Mitchell’s A-Z of Fetish Artists - David Eastman

David Eastman also depicts captivity but his art is at the other end of the fetish scale from El Churcho. He depicts rough looking characters - long haired bikers and pugnacious, short haired muscle men. They ain’t pretty but they conjure up a strong masculine sexuality. They are usually engaged in rough activities too - wielding painful whips or dishing out spankings or wet humiliations.

There are hints of smiles - sometimes on the victim’s face (see first illustration) - but these are not playful - these are knowing smiles of triumph. The viewer is in no doubt that serious S&M struggles are going on. The second picture shown is just a detail from one of his best pictures in my collection. The characters look as though they are discussing their next move for the captive. It shows his sophisticated shading technique and use of a low viewpoint to create dramatic effect. The placing of the figures and use of architectural detail is clever. No mere scribbler this!

Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - El Chuncho

This picture by 'El Chuncho' is one of a series depicting a kidnapping. The young subject, restrained and partly stripped ponders his fate. The style in this example is clean and polished and technically convincing. An interesting selection of details add atmosphere to the situation and just a touch of sleaze. The thoughts in the bubble are not quite so exciting but have probably been sanitised for mainstream publication - and the rest of the story is a bit fluffy too. For me the though the restrained eroticism in this example really works, allowing imagination to explore the darker possibilities.

Mitchells A-Z of Fetish Artists - Letter 'E'

My A-Z series was interrupted by pressure of work earlier this year but I'm now able to continue. We had just reached the letter E and returning to my files I find I have quite a nice selection of artists to resume my track with. E of course stands for Etienne - one of the the greats from the early years of S&M Art. I shall probably give him more attention than I usually do to individual artists. But the list also includes Eastman, Emma, Eric, Esposito, Etheridge and a japanese artist I know as Ebisen. However, to start the series rolling I have selected an artist who I have only one piece of work for - a cartoon series showing a kidnapping. The Artist name is El Churcho. The letter E starts tomorrow.

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.