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Sunday, 14 November 2021

Beautifully Bound - Tryp Bates


 I love this image of Tryp Bates being tied up and gagged in a fetish shop. 

Purely for display or is this a shipment to a customer?

After all he is a very cute man, fit too! Highly desirable.

 


 Tryp is primed for the prospective customer.

I've been a fan of this type of leg restraint ever since I first saw it in the William Higgins image featured here at mitchmen in 'My Fetish Initiation'. It totally immobilises the captive (apart from knee-walking) without restricting access to desirable areas.

Images from Men on Edge 40094 (has a video trailer)

Friday, 12 November 2021

Strip Poker 2 - Get 'em Off!

I depicted the Strip Poker scenario in my own 'mitchmen' way in one of my earliest pictures.

It was part of the mitchmen series "This Christmas....will be different" which takes an irreverent look at some of the British traditions for that season of the year

 

Mitchell @ mitchmen - Strip Rummy

 

Tradition No 9 - Playing Cards


This Christmas, my sister is bringing her hunky new boyfriend, Darren, to Granny Edna's Christmas 'do'. Granny Edna won't come to the main family get-together, because she doesn't get on with Uncle Charlie. So, to keep the peace, Sis' and I go and have a turkey roast with her (yes another one) on Boxing Day .

Afterwards we always settle down to what Granny calls' a nice game of Rummy'. It should be more interesting than usual this year, because I've spiked Granny's 'New Berry Fruits' and Sis's Elderberry Wine. They can doze in front of the fire while Jake and I introduce Darren to'Strip Rummy'.

Oh yes, I've marked the cards. You guessed didn't you?

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Read the whole of 'This Christmas..........' at Adonis Male mitchmen club (free membership)
 
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more strip poker to come  (pending)

 

 

 

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Another whipping from Leo Art

Leo Art - The Devil's Toy

While perusing BrosFate's 'Heroic Band' blogs I stumbled across the work of Leo which is also published there and this image caught my eye (for some reason!). Stylistically it's very similar to the BrosFate whipping gif in my last post but Leo has his own identity at pixiv (see below). He piggy-backs on BrosFate's blog for some posts. The two artists are obviously connected and I dare say this image was inspired by that of BrosFate (or vice versa) but it's rather more polished and detailed. Leo, like BrosFate, uses the device of non-frontal nudity to highlight the vulnerability of his hero (named Jin) and although I'm not a massive fan of supernatural stuff, the imposing but indistinct figure of the Devil confronting him, whip in hand, makes a truly scary threat. You sense Jin is bracing himself for the worst.

 

Leo Art - Jin's whipping

 This scene features the same character and seems to flow from the same inspiration as the image above but it's not neccessarily related to it plot-wise. Render art tends to be based around characters rather than stories and artists understandably delight in manipulating them and dressing them like Action Men/GI Joes. 

This image skillfully treads the line between authenticity and bloody excess in depicting the results of a severe punishment session . In fact the punishment may still be in progess, since neither we nor Jin, the victim, can see the perpetrator, who may still be poised to strike again just out of sight. Meanwhile Jin is left facing the bare wall and a table bearing an array of intimidating torture devices. A barred window just above is open to the cold blackness of night outside, the glowing brazier to one side being of little comfort for him in this plight. 


Leo Art - Jin, Tribal Warrior

This is one result of Leo's experimentations with his character, Jin. He gives him an interesting blend of modern looks with ancient adornments (as we imagine them) and the result is quite sexy. I rather like the pouch design and the claw embellishment to his jewelery which gives him a bit of edge. It is surprising though how short, coiffeured hair (much as I prefer it) drains the character's menace away.

 

Leo Art - Soldier Smoking

A lot of Leo's art is of beefcake poses and yoof's at play but he's also done some interesting military imagery. This example probably owes a lot to the renderer's library of poses but it's still a nice picture with the hand ambiguously screening the crotch creating a bit of extra interest.

 

Leo Art - Military Depot 01

This image shows the same soldier back at work and displaying an eminently cuppable bulge which, by some good fortune, his hands are too busy to screen any more, let alone protect. He has a thoughtful expression on his face. Meanwhile in the distance another soldier walks off with hands in his pockets helping to highlight some alluring buns. Would it be presumptuous of me to link these two things? Has something happened between these two men? Military Depot 02 might be interesting!


Leo Art - Boot Training

Sex and domination simmer in this image showing three recruits preparing to undergo 'boot' training. They've been ordered to wear exceptionally skimpy underwear plus boots but nothing else save their ID tags. If they were tempted to question this unusual demand, the intimidating sight of these two muscular instructors would have dissuaded them. They are dwarfed by them here by some trick of perspective and sensibly stare rigidly ahead lest wandering eyes unleash a torrent of embarrassing military-style abuse from their mentors. I suspect they will be brought to full attention before long!


Leo Art - Frederick, Desert Soldier

I can imagine this soldier observing the Boot Training preparations with a degree of trepidation that the same humiliation awaits him - with a touch of arousal too, judging by the tightness of his pants. Unfortunately his physique would probably make it hard for him to wriggle out of the Instructors' sights were he so inclined.

Actually I've just included this beefcake image because I like it, particularly the clingy T-shirt effect which isn't entirely convincing, lacking as it does any creases, but it cries out for touching and closer examination. There's a bare top variant image at the pixiv site but I prefer this one.


Leo Art - Fight Club

This is another image probably derived from the render library but dressed to taste and it still works despite a fashion faux pas which can be legitimately blamed on the social inadequacies of the villain. He doesn't seem at all inadequate in the downstairs department, however. I rather like Leo's 'tasteful' groin bulges which hint at bulk without resorting to explicit outlines. 

The elbow demolishing the character on the left is quite a novel move and there's a promising interlocking of thighs. I'm afraid I don't know what happens next, but confess that the villains interest me more than the young super-heroes do.

The mitchmen verdict on Leo Art? - Shows great promise, hope to see more edgy work.

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visit Leo Art at pixiv

There's a small selection of Leo's work at BrosFate's blog. It isn't specifically tagged with his name, so you have to read the descriptions to pick it out, his style sometimes helps. Some of these images are replicated on his pixiv site, but not all.

Saturday, 6 November 2021

Strip Poker

Krabat - Strip Poker

 A classic, homoerotic seduction situation that probably only ever exists in the imagination of gay men and that may be the reason why it's rarely depicted. This picture comes from a series featuring the characters from the game 'Overwatch', left to right above:- Jesse McCree, Gabriel Reyes with a magnificent back development and the very handsome Jack Morrison undressing. 

Jack's good looks make him a prize scalp for the other two but they've had to resort to cheating (bottom left) because they consistently lose to him . This moment when he starts to fall into their trap and begins to undress is sweet indeed.

Jack is officially gay in the game, so this scenario is not as edgy for those immersed in it as it might be if he was the sacrificial, 'straight' man. The sexualities of the other two are ambiguous but the artist seems to imagine them all to have gay inclinations which they indulge with each other when they're not fighting (see below). However Jack (aka Soldier 76) also has a role as leader in the group and 'sensible reconciler', which enables the others to enjoy his levelling down on a more 'blokey' level.

 

Krabat - Love

See more of this artist at Art Station, pixiv or just browse search engines.

(and Patreon if you fancy forking out for the gamble of seeing something you like).

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

A whipping for The Young Knight - from BrosFate

Brosfate - Ryan Whipped

 This dramatic animation is one of Brosfate's recent works, related to his story 'Young Knight'. Ryan is the Young Knight in question and is seen here being whipped for the amusement of his captor who, you will notice, is well wrapped up for the damp chill of the dungeon. Poor Ryan is stripped to his woolly underwear but I suppose the exercise is keeping him warm elsewhere.
 
Intriguingly Ryan's lips are moving, but what is he saying? To me it seems to be "ask me" but that doesn't make sense, could it could be counting? e.g. "eight, Sir", I hope not, that reference seems unreal for the context. Suggestions for defiant words from readers are welcome!

 I didn't feature this story in my original, mitchmen review of BrosFate, but some of the imagery is quite unusual and imaginative so I've added some examples below

 

Brosfate - Ryan is Blessed

This rather splendid picture invokes the way we imagine chivalry was conducted in medieval times, with majestic ceremony and duty entwined with religious sentiment. Not nudity maybe and yet it doesn't seem completely out of place here, symbolising Ryan's absolute deference to his Lord and his purity of spirit, which was an important quality in Arthurian legend and is the core theme of Wagner's Opera 'Parsifal'. These are both Victorian constructs, of course, and the composition and bright colours BrosFate uses also chime with the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art of that era. 

Ryan's youthful nudity, tastefully rendered here, also gives the image a distinct erotic buzz, expressing vulnerability and contrasting with the elaborately dressed, experienced, older men who surround him watching his initiation into the knighthood. One is irresistibly reminded of dirty old men lusting after youth, well you know what priests are like!

 

Ryan and Goliath - Nightmare 2

This picture also draws on the imagery of great Art, most obviously Michaelangelo's 'Creation of Adam' but the device of two flying characters reaching out to each other also figures in numerous other religious works about salvation which is closer to the subject matter here, BrosFate even includes the fires of hell. This modern interpretation by Marc Fishman is interesting,

On the erotic level it's Ryan's nudity once again which stimulates the juices, that and the beastly hands reaching out to claim him, there's even one groping between his legs. Apart from the glimpse of pubic hair it's again very tasteful nudity as if to underline his purity. 

The Goliath character who is desperately trying to save him is a fellow soldier whom Ryan has fallen for. The moment where they meet (shown below ) is rather humourous and shows that Ryan is not as innocent as these images paint him. Goliath's role as rescuer here plays out the gay adolescent fantasy of an kind, older man showing the way into sexual adulthood. Brosfate defers to modern homoerotic iconography by showing him restrained by tentacles. What would Michaelagelo have made of that?

 

BrosFate - At The Well

Ryan offers to wash the back of a sweaty soldier who is highly embarrassed by this attention from a higher ranking Knight, not least because he is very much attracted to the young man and no doubt well aware of his own limitations in the looks department. He can't quite believe that his feelings are reciprocated or that it's possible to bridge the social gulf between them. Having got up close to his hairy hulk, Ryan the soldier Knight seems to have become more boyish in appearance and that's echoed in his naive approach to seducing Goliath. The innocence of this scene is charming and I have no doubt many of my readers will have memories of similar, perfectly innocent fantasies about older men.


BrosFate - Punished for Disloyalty

Ryan  suffers a fair amount of punishment in this story, including another whipping from his own brother Logan for disloyalty. Ryan protests that he wanted to stop the fighting and I'm sure that his moral superiority must irritate his brother as much as his defiance of instructions. This martyr-like punishment continues Brosfate's quasi-religious characterisation of him. This is not as good an image as the others presented here but it fairly obvious why I've included it.

See more of Young Knight at BrosFate's Tumblr including Ryan's temptation by a Devil

 Read the original mitchmen review of Brosfate's work in 3 parts

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

News - The Mighty Foo

The Mighty Foo - Fire!

The Mighty Foo tells me he has now produced a story which draws together the threads of his highly developed fantasy of a world where soldiers go into battle with their male lovers and where death and sexual feelings are inextricably linked. Two such heroes, captured during a reconnaisance mission face execution, but it's a rite which must be conducted strictly in accordance of the exacting laws of the ancient Gods. It's a rite that tests them all. The story is copiously illustrated with some new and some previously published images. Be warned that some scenes are very graphic.

Read ' The Lover's Execution' at FetLife (free membership, request friend status)

Read the two part, mitchmen Review of Foo's Art

Sunday, 31 October 2021

The Art of Roa 5 - Jamie & Kayle

Roa - Jamie Undergoing Testing

Roa's 'Jamie' is a superhero who gets himself captured by villains and naturally they want to find out what makes him tick. This leads to a series of 'Lab Rat' medical images of which this is the best. It's a highly erotic image that must rank amongst the best of this genre with the understated anal plug seemingly controlling the helplessly spread-eagled Jamie. The uniformed character conducting the physicals is a little odd but the rest of the lab crew have a marvellous authenticity.

Jamie is another tricky character for me with age and gender ambiguities that I don't want to feature at mitchmen. This rules out a number of pictures in which Jamie is captured and subjected to imaginative torments but luckily there are other excellent images that don't have this problem.


Roa - Jamie Spread-eagled and probed

The investigation of Jamie's superhero orifices continues with him tightly strapped down on an X-cross platform while his testicles are tantalised by electro impulses. The technicians have splendid air of professional detachment, the nearer assistant even appears to be doodling on his instructions. We can only assume that they have somehow nullified Jamie's super-powers.

I love the use of yellow for the equipment in these scenes, it's a colour associated with construction activity rather than medical facilities or labs which we expect to be white or silver. It seems to give the proceedings a touch of mechanical crudeness.


Roa - Kayle To The Rescue

Help is at hand for the beleaguered Jamie in the shape of his friend Kayle (no relation to the Greens). This nicely atmospheric scene shows him having infiltrated the heavily-patrolled premises in his Special Forces style of combat suit. It adds impressive bulk to his physique and the heavy texturing is erotic for latex specialists. It probably incorporates lots of technological features of value for secret missions, but I'm not sure what his vision aid does! 
 
The conventional military attire of the guards is suitably flattering to them. It suggests this place has government sponsorship rather than being simple the work of well-organised criminals, which earlier images in the series imply.
 
The cropping of this picture tells me that Roa is not a bottom fancier!


Roa - Kayle Captured
 

Kayle succeeds in finding Jamie but before he can free him he is surprised and captured himself by the patrolling soldiers. Here Kayle kneels submissively and his facial expression captures that sense of being annoyed with himself for making the mistake. This scene is nicely constructed with the reinforcements seen hurrying in at the back adding a sense of deepening crisis for him. It gives his situation a mild erotic edge, but his black kit gives nothing away in that department.


Roa - Kayle In Captivity

That doesn't matter too much because Kayle is soon stripped and his combat suit taken away for examination. He is revealed to be wearing some fairly average underwear (all good for a wholesome manly image) and displays a good physique with bigger than average nipples. The restraints he's been clapped in force him to kneel and the room with it's tiled floor looks suspiciously like a toilet. That sparks imaginings of dirty deeds by the soldiers passing through (so to speak). He looks as if he might already have thought of that himself.

 

Roa - Kayle Under Examination

 Soon enough Kayle is transferred to a lab (sound-proofed, note) where he is secured in the embrace of a robotic device with the capability to position him in any pose his captors might desire, or it may be that extreme manipulation of his limbs is it's very purpose. The collar which half encircles his neck seems poised to deliver further unpleasantness. There's some heavy duty equipment in the background which bodes ill for Kayle, the 'JCB yellow' sparking fearful possibilities of rough treatment. Next to this weighty mechanical threat, the tether of rope seems highly incongruous but I suppose something had to be done with that erection! This looks like a detail of a larger image which might supply the answer to that puzzle.
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 Read this series from Part 1
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Roa seemed to just vanish a few years back, I can't find him anywhere on the net including pixiv and Patreon. Roanovel on Deviant Art is still there but empty apart from some interesting pieces by other artists, his Tumblr site referenced on the pictures is gone. 
 
There's a small gallery at Daddyshere which has a few images not included in these mitchmen posts
 
If you know more about Roa's whereabouts please leave a comment.