An underwear moment 1

 This rather nice young man is the sort of picture that inspires me when I'm creating something new. 

Underwear has fascinated me since my teens so that will always get my attention, but this picture has other triggers too. The hands behind back pose suggestive of bondage. The tilt of the head - listening to his sentence of punishment? The look of concentration - a little bit worried? More subtly, the slightly neglected, flabby muscles suggest a lifestyle that would benefit from 'guidance'. 

With these thoughts in my head I would start drawing this pose and weave a compostion around it telling the story. A guard perhaps standing just behind, a wagging finger at the front admonishing the unfortunate young man. If I'm in a ghoulish mood perhaps a noose might figure, dangling above or just in front, maybe the rope already encircles his neck........

Such a highly charged picture might well take me a while to complete due to interuptions for eruptions but that's part of the fun. Poses like this also make good background material and you can often see them in my pictures, men watching another poor sod getting it instead of them.

Reluctant patient

The men at Mitchell's S+M Clinic attend for simple medical check-ups but are gradually sucked into increasingly sinister activities. This picture shows a similar progression, as the patient begins to resist treatment and is strapped down and gagged.

He cannot resist or call for help.



What lies in store? An invasive examination. An operation? Maybe he is just being 'kept in' for the night. But his unclad - and nicely toned legs - tell us that the events and threats to come will have an erotic flavour.

This understated picture is very much in the 'mitchmen' vein. In Mitchell's Art semi-nudity is often used to signal where we are going erotically and male bondage serves to create a sense of helplessness in the face of an unknown threat. The Clinic setting conjures up the possibility of extreme and sophisticated dangers spiced by the remorseless and incomprehensible processes of an indifferent institutional machine.

It makes the conventional S+M dungeon scenario seem crude and artificial by comparison.

More medical male bondage at mitchmen - Curious Examination

Todays picture - curious examination - complements the mitchmen S+M Clinic series which continues at Mitchell's Yahoo Group. A patient awakes to find himself naked, restrained and being subjected to highly unconventional procedures.

In a way this photo manipulation encapsulates the potential for terror in the Hospital/Clinic setting. It loses nothing from the absence of visible organs, the Doctor completing the bondage process and the look of horror on the patient's face gives quite enough of an erotic lift! 

The syringes embedded in the man's body and the forceps clamped on his nipples explain why the restraints need some tightening. They hint at clumsy experimentation which you can see as comical or ominous according to taste.

This could easily be one of the 'mitchmen' boys slated for corrective therapy
 ....or maybe a bit of surgical enhancement for the enjoyment of future users.

for other Medical/Hospital/Doctor images hit the 'medical' label below

Mitchell's S+M Clinic Series at mitchmen - Probed on the Couch

The S+M Clinic has reached episode 34 today and is turning into a bit of an epic! The characters in this picture came out quite pleasingly for me capturing a nice element of masculinity in their relaxed poses. I've screened off the interesting bit as I try and keep this blog fairly mild, the full picture is at mitchmen of course.

Cactus Kid Dragged to The Giant Cactus- First Anniversary of mitchmen

Today I am celebrating the first anniversary of my mitchmen group at Yahoo!

The picture below is part of a little retrospective series in recognition of this event.

This picture, from the Cactus Kid series first published in January 2008,
sums up an awful lot of what mitchmen (and Mitchell the Artist) is all about.

Erotic power struggles between men, ropes and punishments.

It makes a neat postscript to our recent series featuring cowboys in underwear.

Mitchell's S+M Clinic Series - Strip Examination

Part 3 of this medically inspired series is now under way at Mitchell's mitchmen group on Yahoo! (see sidebar for link). The picture above is a detail of the first image for Department 'P'. The men find new torments and humiliations are on the way but still manage to display their assets for our entertainment.

Mitchell's Underwear Cowboys

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This is the last of my current selection of Cowboys in Underwear, again courtesy of Ginch Gonch

(I've included a link in the title but their site is currently being revamped)

Nice backside of course. The underwear pattern actually works and embellishes this particular view.

This picture is full of atmosphere to the mitchmen eye - not least as a result of the provocative title and the rope. The cowboys round the truck are looking at the new arrival waiting expectantly, but one man is holding back, it seems, and hangs his head as though distancing himself from the breakin' in that is about to take place.