“They done it PINK CHAMPAGNE instead of PINK PLATINUM!”
🤣

#RitaTushingham #TheLeatherBoys #TheSmiths

I don’t know anything about the actor who plays “Reg”, but he and #RitaTushingham give so much depth and dignity to these two idiots.

I envy these characters, how they have no care for tomorrow or consequences; everything is in the moment and reactionary.

I know that’s how most people are, but what a vivid depiction!

#TheLeatherBoys #TheSmiths

It must’ve been groundbreaking, how horny Dot is for Reggie!

Not to mention Pete’s horniness for Reggie!

#TheLeatherBoys

I was thinking about this movie all night.
I feel differently about the characters now than when I went to sleep. I have all kinds of thoughts about this movie. I learned so much about psychology and the human condition from #TheLeatherBoys … and it didn’t cost 1.6 million dollars!!!!

#LGBTQ

Everyone involved with this film is firing on all cylinders: the direction, the cinematography, writing, cast, all perfection.

#RitaTushingham is so fun to watch; she is ALL OVER the frame, back and forth in the foreground and background; she makes you feel you’re in a cage with her. She’s constantly mugging into the camera in a way that makes it seem like she’s going to become a full-on comic character at any moment, but Tush doesn’t go there. Dot is ridiculous, but she’s never a joke.

… or if she is, she’s a sad one.

#TheLeatherBoys #LGBTQ #ColinCampbell #DudleySutton

Look how genuinely and earnestly happy Pete and Reggie are in that photo Dot found!

🌈💜🌈

#TheLeatherBoys #LGBTQ

At the beginning of the movie, Reggie comes across as a joke, a cartoon - his hair is a character unto itself! - but as his character gains gravity, he becomes more handsome and dashing.

I noticed right away, without knowing where the film was going, that he was filmed in the sexualized way that women are traditionally shot: his pants are waAaayyyy too tight, and he’s constantly bending over, displaying his butt for the camera.

His pivotal moment is when he stands up for his Grandmother… and he’s the only person in his family to do so.
This is when we see that he is a quality person, and that differentiates him from Dot, who is bound to repeat the same destructive patterns of her mother.

#TheLeatherBoys #ColinCampbell #LGBTQ

I think I’m gonna sketch Reggie…

I can’t stop swooning about the way he tucks his white silk scarf into his black leather jacket.
🌈💜🌈

I’m figuring out what I like so much about his face and how to communicate it.

Also I just realized how this is such an example of my #ActuallyAutistic traits…

Neurotypical people don’t think about things this much (unless they are making money from it) and *certainly* not enough to do something creative with those thoughts…

And if they did, would it feel physically painful for them not to ACT upon that creative thoughts?

Some people might call it “inspiration”.

#TheLeatherBoys #ColinCampbell #LGBTQ #NornCutson #Sketch #Sketchbook #Sketching #Drawing

….and when they see the love in our eyes
and still they don’t believe us?

#TheLeatherBoys #ColinCampbell #LGBTQ #NornCutson #Sketch #Sketchbook #Sketching #Drawing

I just tried to walk the dogs up the mountain to my house, so I could begin the digital part of this process, but it was so cold and damp, it seemed more responsible to turn around and come back home. At first, I was determined to do it, to prove I could do it, but when I got about a 1/3 of the way, I realized that EVEN IF I *COULD* DO IT (which I couldn’t), I most *certainly* wouldn’t be able to get us back *down* the mountain!

This is why I need a laptop or ipad; even if I did get back up to my desktop, I would be so exhausted that I wouldn’t be able to get things done.

I need to figure out a way to have a computer handy so that I can make the most of my time.

"Hazel eyes, he has..."

Beginning the digital process.
I've brought my pencil sketch into Illustrator. It's on it's own locked-down layer, while I am building my lines and shapes on their own separate layer.

This close-up shows my process starting with the shape of the face and the features, using the pen tool with the locked-down pencil sketch as a guide.

#WIP #WorkInProgress #Sketch #Sketchbook #Sketching #Drawing #TheLeatherBoys
#ColinCampbell
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The face takes shape.

#WIP #WorkInProgress #Sketch #Sketchbook #Sketching #Drawing #TheLeatherBoys
#ColinCampbell
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Work in progress, sketch layer hidden.

#WIP #WorkInProgress #Sketch #Sketchbook #Sketching #Drawing #TheLeatherBoys
#ColinCampbell
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Work in progress.

#WIP #WorkInProgress #Sketch #Sketchbook #Sketching #Drawing #TheLeatherBoys
#ColinCampbell
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