Portrait booth.

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

[Rikka has hauled his paint-splattered easel and giant tacklebox out into the hallway and equipped it with a stack of thick 11x14" fawn colored paper. He typically loves painting abstractions and outer space, but after finding an entire box of old Rembrandt Van Rijn and Leonardo Da Vinci slides, he's decided he needs to work on his ability to draw people. He's placed a comfortable chair facing himself, and is sharpening a stick of conte crayon with a utility knife to a rather blunt point. There's a sign on the easel that says 'Free Portraits' in big, capital letters.]

Comments

[shadowedxlight.livejournal.com]

Hey Rikka.

[Avani's leaning against the wall watching him work. Don't let her distract you too much XD]

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

*he looks up when he hears his name, blinking*

Oh, Avani right? Hikari's older sister?

[daddyhasagun.livejournal.com]

[taptaptap come her high heels on the floor]

You should paint me, paopao!

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

... 'm not painting. Just drawing.

*he's kneading his eraser now, not looking up*

[daddyhasagun.livejournal.com]

Then draw me! Make sure I look pretty.

[she's coming over to your side to investigate what you're doing]

[fromshadow]

[Hey look, someone looks curious.]

Portraits, huh.

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

*there's nothing yet -- he's just getting his tools ready*

Kind of hard to draw you when you're looking over my shoulder.

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

Yup.

*he starts digging through his tacklebox for his erasers -- kneaded for shading and gum for carving*

[fromshadow]

I guess I'm interested.

[And his hair is tied back today, so you can have a nice view of those animal ears. It'll be nice practice!]

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

*he nods, a bit shy with strangers... and most people*

Sit down and turn your body a bit... and slouch.

[fromshadow]

[He nods in return and goes to do just that.]

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

*he might be... staring at your ears ;;*

[fromshadow]

...problem?

[Good thing he's used to people staring. His non-tattered ear will even twitch a bit.]

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

... your ears.

[shadowedxlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[She pushes off the wall and looks at the sign on the easel]

Hikari showed me the picture you gave her a few months ago. You're good.

[fromshadow]

Yeah, they're animal ears. Chinchilla, to be specific. From a spell ages ago.

[craggyshores.livejournal.com]

[There's a familiar giant lizard coming to investigate the tacklebox. Shredder wants to know why the fish box has no fish things in it.]

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

*omg Shredder he sees him and is reaching down to pat his head*

Hey, little guy...

*he does so love animals*

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

Oh... uh, thanks. I'm glad she likes it.

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

... what a strange choice of animal. Mmm.

*he starts off drawing the shape of your head and neck, followed by a loose sketch of your shoulders and the back of the chair*

[craggyshores.livejournal.com]

[Shredder thinks pats are more interesting than the boring fish box and will... attempt to imitate a lap cat and crawl onto Rikka. Careful, he's pretty heavy. And large.

And those claws are strong and sharp enough to let him climb trees.]

[fromshadow]

Not like I chose them.

[But now he'll be quiet so he's not moving too much from talking.]

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

*he will happily kneel on the ground and give Shredder a full body massage C: he'll be careful until his spikes lay down*

I don't have anything yummy for you, guy.

*... he kindasorta giggled at Shredder's tail swishing, much like when he was little*

[maverick-blades.livejournal.com]

I mean... the rooms chose them. And don't be a statue, it's easier to draw you when you're natural.

*he can tell a lot about you from how you move; now to go in with some rough details here and there, trying to get the shapes of your spikes and ears in the right places*

[fromshadow]

Alright.

[Natural, huh. Maybe he should be relaxed the way he is when he's ignoring a noisy child in the same room.]