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Line 95: − Many of the male figures that Suzan drew were based on professional photos and advertisements.<ref>The use of live or photo reference models is a common technique among illustrators. Photos, advertisements, poses from gay porn zines, even drawings of gay artists like Tom of Finland have all been utilized by slash fan artists.</ref> The back cover of [[Master of the Revels]] came from an ad for home pregnancy test kits in the 1990s. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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[[Image:ept.jpg|thumb|The 1990s [[photo reference]], an ad for a home pregnancy test]]
[[Image:ept.jpg|thumb|The 1990s [[photo reference]], an ad for a home pregnancy test]]
==The Use of Photo References==
The use of live or [[photo reference]] models is a common technique among illustrators. Photos, advertisements, poses from gay porn zines, even drawings of gay artists like Tom of Finland have all been utilized by slash fan artists.
Many of the male figures that Suzan drew were based on professional photos and advertisements.
The back cover of [[Master of the Revels]] came from an ad for home pregnancy test kits in the 1990s.
In [[Chalk_and_Cheese#Issue_8|Chalk and Cheese]] #18 there is a drawing of Bodie in a tux with his tie undone and Doyle, wearing blue jeans and a cut off top as he shoves Bodie up against the wall. <ref> [https://fanlore.org/wiki/File:Declasslovett.jpg The Declassizing of Bodie] </ref> The photo reference was a 1990s ad for perfume. <ref> See [https://fanlore.org/wiki/File:Coty_wild_musk.jpg the original photo reference] . </ref> The body of Bodie in handcuffs on the cover of [[Leather and Blue Jeans]] #2 was from an ad for ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Advocate_(LGBT_magazine) The Advocate]'', a gay newspaper out of Los Angeles. Fans would often play "guess the ad" and would approach Suzan at conventions who would cheerfully confirm her sources.<ref>Source: Morgan Dawn's personal notes, accessed May 25, 2012.</ref>
In [[Chalk_and_Cheese#Issue_8|Chalk and Cheese]] #18 there is a drawing of Bodie in a tux with his tie undone and Doyle, wearing blue jeans and a cut off top as he shoves Bodie up against the wall. <ref> [https://fanlore.org/wiki/File:Declasslovett.jpg The Declassizing of Bodie] </ref> The photo reference was a 1990s ad for perfume. <ref> See [https://fanlore.org/wiki/File:Coty_wild_musk.jpg the original photo reference] . </ref> The body of Bodie in handcuffs on the cover of [[Leather and Blue Jeans]] #2 was from an ad for ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Advocate_(LGBT_magazine) The Advocate]'', a gay newspaper out of Los Angeles. Fans would often play "guess the ad" and would approach Suzan at conventions who would cheerfully confirm her sources.<ref>Source: Morgan Dawn's personal notes, accessed May 25, 2012.</ref>
A fan in 1995 wrote: {{Quotation|
I (and other people
I know) tear out copies of pretty men (especially pretty men together
in nice poses) and SEND them to my artist friends (Suzie, [Alexfandra]
and others) in the hopes that they'll inspire future art. It
never occurred to me that having fan artists draw from those pictures
would be a bad thing.
I saw the beautiful gay ad in Advocate Men that Suzie turned into the "Bodie with nipple rings" and had *I* tried to copy it, it wouldn't have looked *anything* like that (or anything like art, either). I do have more problems with the almost exact same poses showing up in different fandoms, but I know that people come up to Suzie and beg, 'I *love* that pose, couldn't you please, please do it for *my* guys instead of the icky guys you already did it for?' <ref> comments by [[Sandy Herrold]] at [[Virugle-L]], quoted with permission (Sep 8, 1995) </ref>}}}}
==Her Evolving Art Style and Fan Reactions To Her Art==
==Her Evolving Art Style and Fan Reactions To Her Art==