Bondage Art by Team52Crazy

 

A rather sexy picture of a somewhat bewildered man, tied up and gagged in his underwear. His armband, I think, is that of a military policeman and most of  this artist's output seems to feature military scenarios. You sense this image is derived from a photograph, the bold angling somehow looks familiar, but the artistic transformation using simple outlines and subtle colouring creates a pleasing result.

In this image the bondage ingredient is given the context of an abduction with a hooded villain lording it over his captive. The top of the head is quite a sensitive area, so touching it like this is more unpleasant than it looks, it's usually inflicted on children in our culture and they hate it.

 The speech bubbles (with an unusual, angular shape) suggest the villain is better at shibari style bondage than gagging, since his captive is still able to converse with him. The language is Thai, making this the first contribution to mitchmen from that part of the world. I haven't a clue what they are saying, I'm afraid. Maybe one of my readers can help out.

The artist has shied away from a realistic depiction of what happens when two tight ropes pass under a man's crotch, they are resolutely straight (if you'll pardon the expression) and don't appear to be troubling the contents of his pants.

This image switches the captivity and restraint theme to a Police scenario, but the belt buckles suggest that the captive himself is also a cop. His captor's relaxed stance and smile suggests that it's not interrogation at the forefront of his mind but smug superiority. 

His crossed arms showcase meaty muscles indicating that it was his superior strength that enabled him to overpower his Police colleague. Psychologically, though, the pose is closed and unthreatening, as if he's not really interested in investigating the unzipped, sagging trousers. Nevertheless the captive seems to be having an 'oh no, not that' moment. 

The detailing of the exposed underwear is a clue to this artist's interest in such garments which almost matches his obsession with uniforms.

Underwear comes to the fore again here. A traffic cop has been part-stripped, gagged and restrained in a mild hog-tie arrangement. His underpants are intact but have been soiled by his captor's ejaculate as has his uniform and his body. It looks as if his boots have been stolen in the manner of 'Boot Lust' fetish, but it seems that the despoiling of the man and his uniform excites this artist most. To a military man, his uniform is sacrosanct and such contemptuous treatment would be extremely offensive and degrading - and likely to get him into hot water with his superiors (figuratively speaking of course!).

If you are interested in uniforms you will probably be appreciative of the military styling and brevity of Scout gear but it's an interest that is easily misunderstood. I'm able to include this example of the delicate subject because the wearer is clearly a well-built, adult man, the Scout Leader, shall we say, and he's enjoying himself alone. 

The detailing of the uniform here is marvellous and naturally, beneath every uniform is a pair of underpants. The artist's illustration of them here is much more graphic than in the pictures above. The soiling of underpants in it's different guises is a recurring theme in this artist's work.

The gag is a slightly odd embellishment which I can't explain. The absence of any other bondage suggests a very personal picadillo, perhaps or maybe it's some sort of political allusion to forbidden matters.

This picture explicitly homes in on the soiling theme.

The baton introduces the slight possibility of unpleasant external causation.

The artist's darker side is expressed even more graphically in this image with  a disturbingly but marvellously realistic depiction of a horrifying practice that was once unimaginable - literally. The blank eyes of the torturer add a truly devilish dimension to what might have been claimed to be a necessary evil. 

The captions in the picture may shed more light on motivations and the artist's stance, but any pleasure we take in appreciating the sheer quality of the drawing here has to contend with discomfort, revulsion even, at the subject matter. This artist has unexpectedly lured us into Greasetank territory

By contrast, this shibari bondage image is almost academic in nature. The naked captive has been given a muscular body and his face and haircut seem to be be indicative of inner strength and dangerous qualities if provoked. However, that potential has been completely tamed by this comprehensive restraint. Holding the strip of cloth in his mouth seems to be a hugely submissive gesture, it's as if he is passively waiting to be gagged with it. 

The cloth actually resembles the Japanese fundoshi or loin cloth and I believe there is a Thai equivalent, equally drenched with cultural significance regarding maleness and coming of age. Being gagged with one's own personal loin cloth is more humiliating, I suspect, than the western equivalent of stuffing mouths with expensive, designer Calvins.

That sense of power and strength being tamed and contained (and abused!) is equally evident in this colourful image of a Thai boxer who has body tattoos that lay claim to the dangerous qualities that characterise the dragon. I guess 'windy' does not mean 'inclined to be cowardly' in Thai!

This man tied to a rail in an enclosure of some sort seems from his clothing to have the tough qualities of a workman or labourer. His tee shirt logos suggest a military background too. 

He, like the cop above earlier, seems to have lost a boot, perhaps suggesting this is an encounter with  a stronger man who has an interest in the olfactory side of foot worship. Personally I find the leg openings of his shorts more tempting.

This image introduces the theme of buddies kidnapped together but it's also interesting in the way it draws attention to the closely observed detailing of the uniforms, even their creases, in this artist's pictures. I'm fascinated by the thumb resting on the bench but I've no idea if it's a particularly significant detail. The wary, expectant looks of the prisoners tell of unpredictable captors and fear.

This final image is a calming example of classic shibari with a near total absence of erotic undertones - on the part of the artist anyway. The captive's restraint imposes an unnatural posture on him that may become increasingly painful but he has been spared the demands of a shorter neck-to-ankle linkage. 

The colour palette is beautifully balanced here. The dark toned, plain background seems to reflect the captive's inability to see what is happening around him. The colouring of his uniform is suggestive of an Air Force man but most of the uniforms drawn by this artist seem to incorporate a winged badge, sometimes more than one.

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This artist has multiple social network pages including Team52 @ Twitter and Team52 @Instagram but the best selection seems to be at Team52Crazy's facebook page. Most of the public art is censored or innocuous with a few exceptions but you get nice drawings of military men undressing or in suggestive situations. The adult content is (presumably) at Team52 @Patreon 

Bareass Blogs No 64

 Bareassed, Blond and Begging for it.

Go to Bareass No 65 (link pending)

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For other mitchmen bareass blogs, click on the label at the foot of the post 

or start reading at Bareass No 1 and follow the links

Photo: Samuel at Amateur Straight Guys, he's 23 according to the blurb there.

Royale Studio Models - Peter George 4, BDSM and Fetish

Royale Studio - Peter George posing in mesh covered pouch

 This is a splendid image of Peter George, with a nice shot of his torso and featuring the same yearning, far-away look that characterises a number of his best pictures (see Peter George Part1). It's also a rather nice distillation of his boyish characteristics into growing manliness. 

 The garment he's wearing here is not at all like the very average posing pouch seen in Peter George Part 2, it seems to be overlaid with a mesh made of something like thin leather strips (as used in fringing and some boot laces). The criss-cross lines curving across his bulge create a distinctive restraining effect that hints of chastity cages and S&M leather fetish. It's an intriguing complement to the sexy dabble into bondage we saw in Peter George Part 2

On a purely visual level, the dark mesh also creates a more definite boundary to the pouch, so that it doesn't merge into his body as simple, white pouches tend to do, but stands away from his abdomen creating a particularly sexy, open effect where it dips behind the top line of his thigh.

This is the only other image I have found of Peter featuring this adapted pouch.

With its dark background, it's possible that these are part of Royale's 2-PUN set (1959), there's a marked similarity with image 2 of that group but there's no hint of it in Royale's description and both these pictures seem to have first appeared rather later - in 1961, appearing in several magazines in that year.

'Tomorrow's Man' magazine thought the exotic pouch too risky and painted it out when they carried the less showy of the two images in their June 1961 issue.

If the images above and the explicit bondage image that headlined the 2-PUN set hint at fetish interests, this picture (attributed to Royale's subsidiary, Hussar) 'wades' into that world more openly and seems to give this man a distinctly interesting, bdsm profile. 

The rubber waders in this picture provide a striking erotic contrast to the white, compact pouch Peter is wearing which which, in its tight containment, seems more exposing (to me anyway) than dangling nudity would be. It's not a very good scan unfortunately but projects a softer impression of Peter's muscularity that seems sexily incongruous with the intimidating waders

from Grecian Guild Pictorial No 30 (Jun1961)

Tom of Finland - Logger in Waders

Peter's waders and fishing net masquerade as the equipment of professional fishermen, a real working man. This association is rather like the carpenter's rough saw bench seen in 2-PUN, but groin-enhancing waders were also well-established as homoerotic, fetish gear in the 1960's (think about those Tom of Finland logger images and Etienne's fisherman). 

At first sight this is also the casual pose of a workman at rest but the net here is not just deployed as a working man's tool, Peter is pulling it over his head (a not particularly pleasant experience I imagine if it has ever been used to catch fish in the sea). It's as if he's being caught by it.

The wader tops seem to be catching his pouch too, cupping it in this particular camera angle.  

Here Peter seems to be posing as the catch, brought ashore and dumped unconscious on the quayside. His open legs leave his pouch to stand out unprotected (despite the white-out)

His torso is also open and inviting to the touch. 

These last two images appeared in Grecian Guild Pictorial No 32 (Oct1961)

This picture from the 'net' series is a more convincing attempt to invoke the working fisherman as the inspiration for it all. It shows Peter checking his net for holes. 

In the preceding articles we have become familiar with Peter's impressive backside and this image adds new dimensions to that collection. If anything, the waders make it seem even more bulky. The curve of the wader's top line creates an impression of emergence and cupping. 

In this photo Peter uses the net as a cloak and it's not a terribly successful image, for some reason the body proportions don't seem to have come out quite right and he looks more boyish than ever. 

However, there is more adult, erotic interest in the detail where Peter's pouch seems to be slung in an astonishingly low and revealing position, showing most of his lower abdomen and entailing considerable bunching down below which is remarkably bold for the era.  

These last two images were published in Manual 24 (May 1961) preceding those at the start of this post (though only by a couple of months). They were attributed to Dolphin Studio, a Royale brand that was eventually replaced by Hussar, but these names don't seem to have distinctive identities and were interchanged freely. This set is a good example

I'm not sure if the slanting presentation of these last two images was a device of the magazine or a format used by the studio in their proofs. By co-incidence(?) it was also employed for the 'bamboo pole' group of images that I appended at the foot of the Pouch Post (Peter George Part 2 of this mitchmen series). This set had similar dramatic lighting (see this Crossed Poles example) and appeared in the same year - 1961. It was in a different magazine, Trim, but one that belonged to the same publishing group.

Peter's bdsm-oriented imagery continued later with his appearance in the Royale Rigging series, set R01C, a series of images showing him dressed as a sailor, tied hand and foot and spread-eagled on the ropes in a punishment position. I have tentatively dated these images to 1963 by association with other pictures using the same prop. This may have also been his last appearance for Basil Clavering's Royale and Hussar Studios, which ceased publishing in the same year.

There are also bdsm ingredients in the numerous 'storyettes' featuring this model 

(to be covered in a separate post, link pending).

We tend to associate Royale Studio with Military Uniforms and Sporting subjects, but there is always an undercurrent of fetish in them, often it's spanking, sometimes bondage and frequently forced undressing and changes of clothes. There is also a strong leather, biker thread in other storyettes which veered towards weird extremes at times and surfaced more explicitly in the images of the successor studio 'Guys In Uniform', notably the strange, uncomfortably militaristic series 'Willing To Learn'. 

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While researching this article I stumbled across an astonishing, entirely new colour picture of Peter George clad in a red zip-up jacket, studded belt and jock-strap with a furry pouch (detail above). This takes Peter's fetish persona into whole new realms that I've not seen anywhere else in Royale's photography. It seems to be related to the Colville Collection of coloured Royale images.

(I'm not reproducing the full picture here for copyright reasons, 

if the first link stops working try here and please let me know via comments). 

In the concluding Part 5 of this series of posts about Peter George, mitchmen will look at his farm-boy series and suggest an explanation for the missing 1-PUN solo set.

Captives, Pets and Partners by Planet Gay

Planet Gay - Vampire 1

These first two images by Planet Gay are an unusual take on the Vampire theme seeming to imply that the blood-sucking predator might have an alternative existence as a spider rather than the traditional bat. Trapped in his web the victim awaits his fate. The gleaming highlights on his (rather enticing) body suggest that it's either an unusually hot dungeon, perhaps thanks to all the candles (see below) or that he's overwhelmed with fearful thoughts. 

Notice the cat-like beings in the background.

This image draws on two common themes from bondage photo art - suspension and spider's webs. The combination of the two in this case creates a compelling impression of captivity. The chain webs seen in bondage photos have the same potential but often seem to end up as simple spreader frames for a captive standing on the ground. With notable exceptions of course.

Planet Gay - Vampire 2

The victim, as you might expect from this artist, is a strikingly handsome young man. He courageously matches the Vampire's gaze (a dangerous thing to do if my memory serves me right). No doubt he's wondering whether his captor intends to torment him from the floor - perhaps using the candelabra - or whether he is going to morph into his spidery self to scale the web and one shudders to think what might happen after that. Spiders, you probably recall, liquefy their prey rather than sucking its blood.

This guy's entrapment is more in the nature of conventional bondage than the mysterious stickiness of the spider's web. However, there are echoes of spidery behaviour in the wrapping of his nether regions by the criss-crossing ropes, to create a sort of packed lunch. I suspect the protection and modesty they seem to provide may prove illusory, not least because the ropes bulge outwards at the point of convergence in a manner that suggests a considerable and enticing presence lurks behind them. 

Notice that there are bats in this image instead of cats. This must be where the vamp keeps his pets.

Planet Gay - Art Exhibit

This imagery of two naked men on public display, swimming underwater in a giant fishbowl is equally expressive of pets and captivity although the artist here portrays it as an Art installation. They look like a pair but it's possible these men are complete strangers. Allowing them to have a companion to share this predicament mirrors what we do with goldfish. It's a somewhat perverse kindness. The viewers must be hoping it will evolve into physical intimacy if they hang around watching for long enough.  

Presumably, these men did not volunteer for a lifetime in a goldfish bowl. On the face of it, the exhibits have the option of climbing out of it and jumping down, but it would not be a trivial undertaking getting up onto the rim and the drop is about 20 feet by my reckoning. I imagine the gentlemen enjoying their display might be inclined to grab them if they managed it.

This seems to be a museum-like place and as we know, museums are loath to surrender their treasures no matter how dubiously they have been obtained. So, I imagine there are warders around who might smell a rat if two dripping wet, naked men went padding by. Equally this exhibition might be commercial, a temporary event with the exhibits up for sale. These two can take heart from the fact that it would take a very, rich man to accommodate their particular piece of art so they might end up being returned to the river of life, unsold.

Planet Gay - Cupid's Arrow

There are many ways of acquiring a man as a pet and this would be a highly convenient one if it existed outside of myth, not least because it comes with a guarantee of loyalty without any need for time-wasting, emotional input. I assume that 'cupid' here is shooting the target for himself but strictly speaking he is supposed to operate as an independent hitman selecting people at random who already know each other but are not smitten. 

Cupid here is portrayed as a fully grown man rather than the usual baby-like cherub, which is just as well in this day and age. I'm not a fan of fancy dress in general but find his mini kilt rather fetching. It seems to have an enticingly loose fit around the waist. Mind you, this is a man who would look sexy dressed in a bin bag. I find the target's exploding shorts rather interesting too. His rather severe hairstyle suggests a catch with spirit.

Planet Gay Intoxications

This situation depicts one way of taming a spirited buck, 

but it's led to the potential 'pet' being rendered incapable.

If this mentor is a romantic type, he'll still have a decent enough snuggle partner for the night

Maybe he'll get lucky tomorrow with a convergence of morning woods.

I've tried to come up with a simple, grammatical version of Planet Gay's strangled English but it's surprisingly difficult at this time in the morning!

Planet Gay - Bromance

The conventional way of acquiring a man makes a nice romantic picture here.

Ostensibly it's two military types relaxing by their camp fire at sunset.

One appears to be reflecting on the long, hard day just passed.

The other, I fancy, has a long hard night in mind.

Military men are good material for pets, they like being ordered around.

Planet Gay - Knight and Squire

It's hard enough to win devotion of a conventional nature in real life.

Rarer still to find a man willing to be kept on a chain, even in the first flush of infatuation.

I'd say this dreamy young man has become a pet here really, not a slave.

His master gets the pleasure of owning a handsome and affectionate man 

But with that come considerable responsibilities to look after him.

There's a nice intergenerational flavour to this picture which just about keeps clear of legal pitfalls. It's something that can't be said for all of this artist's work, I've excluded some nice bondage images from his 'Party' series (below) because the captives look too young for comfort.

Planet Gay - Party 09

This image is beautifully romantic and would be more so if it were not set in the context of a military orgy whose state of chaos and drunkenness can be deduced from the figure standing on the piano in the background. The trumpeter's leather pants introduce a scent of S&M and highlights the mild sense of submission in the grape-eater's kneeling pose and the contrast between his total nudity and the feeder's relatively dressed state. The grapes are a classic symbol of drinking and drunkenness and in erotic art can be equally representative of sexual organs and lust. 

This pet's eager look is beautiful artistry.

Planet Gay - Steam Punk Sauna

Another example of pet-like devotion.

The first flush of romance is a joyous, obsessive time when every minute must be shared. The chains of attachment forged by new love are stronger than anything you will find in a fetish and leather shop. The trouble is, this excitement doesn't last for ever, the intensity settles down and for some strange reason partners who demonstrate devotion and affection like this in public become inexplicably attractive to onlookers. Pets have minds of their own and may exhibit an independent streak, so a master cannot be complacent.

There are other categories of men, forbidden but irresistible for gays of a predatory nature - e.g. straight men, best friends, best friends of partners and bar men in gay venues. There's probably a biological explanation. Gene selection gone awry perhaps, although some will credit baser motives derived from envy and frustration.

Planet Gay - Party 06

When infatuation burns itself out and familiarity becomes a bit boring it's tempting to try out shared experiences. Usually there will be no shortage of volunteers in the gay community to help out, but it might be necessary to look a bit harder if you want to find an S&M master to dominate you both. 

Here that innocuous pet lead improvised from a chain becomes an even stronger symbol of ownership and submissiveness. Immersed in this sensory experience jaded partners may find that their limits extended into realms they never dreamed of. Submissive pets may like it more than their masters who find themselves into wading into murky waters where they don't have the same level of aptitude and interest.

Planet Gay - Party 11

Sharing your pet with another dominator might seem an easier option. The proud owner and the pampered pet may both find this situation exciting at first, but a shared pet is likely to become confused about his loyalties. It may turn out he's been unwittingly gifted to a rival. 

This image illustrates in a slightly comic fashion, which may be unintentional, how a 'guest master' may have very different ideas to the loving couple about what constitutes 'having fun'.

This scene pairs with the previous picture (Party 6) where it can be seen going on in the background.

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These are great images by Planet Gay. Although I realise his art is computer assisted, I am in awe of his ability to populate his images with such gorgeous-looking men and love the light touch he brings to fetish flavoured imagery, producing sweet, well-crafted images of homoerotic intimacy.

This is the third post on Planet Gay at mitchmenblog. 

See also Part 1 - Enslavement Art and Part 2 - Domination art 

Part 4: - Planet Gay's Christmas

Tied and Groped

 An extract from the latest chapter of Mitchell's 'Flat Cap Gang' at mitchmen Google Group

Mitchell - Pawed and Groped

Detective Constable Ferret (right) has been abducted by the Flat Cap Gang and trained to fight and provide other services for the amusement of punters in the 'Butt Bar'. Facing a grudge fight against the Chief Guard, he is tethered to a display post by his collar which incorporates electronic punishment routines to keep the captives under control. He is unexpectedly joined at the post by the notorious 'Black Trainer' (so called because he usually dresses in black). He has been condemned to a punishment fight by his superior in the gang because of his ill-treatment of the prisoners. He has never had to wear a control collar before.

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"In the Butt Bar, Ferret was eyeing the Black Trainer, wondering how his old foe had fallen from grace and ended up tethered to the same post as him. He was tempted to gloat, but to his surprise the Black Trainer turned to him and cool as a cucumber, said in the chummy East End fashion, “Alright mate?” as though there were nothing odd about the situation and had never been any animosity or friction between them. Despite this facade however he could see The Black Trainer was unhappy. He kept twisting his neck trying to make the collar more comfortable, but it wasn't designed to be comfortable. Finally in frustration he shook his head vigorously, Ferret tried to warn him, but the collar controller reacted quicker. It automatically administered a brief shock to both of them and rapidly wound in their leads. They were drawn up together on tip toes, their bare bodies touching. The Black Trainer grunted angrily but Ferret could feel him trembling. A group of customers who had seen what had happened gathered round them, pawing them and groping them with clumsy, clammy hands."

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The Flat Cap Gang continues in weekly instalments at the mitchmen Google Group.

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101 Uses For A Belt - No 11 Crotch Enhancer

 

A workman typically can divert unwanted comments about his man bag by hanging it from a second belt slung across the hips where it serves to accentuate the bulge of his personal toolbox and tease his workmates. Those with a liking for men and restraint situations might find this doubly alluring. Particularly when it complements such an alluring torso with well-managed chest hair.

Perhaps a colleague has just pointed out to him how sexy he looks but in a lustful rather than an admiring way and that's why he's sweating. Of course, that response only intensifies his erotic attraction.  

On the other hand, this might easily be a picture of another builder learning that he's going to have to strip down to his man bag and work naked up on the roof (see previous post). It's that and not the heat that's brought him out in a sweat

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For other belt uses, click on the 'Belts' label below

101 Uses For A Belt - No 10 Man Bag Holder

  Of course, butch workmen don't like to advertise the fact, but a man bag is an essential accessory for holding their tools. For example, when they have to work in difficult-to-access places leaving their toolboxes behind.

It is particularly useful for working at heights but becomes essential where their clothes with their handy pockets have been removed. This happens more often than you might think. On very hot summer days stripping off is natural and hunky blokes like to show off their physiques - but only the half above the waist usually.

Jeans removal is the domain of extreme show-offs, but when a builder has to work, out in the open, totally naked it can only mean one of the following things:

1. He lost a drunken bet

2. He's a victim of some practical jokers on the site

3. The disgruntled foreman is demonstrating his authority.

(Perhaps to stop him disappearing to place a bet or grab a pint)

4. A client with perverse interests has spotted him doing wrong 

or secretly frequenting a gay bar or has some other hold over him.

His resentful look suggests his naked state has been forced on him.

At least his man bag can come to his rescue as a modesty device - in some positions - if he's lucky.

But, to be fair, taking photographs of the poor man's humiliation is really rubbing it in.

For other belt uses, click on the label below