dresses. Been searching around myself for some bases, but not that easy to dig up.

[katekat]

*grin* thank you! And I think Spike is definitely the most able to be comfortable in a dress out of all the men in the buffyverse (he'd carry it off with aplomb)

oh, and check out foto_decadent for bases - although a lot of the postings have models whose faces are in the *wrong* position, there are usually some gems that are irresistible and provocative. Lately it's been my resource of choice for manip bases.

[goodbyebird]

Thanks so much for the tip, I'll definately check it out ::)