Art by DollceDrawsAfterDark

DollceDrawsAfterDark - Zoro In Shibari 1

 I'm always extolling the virtue of simplicity in bondage art and that principle seems even more appropriate when the bondage being depicted is itself extremely complex. That shown here seems to be geared here to a suspension arrangement which requires proper body support since a failure would discomfort binder and bound alike. The loose arm restraint here allows for a certain amount of self control and protection but would be an irritating tease of freedom to most men.

DollceDrawsAfterDark - Zoro In Shibari 2

This companion study has a similar 'hands up' arrangement but with much less freedom. Sweat drips from him as he strains against it. This character, Zoro, has demonic eyes and a long scar across his torso which gives him a dangerous, other-worldly air, even in restraint.

Sanji - Blow The Cook

Sanji is a softer character with unruly, blond hair, he likes to cook and sometimes cross-dress.

Sanji in oversized shirt

He has a daring, unconventional sense of style.

But it does not obscure his sexuality.

Sanji in Bondage

Given those qualities, being tied up, plugged and groped seems a particularly perverse misfortune for him. That seems to be reflected in the blush that has suffused his face. The wrist bondage here seems tokenistic but his hands are raised above his head too offering what appears to be an invitation to sample his body. Of course, it's possible there may be a restraining tether attached to the harness at the back that forces him to hold them this way. 

In another artist's hands this image would be filled with writhing tentacles, eager to take advantage of their mesmerised prey. As it is however, Sanji merely has to contend with a couple of groping hands.

These disembodied hands are a recent innovation in fetish art which I don't really 'get'. I suppose they might represent many things - the imaginings of himself or of someone who desires him from afar, a magical assault, an attempt to represent what he feels during a bondage scene or simply a practical way of preventing the assailant from obscuring our view. All good stuff but it simply doesn't work for me, it just seems too reminiscent of 'Thing' and quite unreal, particularly as his body isn't really reacting to them.

Sanji - The Hanged Man

According to the artist, Sanji's innermost being is that of the willing victim, 

characterised by this image by the Tarot card of 'The Hanged Man'. 

Notice his somewhat feminine collar.

I think those red loops are knots by the way, not scissors 

or perhaps it's a deliberate ambiguity.

Zoro tied and kissed

This is a more interesting angle on bondage for me. 

The stronger character tied up and worshipped by his adoring friend.

 

 It illustrates the fundamental ambiguity of bondage, that a bound man can be punished with pain or explored and loved and even sexually used by his captor and whether he likes it or not, he can do virtually nothing to prevent it.

Zoro and his vibrator.

This artist explores the nature of men in a wide-ranging way. 

Zoro is shown as a adventurous man in the non-sexual sense but also one able to explore his sexuality.

Here he is wearing frilly, skimpy knickers and enjoying the buzz of a vibrating dildo, in private.

Zoro dons a G-string

He can even be persuaded to wear a girlie, pink G-string in public, 

even though it plainly runs counter to his his natural instincts. 

He might be reassured if he could see how sexy it looks.

 

I find this simple image of growth and self-discovery very charming.

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You can follow the adventures of Zoro and Sanji at the links below.

As you might have guessed, it's not predominately male and gender ambiguity abounds.

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The Look that says 'Cross'

It's a Lifeguard's job to Serve and Save 
and they expect to be respected and admired for it.

We all think they also like to pose in their skimpy Speedo's
but that doesn't mean they welcome close inspection,
certainly not comparisons in that department. 

No matter what answer he gets, he'll always be wondering,
is it his 'uniform', the cross logo or what's inside that looks small?

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Vintage Milk Outlet by Casey

Casey - Milkbar

 This vintage drawing sits nicely alongside 'Milk On The Go' by Catrache as an example of a retail outlet for ManMilk to set alongside the mitchmen Milking Factory series. 

The unwilling 'donors' in this case are three Policemen who have been taken hostage and strung up from the ceiling with their dicks out, dangling like the milk udders of a cow. Patrons can help themselves to a creamy top on their beer (or an undiluted 'shot' of  copcum if they can reach that high with their mouths). The sign on the end of the bar seems to imply that this sort of arrangement is a regular practice there (all genuine straight men, note). A unique selling point.

The picture abounds with interesting detail, my favourite is the man in the foreground dressed in skimpy, belted shorts and pec-clinging vest/singlet. The man at the entrance, seemingly on his way home from work is also inexplicably fascinating, I suppose it's the touch of normality in a crazy scene. The raincoat draped over his arm is a delightful retro touch (remember when men used to do that?).

I've not seen any other picture by Casey and there's no chance of a link. I recently saw this picture attributed to DonJon, but I'm inclined to doubt that. It's far more detailed than his usual images (see below) and the cops here are American not British. It must date from around his time in the 60's and it has all the venomous hate for the Police and their homophobia that produced the Stonewall protest in that era, although I must say that the concept credits them with more spunk than you might expect. The cigar poised to burn would certainly fit with his work and stylistically there are similarities in the forming of the faces, but the lines are softer than his.

DonJon - Military Kilt Strapping

This image is classic DonJon and highly erotic. The muscular NCO administering the punishment topless looks great with the peak of his cap raked steeply over his eyes (exactly in the style of the Scots Guards) adding an extra touch of ruthless purpose. His exaggerated shoulders and pecs amplify the impression of strength. The use of a riding crop to lift the kilt clear of the unfortunate victim's ass is an classic touch of military delicacy and contempt for the Squaddie he has to punish. Of course he isn't wearing anything underneath.

Bareass Blogs No 60

Bareass blushing pink

A naughty boy caught in the act,
Beware of the lions when visiting stately homes!

Photo: Tomas Mach (aka Tim Mountain) by Unzipped

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Bareass Blogs No 59

 Bareass Billiards

(Yes I know they are Pool balls but who's counting?)

It looks like this hairy-assed creature needs to be encouraged to tidy up his games room,

I wonder how we might persuade him........?

Go to Bareass No 60

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Bareass Blogs No 58

 

Bareass Bump Feeling

Head injuries may cause irrational behaviour
A sympathetic approach is essential when assessing patients

Photo: Josh Conners & Sean Maygers in Private Practice (Hot House)

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More Pictures By Irwin Olaf

Irwin Olaf - Male Nude No 3 (from Skin Deep)

I recently published one of Irwin Olaf's best known photographs, 'Joy' (feat. an exploding champagne bottle) but he's also produced other strikingly erotic images, not entirely without fetish interest. This spectacular example is one of the best.

Seen as an academic, art pose, it displays the male body by showing a man consciously displaying his body. It's an unnatural pose that stretches muscles and bunches flesh which is ideal for an academic study. Although he is nude there is no tawdry explicitness, even his bottom is largely hidden in shadow.

He faces a panelled and elaborately painted wall, which is suggestive of stately homes and antique artefacts. It's as if he is imagining himself as part of that world, as a piece of art. Even the colour tones of his skin are morphing to the shades of the Old Masters.

Seen as an erotic and fetish pose, we are struck by how attractive his lean, muscled body and ginger hair are. Also how passive and totally submissive his display is. It's as if he's offering himself up, but if there's a recipient for that offer we can't see them. 

The pose itself makes him highly vulnerable - and tempting. That's not just because his hands and feet are tucked behind him but because his whole weight is resting on them, making any defence or recovery to a normal position dependent on exceptional bodily strength (or on rolling sideways onto the floor in an undignified manner). We see too how close his hands are to each other and so are his toes. They seem to cry out for restraint, thereby sealing his ultimate surrender.

Erwin Olaf - Squares, Tulips, 1986

If you remember the exploding champagne image you probably remember this one too. It was popular as a greeting card design in that era for fairly obvious reasons - who wouldn't want a giant bouquet from a naked muscle hunk? It's not hard to see phallic connections in the shape of the tulips and they sprout from his groin in a way that is not totally dissimilar to the infamous champagne eruption. He clutches the area tightly as though trying to hold it in or shield it from us.

Irwin Olaf - After Rodin III (The Thinker)

This image might be seen as a parody of Rodin's The Thinker although that figure study, suggestive of momentous philosophising, pretty much parodies itself. Olaf gives the idea a tangible context relating to more mundane preoccupations. A young man pondering his life and it's issues. The glimpse of moccasins and poised toes suggest he might be a dancer. The colours of the rough, bare walls seem to hint at the settings of Dutch Masters once again, but the towel and simple, aging stool suggest a modern shower room, perhaps one used for dance classes. 

The subject's nudity and isolation in this austere place of contemplation seem to say something about the profundity of what he has just learned. It's also open to fetish interpretation as the portrayal of a prisoner, stripped of all his worldly goods and contemplating his future. Freshly showered, perhaps he's slated to take his place on the auction block shortly where strangers will bid to acquire him and make him their own. Is he thinking of the pleasurable life and the people he's being taken away from - or the unknown challenges and hard labour that lie ahead of him?

Irwin Olaf - Male Nude No 1 (from Skin Deep)

A naked man kissing a bare wall and pressing himself against it with arms symbolically held behind his back. This almost seems the stuff of religious fervour, as if divine forgiveness is to be found in inanimate buildings (as well as inanimate statues!). There's the same sense of vulnerability and submissiveness here as in the first, kneeling picture. The sense again of being one with the walls that enclose him. However this picture also has the sense of solitary isolation seen in the 'Thinker' image just above.

It's easy to imagine this as a punishment scene, the classic 'corner time' after a spanking, seeking the cooling consolation of a bare wall. Or another slave-to-be finding the familiar confining walls a comfort in his last moments before mounting the rostrum and facing those who want to have him and take him away. 

Unknown - Setting An Example

I recently found this image, purely by chance. It wasn't attributed to Olaf but it looks very similar in style to the preceding images and invokes the same theme of isolation using walls and a simple prop. The artwork on the wall and beamed ceiling likewise bring in the 'Dutch' theme. 

This picture inevitably invokes the same irreverent thoughts of childhood punishments upcycled for a grown man, not so much setting but making an example of him. It's a short path from there to the idea of an improvised auction rostrum, with the buyers about to enter the room to view the poor man or perhaps it's an on-line sale where he can't even see who wants him nor how much he is willing to bid to get him. It's hard to see this fine fellow being despatched to the fields to earn him keep.

Irwin Olaf - Title not known

I wouldn't normally include such a assertively heterosexual image in this blog but the beauty of this man's backside warrants making an exception. If I were being mischievous I might suggest he's putting straight life on the shelf here, on hold while he finds a man who will worship it (etc.) properly. 

There are more echoes of the dance world here of course and leg musculature to match, but that could be any weight he is lifting, another man say - or an inanimate object like a box or a rock, if I were to invoke the spectre of slave labour again.

 

Irwin Olaf - Fashion Victim, Gucci (2000)

The imagery here is less subtle, how those who slavishly follow fashion are trapped and blinded by the organisations and individuals who orchestrate it. Of course this is not really slavery, it's completely voluntary, a compulsion to conform to the views of 'leaders'. In the age of the internet it's interesting to see how easy it is for individuals to set themselves up as 'influencers' without having any obvious qualifications for the role. 

Olaf seems to suggest it's an arousing obsession with a sexual dimension. He also uses the word victim, but that's not right either, no-one has put that bag over his head. It's more akin to an ostrich putting it's head in the sand. I'm no expert on fashion (ah, you already guessed!) but this man's socks and sandals seem somewhat dubious to me.

There's also a Chanel variant in this imagery and there's an interesting comparison with a very similar theme depicted by RW Richards.

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More Irwin Olaf:-

Critique of Irwin Olaf

2021 Exhibition of Olaf's work

Irwin Olaf website