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Thursday, 20 September 2012

Mitchmen invade the Aquatic Centre

'Piss Pool Discipline' by Mitchell

My latest picture in the Olympic Scrapbook series (which hasn't quite staggered over the finishing line yet!) was inspired by Ryan Lochte who 'confessed' to pissing in the pool, supposedly to mark his territory. Unfortunately the soldiers drafted in to maintain security at the Games took a dim view of such laxity in young men (no, laxity not laxative). This swimmer, emulating his hero during a training session at the pool, was caught in the act, exposed by secret detection devices planted in the water. Now, tightly bound and trembling, he faces a dose of British Army discipline.......details of which will be revealed in forthcoming sequels at the mitchmen Yahoo! group
Take it from me, he won't be doing it again!
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Monday, 17 September 2012

Jeremy's University Challenge




 The students of Kinky College, Mitchester were beaten (250 to 5) by Snooty College, Cambridge in the first round of University Challenge. They blamed their resounding defeat on Jeremy Paxman's harsh application of the rules. As luck would have it Jeremy was booked to address their Student Union the following week and Electrical Engineering Student, Christian Wilde gave him an impromptu tour of the labs. For once, Jeremy was at a loss for words when Christian showed him his starter for 10, with a pain bonus to follow.

With apologies to Jeremy Paxman and Bound Gods.

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Hunk of the Month - Logan Vaughn

Every so often I spot a model who just does it for me and triggers me into frenzied Googling for a while, trying to discover what else I've missed of him.

 
Logan Vaughn appeared earlier this year in Bound Gods mini-epic, 'The Cabin'. He's seen as a camper being captured and dreadfully used by Ricky Sinz who does a nice line in 'Mr Nasty's at the moment. Logan's face has a sort of conventionality and innocence that makes him perfect for this sort of abduction scenario. Funnily enough, this exciting plot line didn't seem to get much publicity, but around the same time, Logan's name popped up again as a MenOnEdge feature from the same studio (below).



 In this film, sadly, Logan's face is obscured by a blindfold for much of the time, but you get an eyeful of his muscular body. I like this shot of him spread-eagled and still in his jeans, it seems tailor-made for a Photoshop makeover into a cowboy-indian torture scene.


Needless to say, MenOnEdge take a different route and the jeans don't stay on for long, 
rewarding butt lovers with this pleasant sight.


Logan's latest is a vanilla sex scene for Hothouse with a vaguely sporting theme which plays to his regular guy image. (I suspect he'd look pretty hot in a suit too but I've not uncovered him in that role yet!)
 
In this shot the sweep of Logan's neck and the line of his abdomen are pure, glorious, male beauty. Jimmy Durano seems quite scruffy in comparison. Putting both models in the same orange underwear is visually exciting but also, like a uniform, suggests they are also subject to discipline and control.


The tables are turned here and although it's overly posed, I've rarely seen cock-sucking so well portrayed as an act of submission. No other touching allowed! Plus we get to see Logan's thighs and butt looking most un-bubble-like but very inviting!
 
 
 
What a difference a year makes! 
From my Googling it turns out Logan's been around for some time cutting a chunkier, boy next door image - just right here for the rigours of the rugby field, I'd say.
 

 
 
Finally, I love this image of a youthful Logan with Aaron Felix from Circle Jerk Boys. The closed-eyes kiss is so sweet. He's not much showing muscle to speak of, in fact it's a slender, positively boyish physique, but those meaty thighs are already the star of the show.

I will probably return to Logan in the future.


Sunday, 9 September 2012

A-Z of Fetish Artists - My Favourite 'R'

It is my custom to select a personal favourite artist from each letter based on Technical Skill, Fetish Content and Sensuality. Leaving aside the 'one hit wonders', there are some real heavyweights in this group in artistic terms - RA Schultz, Rex, Rohr and Roscoe. Their works show convincing anatomy, design skill and dramatic visual effects.

For fetish content, revisiting the work of Brad Rader has been something of a revelation, Rex's subject matter is varied, audacious and beautifully sleazy while Rohr's blood-thirsty images take fetish to the extremes. The lesser artists in this group - RF, Rick Hard, Riton and Rorc have also contributed striking and varied S&M studies but Rőhm's fascist allusions push the boundaries too far for most, I suspect. Raute's spanking pictures are important in their field but fail the sensuality test for me. 

Rex - Gagged

My opening samples of R W Richards' work set the bar for sensuality in artwork and in their different ways Rex, Roscoe and to a lesser extent Rohr all rise to the challenge. I would also include Rico's solitary work here. 

However, it's quite easy for me to pick a winner this time, it has to be Rex, I think his atmospheric and technically exciting work has the edge over Rader, Rohr and Roscoe. My closing sample of Rex's work shows some elementary fetish ingredients - gag, leather, jockstrap plus one of Rex's less alarming animal allusions. I suspect I may be too naïve to understand what it's doing here! There's a nice touch of humour as the gagged man (another admirably masculine specimen) ponders the inaccessibility of that irresistible organ. Gagged and gagging I'd say.

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

A-Z of Fetish Artists - Ruuich4n

Ruuich4n - Taming His BF

Just to round off the 'R's, an excellent asian-style bondage picture. The interweaving of the bodies makes for a more exciting picture but is a challenge to the artist who often has to employ poses to achieve erotic effect which are physically impossible - like the arm reaching between the captive's body and leg here. It is well disguised. and generally, Ruui's anatomy is pretty good - always check the hands! The Shibari network of ropes is a form of 'hyper-bondage', harder to escape from and intended as a torture in it's own right. It is most erotic when it has a clear functional purpose and is not just decorative. The close-up, dramatic viewpoint is very effective but the pen and ink style is a bit austere for my taste (even with the added shading) although it does allow some excellent detailing, like the gag strap. Ruui is quite a prolific artist, I've not collected any other samples of his work but he posts at Deviant Art

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Tuesday, 28 August 2012

A-Z of Fetish Artists - Roscoe

 Roscoe - The Big Chair

My last major 'R' is another prominent commercial artist who produces a lot of work on the 'dads and sons' theme and this is reflected in my first example, a rather splendid spanking picture. The leather armchair is slightly oversized in this picture and this means it frames the whole composition very strongly, making a satisfying, balanced image. It also makes the 'father' look small in a Disney-esque sort of way, he can't even place his feet flat on the ground! Despite this, it's bulk seems to add gravity to the punishment rather than diminishing the man carrying it out. However, the older man's authoritarian credentials are compromised by the subtle, suggestive bulges in his underwear. This 'son' is less baby-faced than Roscoe usually draws but, typically, his portrayal combines characteristics of boyishness - over-size eyes and touselled hair - with signals of sexual allure - fleshy lips and luxuriant eye brows. He looks out to us, confused and appealing. I am a big fan of Roscoe's neat drawing style, the boy's lithe body shape and pert buns portrayed with silky skin tones are highly sensual.


 Roscoe - Cops Pissing


Roscoe is normally not so much a fetish artist as a portrayer of sexual romps for mainstream magazines. That jolly style infuses this urinal humiliation scene but the racial element in this picture gives it quite a serious political edge for it's time (2003). Of course the 'victim' in these matters is not supposed to look as if he's enjoying it but just to add to the ambiguity, Roscoe leaves the victim's pants on with no clues to his state of arousal. You sense that he likes to challenge taboos! On a purely erotic level, however, this hosing down of a captive's body is an intensely sexual idea and it's a subject where a drawing (with the benefit of exaggeration) can accomplish more than a photograph. The portrayal of liquids in any form, whether as sea, rain, body fluids, wetness etc, is a great challenge for the artist - whatever the medium. You can judge Roscoe's success for yourself.


Roscoe - Tongue Bath
'Tongue Bath' is in a more conventional, realistic style and despite the threatening boot in the groin it is free from any controversial overtones. It's a nice picture, but if anything it's a rather tame exposition of the subject matter suggested by the title. If you're giving (or receiving) a tongue bath, the knee must be one of the least interesting areas of the body to explore (both as a picture and in practice!) It's not a fetish that gets much exposure, apart from the foot variant (I'm disregarding licking of the sexual organs and usual erotic centres which hardly count as bathing)! Licking of the rest of the body and face can be intensely intimate, if you don't believe me get someone to lick your closed eye lids. If it makes you squirm, that makes you a prime candidate for getting it in my book! That's an illustration of the strange 'power' relationships in this fetish, the licker can be serving his partner, pleasuring him, in one part of the body but testing him in another with strange and unusual intimacies. What's more he leaves his spittle behind to mark his territory, which the recipient can feel as it dries on his skin. So just who is in control here?

 Roscoe - Innocent

A super image of a forceful sexual 'encounter' with a 'licking' ingredient as a bonus. I love the bondage element and the captive's helpless, up-ended, open legged position. His captor's half-hidden leg is braced on the marble platform, suggesting a controlled and prolonged pumping is in prospect while he savours his victim's foot as a side dish. The modern tattoos and piercings don't fit into this pseudo-historical setting (where presumably anything goes) but they do serve to establish a gulf in experience between the two men. This is underlined by the look of terror on the captive's face. Since he is fully aroused, we can suppose that this cringing reflects a miscalculation of his partner's size or enthusiasm rather than a lack of consent. But it hardly needs amplifying by giving him a youthful face as well, which only serves to draw us into muddier waters where consent is invalid - in any era.

Roscoe - Locker Room Spank

I finish where I started with the coach paddling his entire team for poor performance on the field. Naturally we arrive just as the baby-faced one is getting it but there's no age concerns here. The maturity of his team mates makes their humiliation all the more erotic and the 'buddy' element of witnessing shared punishment gives the picture a power dimension which isn't present in solo spanking. I love the portrayal of the adult coach who (as in the first spanking picture) looks his age but is allowed a (believable) trim body and flattering clothing. There's a sense of forcefulness, drama and pain here which is not always found in spanking images and spoilt only by the lad playing up to the audience (us!). The coach's left hand, suggesting he's quietly enjoying this close contact with his entire team more than he should, is a classic example of hidden eroticism (click link for previous examples).

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Much to my surprise I cannot find any dedicated studio link for Roscoe's art but there's a good selection at Daddy's Here , his work appears at DelftBoys and in Handjobs magazine

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Monday, 13 August 2012

A-Z of Fetish Artists - Rorc

 
Rorc - They met after a chat
Rorc is another artist who likes to express extremes, but in this case it's pure violence which is a little easier to get to grips with, but we start with a simple bondage image. Usually, there isn't a lot of sexual interaction in Rorc's pictures, they depict power relationships and the captor often remains dressed. This man has been tricked into being stripped and tied up and in subsequent pictures he suffers painful abuse (a recurring theme). Rorc shows real bodies, with normal muscles and organ sizes, in fact the captives are usually quite skinny-looking with visible rib cages and forgettable faces (not in this example, but see also below). In contrast the the captors are bigger, sometimes overweight and often have characterful Latin faces.

 
Rorc - He Spoke Too Much - 1
Rorc supplies a speech bubbles or other commentary to clarify the situation we are viewing, what has and what is about to happen. You will have noticed that his Spanish to English translations are a bit odd, but they are usually understandable and add immensely to the power of the pictures. They tell you Rorc is not just interested in the physical process of inflicting cruelty, but also in motivations and the effect of threats and fear on the victim (note his semi-aroused state in this example). In the sequel to this picture, the captive turns out to be a queer basher and Rorc depicts a violent attack on him in graphic detail, too unpleasant to show here. I empathise with the anger being expressed and don't disapprove of the statement, but for me it's not erotica. Interestingly Rorc makes the victim ejaculate but not the assailant.
 
Rorc - Together
In 'together' the captive is left to stew while his captor watches TV. The barbed wire restraint is a Rorc favourite but the fun is only just beginning here. At first sight Rorc's style is crude and naïve but considerable skill is apparent if you look at the careful rendering of the TV (a tricky shape in terms of perspective) and the other furniture in the room. The man slouching in the chair is nicely captured, his casual air is somewhat reminiscent of Palanca's crazy characters but without their sex appeal. The restrained captive has believable anatomy, the skinny look is not particularly alluring to me, but the detailing of his restraints and the stand he is attached to is quite remarkable considering the small scale. However, the elements of this picture don't quite gel together, a result of positioning, stylistic variations and the absence of any background or floor. This is Rorc's style and reflects his artistic interests, fair enough, but I just think 'if only...'
Rorc - Hazing
Hazing is more successful as a composition and illustrates Rorc's interest in piss humiliation rituals. These images tend to be more detached than his torture pictures where the agonised victim is a vociferous participant. This one may be based on a photograph and possibly be traced, it has that look about it. However, the result is original and it illustrates the essential simplicity of Rorc's style, the treatment of the beards is a fascinating simplification.

To find other examples of Rorc's work have a look in the GMBA2 archives (link in sidebar)

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