Black Leather
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| Fan Art | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Black Leather |
| Artist: | Shelley Butler |
| Date(s): | 1994 |
| First Published: | |
| Medium: | |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| External Links: | online at AO3 |
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Black Leather is an illo by Shelley Butler.
It portrays Kirk from Star Trek: TOS, and was printed in First Time #39.
From the Artist
Definitely one of my personal favorites—not only for Kirk’s intense come-hither look, but I had the best time doing the leather jacket! And I had to decide what exactly Kirk was reclining on—not fur, thank you—faux fur? Definitely a “thrash-on-the-carpet” pose."[1]
One of my favorite Kirks because I totally see this Kirk in leather with that come-hither look. To Spock, of course! This piece was reproduced from a print. I don't know anymore where the original is. I had sold the original to the zine editor at the time, but now it's lost. If anyone knows where it is, I'd love to know. No scans, some internet, but unusable for source material. K/S artists would sometimes take pictures off the TV for source material! Me --- I searched the gay porn magazines. These were only helpful a little because I didn't need lots of erect penises. I needed only loving embraces, of which there weren't many in gay porn magazines. And then there was the matter of getting any reproductions for prints. Artists had to take their originals to printer shops and be faced with explaining what the artworks were about. [2]
Fan Comments
1994
Wow! Oh, my! Oh, my goodness! Are you beginning to get the idea I liked this illustration of Kirk clothed in nothing but his charisma and a leather jacket? It absolutely took my breath away. I don't know how Shelley did it, but I can almost feel the texture of the leather and the cold metal zipper against warm skin. (Did you notice how hot it got in here all of a sudden?) Shelley, I DEMAND parity!! Pleeease... On second thought, maybe you'd better not. The sight of Spock in a leather jacket might finally be enough to finish me off for good. That cold shower you mentioned last month is beginning to sound very good! [3]
Wow! The hit of Shore Leave, this laid-back Kirk in leather jacket and leather jacket only... Extremely compelling face. Perfection. [4]
Be still, my heart! Kirk in a James Dean leather jacket, a slight Elvis sneer, and nothing else! A come hither look if I ever saw one. [5]
1995
Those eyes, that face, that LOOK! This is wonderful, the stuff dreams are made of. Kirk in nothing but a leather jacket staring out at us (or Spock?) with a gaze that would melt neutronium into putty. Note how the shadows on the chest delineate the musculature. No one does bodies like this artist does. The detail on the jacket is exquisite from the teeth of the zipper to the sheen on the leather. One can almost hear it slide over bare flesh.... Is it getting warm in here? [6]
2022
Badasss!!!!![7]
Holy - - ![8]
Well this is just... extremely hot. Those abs. That facial expression. The leather jacket. UNF. [9]
How rude. Ao3 won't let me leave more kudos. So... KUDOS. [10]
2024
That expression!! And holy wow, the realism of your shading! On the leather jacket especially!!! Incredible!!![11]
References
- ^ Shelley Butler's Art
- ^ from AO3 (2022)
- ^ from Come Together #10
- ^ from Come Together #10
- ^ from Come Together #11
- ^ from Come Together #13
- ^ barbiedoll, from AO3 (2022)
- ^ Owyheewinds, from AO3 (2022)
- ^ TonightNoPoetryWillServe, from AO3 (2022)
- ^ 1lostone, from AO3 (2022)
- ^ aerialworms, from AO3 (2022)