Mitchell's 'Cowboy Art' Folio - 4

 In this post, two previously unpublished images from the early days of Mitchell's 'Cowboy Folio.

Mitchell - Talk or be Branded!

A cowboy is stripped and tied to the posts of a horse stall in a barn. He is being

threatened with exceptionally painful persuasion if he continues to remain silent about what he knows.

But, even with the heat close behind his cheeks, he remains defiant.

His tormentor seems to be nursing an inappropriate response to the situation.

I used this horse-stall, restraint arrangement again in the whipping image, presented in the previous Cowboy Folio post No 3. The captive's private parts here are discreetly obscured by the dilapidated stall structure. If I redrew this today I'd probably show more, but I still find this sort of teasing concealment erotic.

The situation speaks for itself here but I've always been dissatisfied with the 'arms length' pose and the captor's lack of emotion in his face or body (if you don't count what's happening with his jeans). 

The captive too seems unreasonably calm considering his predicament.

I was experimenting with more varied faces here to indicate who is the goody and baddy.

 

Mitchell - Cowboy Branded at the Big 'H'

The 'Big H' is also the location for this image, but it's rebranded itself (pardon the pun) from being a horse-breeding establishment to a house of ill-repute for frustrated cowboys who can't get what they want from the gals who ply their trade at the local town Saloon. 

The decline of traditional ranching has thrown a lot of mature cowboys out of their jobs and many have been forced to turn to less glamourous ways of earning a crust. Those that turn up at the 'Big H' are attracted by the highly professional, business approach of the management which means they always get paid and don't get beaten up (unless they sign up for that). It's also one of the few establishments that offers mature men. It's a niche market, but a well-rewarded one. 

The flip side is a system of control that ensures only the selected few can carry the 'Big H' brand which is the customer's visible guarantee of quality when he get's down to brass tacks. It's a proper brand! The loyalty of the service providers is also secured by that mark of ownership that effectively prevents any moonlighting or defection to other establishments. Prevents them from changing their minds too.

This is a later drawing and shows more energetic and personal grappling which is closer to the reality of cattle branding. I originally drew the recipient pants-less and with his legs tied together like a steer, but reworked it for this publication to make the 'persuasion' more subtle. Once again his naughty bits are hidden, but from his reaction I imagine there's not much to see presently! 

Both these images date from the 80's as you might perceive from the moustache. The humorous slant is necessitated by the subject matter to some extent but also owes something to that era, when all gay magazines had cartoons, even the ultra-macho 'Drummer.' That characteristic was illustrated here at mitchmen recently in the mini series 'The Smithy' by Bud which also features a branding.

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Classic Homoerotic Images 9 - Fred with Tires

 Herb Ritts photograph of 'Fred with Tires' must have been been one of the best known images of 1984 with posters of it adorning countless bedroom walls. For a gay man it's universal popularity was a public validation of their attraction to the naked, male form. The oil-smudged mechanic was unashamedly erotic with undone overalls barely covering his private parts and the plunging lines of his abdomen drawing the eye downwards towards them. At the same time his coy, awkwardness was immensely cute.

This image glamourised the lean, 'cut' physique style that broke away from the traditional, body-building stereotype of plush bulk, represented for years in popular culture by the middle-aged Charles Atlas. Ritts connections with the fashion industry and media played a part in making a muscular physique seem a 'must have' for a young man, widely desirable and attractive. 

40 years on, the butch eroticism seems less powerful. The inoffensive tameness was probably instrumental in it's success but there are 8 more photographs in the series, many of them much more sexy. 

Herb Ritts - Fred with tires No 4

You can see the rest at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Their collection also has other images of Fred by Ritts, including the extraordinary, booted naked shower with 'Dan'.

The original image has come to define manliness and has inspired countless artist and photographers to copy the idea, those of Priapus of Milet (in Shooting the Past) and ASN, are both represented here at mitchmen blog. When these tributes appear they bring a fond, nostalgic smile to the lips of old-timers who were around at the time.

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Tentacle Art by ErosisSFM

This marvellous image shows hero agent, Chris Redfield surprised by a mutant plant.

Somehow in the assault his uniform has been stripped from his body.

His weapons too have disappeared, all consumed by the plant.

Only his leather boots which lie on the ground before him have been rejected.

Perhaps because they are the only thing that has a tough, organic structure.

The grip of the powerful tentacle on his arms and thighs is strangely exciting

Many strange creatures stalk this forest and if one were to find him like this, helpless....

But already he is being drawn backwards into the maw of the plant. 

He can only hope that his organic make-up will cause the plant to spare him too.

 But then he feels the maw pressing at his back, drawing him in.

He feels it's presence seeping into him, spreading inside.

The plant has saved this delicacy of living, untainted flesh for last.

The despair and the darkness of the forest close in on him.

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This artist specialises in fantasies of men and monsters doing horrible things to each other (to use his words). Be warned, sex rears it's ugly head. More ErosisSFM

Mitchell's 'Cowboy Art' Folio 3

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The first two pictures in this post were part of my first posting on the internet back in 2007.
They predate 'The Cactus Kid' but might well have been incorporated into a sequel.
The first one in particular fits the brutal feud between Cactus and Grainger who stole his land.

Mitchell - Ranch hand stripped and whipped

In the privacy of a barn, a young cowboy is punished by a mature foreman.

He has taken the first stroke with a determined, defiant, yet questioning look. 

The sweat on his face reveals an inner story of pain and fear.

The foreman's scolding face signals that he's not finished yet.

 

The young man's offence, deserving of a bare assed whipping, is not obvious. 

His brand new, swanky, double gun-belts, worn over skin tight jeans, accentuating his ass and distracting the other cowboys from their work might have been provocation enough to the old hand. 

The leather vest worn without a shirt and revealing youthful muscles was perhaps too much.

He disarmed the boy with a flick of his whip and told him to drop his gun belts in the dust.

Another stinging flick on his bare forearm was needed to persuade him to obey. 

Then his hands were tied and he was led to the barn and tethered to a stall

The gathering cowboys who tried to follow were turned away and dismissed.

The boy was pretty sure that a whipping was coming his way 

before the old hand stepped up close behind him and whispered as much in his ear.

He could feel his bristles and smell stale cigarettes and sweat as he scolded him.

Then he felt him reach round, and one by one, begin to undo the buttons of his jeans.

The foreman took his time, easing down the young man's tight jeans

knowing he wore nothing underneath and enjoying his embarrassment.

He knelt to tug them right down to his boots, creating a make-shift hobble.

The boy felt his hairiness brushing against his bare buttock skin. 

To add to his humiliation, the foreman mockingly returned the empty gun belts

Buckling them round his waist, low down, sagging across his hips, 

 artfully arranged to criss-cross, curving over the young man's rounded butt cheeks.

Rough hands groped between his thighs, securing the holster ties, brushing under his crotch.

The foreman surveyed his work and was pleased. The belts made his target area smaller,

and the barn, though private, would restrict the swing of his whip.

It would be a challenge to his skill, but a most enjoyable one to address.

He gripped the chunky stock of the whip tightly, feeling rising excitement.

Mitchell - Cowboy Tied To A Gate

 A cowboy has been tied, spread-eagled to a wooden frame.

He hollers in protest and his unprotected buttocks quiver with fear, 

as well they might on an all-male ranch, full of lonely cowboys,

where the nearest entertainment and relief is an hours ride away.

This image reveals more of my obsession with unprotected bare bottoms. The 'furniture' is more a punishment frame than a gate. The middle rail is the key element of the device, securing the wrangler's thighs and preventing evasive movement in the adjacent areas of interest. The rail is removable so it can be placed in front of the captive's thighs as well as behind. Similarly, he can be tied facing the gate so his frontal equipment becomes the focus of attention. The tied shirt is a practical way of keeping the area clear, but was a surfer fashion back when I drew this.

The whip and dicks of the local cowboys are the obvious beneficiaries of this arrangement but it has another use in the ranching scenario which I will explore next time.

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Mitchell's 'Cowboy Art' Folio 2

Not long ago I published a cowboy, bunkhouse bondage image inspired by the revolutionary, erotic images published by Colt Studio in the late 70's.  Cowboy images were a big part of my early efforts at erotic drawing and the one below was one of the first I ever published on the internet, in 2007.

Mitchell - Cactus Kid and the Posse

The Cactus Kid takes revenge on the Posse who have been pursuing him. He's ambushed two of the more attractive members and forced them to strip naked, apart from their Stetsons and boots. Then he's tied them back to back, standing over a low-growing cactus with particularly long spines. We can't see them, but their booted feet are also tied together, heel to heel, on either side of the base of the cactus. This means that they are forced to stand, uncomfortably open-legged, astride the prickly plant. 

The Kid isn't going to kill them, he knows that these are not proper lawmen, but ordinary guys, local ranch hands and townsmen roped into the Posse by the Sheriff. That makes their embarrassing plight all more poignant of course. Cactus bears them no ill-will, but will want to have some more fun with them before he makes his escape. Maybe he'll treat them to a few playful punches or the sting of his whip. Something that will cause them to flinch and retreat onto the waiting spines - or to lunge forward angrily which will pull their innocent buddy onto them instead. 

He'll probably try groping them at some point to see if they shy away or react violently. Of course they may respond positively, although the presence of a comrade and the cactus will inhibit that and it won't spare them from the prickles anyway. The Kid can also wait for time to take it's toll of their badly stressed legs. Those thigh muscles will soon be racked by pain, eventually resulting in a slow descent onto the needle seat. The first to weaken will pull down his comrade with him.

Once the Kid's gone they can try to escape from the ropes, but knowing the Kid, it won't be easy. If they are lucky the Posse will find them eventually, but then again, being found naked, compromised and defenceless by a gang of frustrated, angry cowboys isn't necessarily a recipe for gushing sympathy.

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This image was the prototype for the 'Cactus Kid' story which you can read in full at the mitchmen club at AdonisMale. This scene wasn't part of that story but I pencilled it in for a sequel - which has yet to materialise! I don't remember where I got the idea for tormenting captives this way. It might have sprung from a TV series or film where the hero's sidekick suffered an amusing, embarrassing accident (not naked of course, probably wearing a union suit) or maybe one of the humorous cartoons that featured in the gay magazines of the 70's. It's also quite likely that I piggy-backed on the picture below by Etienne, The unfortunate and noticeably muscular cowboy forced to cuddle a cactus by his Indian captors in 'Hot Spurs' gave me quite an erotic hit when I first saw it! More than anything else in that book.

Etienne - Hot Spurs p8 detail

The mind boggles imagining the scene as the captive was manoeuvred into this predicament

and whether he was conscious as the ropes were tightened and his legs lifted.

Etienne - Hot Spurs p8 full 

In the full picture, the second captive is also seen. He seems to have got off relatively lightly but notice that he has been 'scalped' in a most unusual place, the missing piece is hanging as a trophy from one of the struts of the restraint frame.

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I plan to publish more of my own cowboy images here and build up a new folio of them all at the mitchmen club at Adonis Male. 

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Update to DragonTattoo Post

 

Cum Buster

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