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Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Naked Bondage Art by tru3ai - 3

Read this series from Part 1
 
tru3ai - Getting a Nice Tan

 At least he was until the Bondage Squad hit on him.
Unfortunately, their arrival seems to have cleared the beach.
No-one's rushing to rescue him, lest they suffer the same fate. 
Fortunately, he's well clear of the tideline,
 but I doubt he'll still be here come high tide, anyway. 
 
 
tru3ai - Left Alone in the Rain

 This image makes a dramatic contrast with the one above, showing how outdoors bondage is being affected by climate change. No, not really! Our Japanese friends have been exposing prisoners and slaves to the elements as a punishment for many years. Ideally, he should be nude, like the beach boy above.
 
This looks for all the world like a Jungle POW situation, but the prisoner is actually dressed in leather pants. Perhaps it's one of those bondage camp festivals, ruined by the rain. This chap won't be thanking anyone if his leathers get ruined by sitting in a puddle too long. That's a punishment that really hurts a Leatherman. You can understand why they wanted to tie him up, though.
 
 
tru3ai - Left Alone

 This picture has a similar title to the last one, but the captive here is left in the dark. The anxiety and fear on his face tells us he's a recent capture, still trying to come to terms with his unexplained abduction. The ball gag with its jaw-tightening chin strap must be painful. It's a stark message about the ruthlessness of his abductors. 
 
The removal of his clothing conveys a similar message. It makes it clear that it's him they want, not the ransom they can get for him. They've left a flannel in his lap as sop to his modesty and to mop up his sweat, which he's overproducing in panic mode. 
 
I visualise this man as a rich, city type, watching his suit and every other stitch of clothing disappear. It will soon dawn on him that they are gone for good. That might be him on the left, in the picture below, before fickle fate cruelly turned on him.
 
 
tru3ai - Gentle Touch

 I suppose there are great advantages to being purchased by a City Trader. They are rich and value expensive possessions. However, this captive jock looks pretty suspicious about the promises being made to him. Gentle touch indeed! Perhaps he realises that, deep down, a trader is a trader and that he himself is now tradeable. The flattering price this man paid for him confirms that.
 
 When his bodily beauty fades, his value will drop, and he'll become available to men with less money and fewer scruples. A body slave has to live for the hour, but if he's lucky and clever, his inner qualities can become valued, so that when age makes itself known, it might not matter to his master.  
 
 
tru3ai - Nice Stretch

Even the most benevolent of owners will still want to do things with their slave, to demonstrate their control over him. This restraint is satisfying to set up and practical in purpose. It will amuse the captive and keep him out of mischief while the Master is out at the Office, earning their keeps. 
 
Slaves get their board and lodging free, technically speaking. But, it's not cheap, they must be given a good diet and exercise to preserve their looks and their value. If they are cute and clever, they'll worm their way into the Master's confidence and comfy bed. Nevertheless, it is to be expected that they will still try to escape if they get the chance. 
 
This parking arrangement prevents that, and by the end of the day will be a painful reminder of how vulnerable he is if he displeases 'He, who must be obeyed'.  
 
 
tru3ai - Let's Go To Your New Home

 Even the humblest or most resentful of slaves must feel a spark of excitement when the uncertainty of The Auction is over, and they get to meet their new owner for the first time. For the new owner, it's the culmination of an exciting process that began when he spotted the man in the pre-sale showing. Excitement peaked again when his winning bid saw off the competition, and now he gets it all again as he finally takes the slave's chain and leads him away. 
 
 This slave's preparation regime has produced a spectacular physique, but it must have been a spartan existence, judging by the sackcloth skirt he wore for the Sale. To be honest, some agencies dress the men like this to give the impression that they are rough and tough, when really they are soft, ex-accountants or shop workers. There's no telling, you have to treat what the sale catalogue says with a pinch of a salt.
 
If the slave looks dazed, that's probably because he's been sedated to inhibit bad behaviour during the sale process. Then again, he might be genuinely delighted to have been acquired by a handsome and (obviously rich) young man. Maybe he's confused, having been trained for farm work only to discover that his new life will be as a gentleman's servant. 
 
 
tru3ai - Enjoying Himself

Being a slave isn't like a normal job. The first steps are familiarisation with new quarters and an attitude assessment with his new owner. He has to get used to being tied up in the style favoured by his Master, because he's going to spend a lot of time like that in the years ahead. In fact, it may just be beginning to dawn on him that this is his life from now on. All of it.
 
This one's lucky, his new owner obviously thinks he's sweet. That won't last, of course, but his pre-sale course should have prepared him for that. His challenge is to covert that initial appeal into a lasting love. Not romantic love of course, but the love for a favourite possession or pet, which is much more durable.
 
 
tru3ai - Hogtied on a Table

A house slave's life is not easy. He will have chores to do, and there's a good chance that a private owner's hobbies will make demands on him. If his physique is attractive, the Master may enjoy making him into a plaything or a piece of living art to be shown off at parties or exhibited at conventions. 
 
Paradoxically, a good bondage exhibit is expected to struggle and show resentment, attitudes that his Master would not tolerate in any other scenario. Acting angry is made easier if visitors take advantage of his nakedness to probe and grope, or stroke and slap. Even so, it's a psychological minefield for an ordinary guy. At times, he will wish he had been chosen for the simple life of a field slave or a quarry hand, shifting rocks. But if he misbehaves, he may find out that that option isn't any easier. 
 
 
tru3ai - Rope Struggling

 They also serve who only stand and wait. So Milton said, and it's true. A nice physique wrapped in tight bondage is as decorative as the finest of artworks and gives both parties a rewarding feeling of ownership. It's easy to overlook the fact that he's neglecting his normal duties. I love the simplicity and strength of this bondage.
 
 
tru3ai - Tied to a Wall
 
In domestic situations, a slave can attain the status of a much loved pet. Bondage isn't a punishment for him, it's a sensible precaution to keep him safe while his Master is away. A gag ensures he's not a nuisance for the neighbours. The bonds that form between such men make for reunions that are joyful on both sides, but some slaves left alone may experience nagging fears of being abandoned. A good Master takes care to give them reassurance and affection when he comes home.   
 
 
tru3ai - Hogtied on a Table

There's a dinner party on tonight, and so the Master's getting in extra waiting staff. Here they are, waiting in the kitchen, ready to be served up with the coffee. The agency supplies them ready trussed and dressed in cute, leather shorts, a dress code, so everyone understands what they are allowed to do to them. Breakages have to be paid for (or suitable replacements provided). 
 
 
More bondage art by tru3ai at DeviantArt
 
Read this series from Part 1 

 
 

Monday, 20 October 2025

Beautifully Bound (Updated)

 

 

These mini-clips make a fine addition to the 'Beautifully Bound' series, albeit with so-so quality. A hunky man, completely naked and neatly ball-gagged, awaits the pleasure of his captor. He seems to be the victim of a crazed home invader. Since this is a Kink clip, it's probably safe to assume that he's about to be carted off to a date with fate in a dungeon*. 

 

Struggling to escape the ropes is mandatory in these situations, but the nervous glances at his captor, fussing around his feet, adds an extra nuance of anxiety and menace. 

The tasteful colour scheme contributes to an unusually neat and pleasing bondage image. 

*He's actually the victim of a Hotel room invader, gate-crashing his honeymoon night. Thanks to Jimbo for identifying this shoot as 'For Better or Worse', Bound Gods No 45568. This is Vander Pulaski about to be punished for 'betraying' his former lover, Pierce Paris, by marrying Jack Hunter.   


Here Vander returns from the Hotel Bar and finds his husband, Jack, tied to a pillar, having already been punished by Paris. Paris seizes him on arrival and ties him up on the settee for his own punishment and a joint humiliation with Jake. 

~

For more in the series, click on the 'Beautifully Bound' label at the foot of the post 

Saturday, 18 October 2025

DJ Beckham - Sexy Wrestler 1


 I don't know if this is a particularly good wrestling move, but the whole image is oozing with man appeal, bursting with physical exertion. The hunk putting on the pressure is DJ Beckham, during his spell of wrestling under the Wrestler4Hire banner. In this contest he gives pretty boy, Travis Maverick, a bit of a run around. 

 


Here he gives Gabe Steele a taste of heel, simultaneously showing us that there is more to his man appeal than just sweaty flesh. 
Gabe is usually a more serious and accomplished performer than his outfit here implies. 

 


DJ presses his attack home, driving Gabe into the corner. If this was a Royale Studio image, I'd be commenting on the juxtaposition of Beckham's ass and Gabe's tented crotch.



 Travis ended up in the corner too, with DJ's foot embedded in his solar plexus. The straining in his flimsy, white briefs suggests it may be just as well that DJ is keeping his ass at a distance this time. Sadly, his black trunks are less expressive than his opponents.

 


Beckham's tactics are called out just when it's getting interesting. Like a true heel, he protests his innocence. He wants to go on.

Travis' face tells a very different story! 



Beckhams illegal use of the ropes in these examples might alert you to a sadistic streak in him. Mark O ran foul of it too in this locker room encounter. It's clear that DJ is never slow to use his physical strength, here he shamelessly improvises with a wrist sweatband, to devastating effect.



Beckhams weight keeps the muscular physique of Igor pinned beneath his knee in this outdoor contest. He increases the pressure on Igor's back with a semi-Boston style, leg lever. Igor's shoulders look great, but are of no help to him. 

 


 From the side, we see some nice shaping of Igor's briefs,
and a suggestive interlocking of crotches.
Beckham looks as if he really means business.

 


Igor struggles in a body scissors and arm lock combo.
But his wrestling trunks suggest he's enjoying it
I'm not sure about DJ though, he looks disappointed. 
  



Caleb Klein is made of sterner stuff, but with Beckham's weight pinning him down, simple arm blocking and a neck hold become an effective restraint.

 


Beckham uses a similar entanglement technique
to tie Cash up in embarrassing knots
 

This hold produces some good visuals for us.
But leaves strong man Cash, frustrated and angry.
 
Even the nimbleness of Max Ryder is frustrated.
He ends up face down on the mat, displaying his buns.
 
 

Zack Reno ends up staring down the mouth of a cannon.
DJ doesn't know quite how to deal with this situation.
Perhaps insist on less flimsy trunks next time, DJ. 
 


 It would be a terrible shame to lose this sight, though.
DJ goes for the heel's preferred form of hero worship.
But it's all too much for Zack. 
 
But it wasn't always like this for DJ Beckham.... 
 


Against the formidable Wes Ratchet, 
he strains and he sweats deliciously,
but it doesn't seem to produce much of a result.

 ~

The Tables are turned on hunky DJ In Part 2

 ~

Images courtesy of Wrestler4Hire.

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Thursday, 16 October 2025

Naked Bondage Art by tru3ai - 2

 See Part 1

Ball Tied by Tru3ai

Naked and body-shaved, ready for shipment.
Joey's soccer career is over. 
 
Going Nowhere by tru3ai
caption by mitchmen

 It's interesting to discover how other people earn their money.
Sometimes it's quite a surprise.
As Kyle found, when his hard-up flatmate revealed all. 
 
 
Hog tied in the Rainy Forest by tru3ai

Early morning joggers are especially vulnerable to amateur trappers. 
They loiter in quiet locations frequented by keep-fit runners.
Having snared a suitable candidate, they send for the big boys. 
Sometimes it's hard to get a convenient pick-up slot.
Still, he isn't going into work today, so he won't mind waiting. 
 
 
Chillin' in the Rain by tru3ai

Dylan had been out in the garden for over an hour, 
His boyfriend had an important report to finish for work,
and didn't want any interruptions.
Well, he'd certainly made sure of that.  
And then it started to rain.
 
 
Fun in the Woods by tru3ai

Jackson had a wicked streak in him. 
He liked to prowl the woods posing as a Redneck in search of lone campers who he could terrorise, like in the movies. When he spotted two city dudes with expensive camping gear,
he licked his lips in anticipation of the fun he could have.
 
But as soon as he revealed himself and started making dark threats, they attacked and felled him with a barrage of punches. Now they were discussing whether he would be a 'keeper'. 
 
Jackson didn't like to think about what the alternative was. 
  
 
Hog Tied with Muzzle by tru3ai
 
As day broke and warm sunlight fell on Liam through the patio glazing, he fervently hoped his ordeal would soon be over. Last night, the choice of being tied up for the night or being turned over to the Police as a burglar seemed a no-brainer. True, he hadn't expected to be stripped naked as soon as he was immobilised and gagged, but he could handle a bit of groping. Even by a man. That was embarrassing, but fair enough in the circumstances. 
 
However, when the guy had had his fun, he announced that he would make a 'final decision' about Liam in the morning. Meanwhile, he needed to make sure that he couldn't escape or get up to any mischief during the night. Liam's restraints were made tighter and tighter and his position more and more uncomfortable. 
 
Liam quickly gave up trying to escape from the ropes. It was cold on the patio during the night, but he had finally got some sleep. Now everything ached - no, everything hurt. 
 
He could smell an enticing breakfast cooking, but time passed, and he slowly became more and more anxious about that 'final' decision.
 
 
Packed and ready to go by tru3ai

Even a slave deserves a holiday. My boy says being locked in his travel trunk makes him feel safe and wanted. But there's always that doubt in his eyes whenever I close the lid on him.
 
 
Home Alone 
(Tight Hog Tie on a Bed by tru3ai)
 
 The burglars had seen the film and were taking no chances with Darren. Darren always slept naked and they obviously enjoyed tying him up in that state. However, he found their comments about his 'hairy cleft' quite disturbing, particularly as it had quickly escalated from jokes about parking bicycles to parking a rope between his ass cheeks and anchoring it to his dick.
 
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Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Naked Bondage Art by tru3ai


Cute face, very cute buns and a very tight hog tie. 

 This is a marvellous imagining of bondage, probably unattainable in real life, except with the most flexible of men, and the chances of recruiting one as cute as this one are slim. 

He's perched on a bare table in a cubicle, the likes of which you see in airports - for customs and border security. It doesn't look like he's being interrogated because he's gagged, or perhaps that's a temporary expedient to cut down on noise while they look into his case. 

Stretched Hog Tie by Tru3AI
 

The vertical rope is a health and safety provision, so he won't fall off the table. I love the way his feet seem to be clasping it. Mind you, he's not struggling very much, just looking round as if totally bemused by what's going on.

 ~

 I will add to this post in the coming days
and give a link to the artist's website.  


 

 

Sunday, 12 October 2025

Art by Steve Masters 4

Read this series of posts from Part 1 
 
Steve Masters - Greasing The Saddle

This image can't be found in the beefcake publications of the sixties, it's far too suggestive. Master's title seems to imply this is a regular rendezvous for the cowboys, a male brothel perhaps, which would account for the dodgy wallpaper and the rather deprecating title!   
 
'The saddle' doles out lubricant to a cowboy whose intense gaze and thin smile has a pretty scary look about it. Particularly when he's holding his belt like he wants to use it on someone's ass. In fact, you can interpret the image as showing that he just has done so, the rent boy rubbing his bruises rather than lubing himself. Luckily, the other cowboys seem up for fun rather than tormenting their steed. 
 
I've seen this image with the eyes of the two central cowboys blanked out (like the nipple shapes here). I'm inclined to think that could be the original version, because I can't think why anyone would make such an alteration, retrospectively. To modern eyes, it adds a menace that is coldly inhuman rather than lustful. The image above is a more complete version anyway, showing the bed in the foreground. That would have been a controversial ingredient in its day, sex in a bed is intimate and personal, not just a discharge (for which heterosexuals could be excused).
 
The styling of this image has a look of the 50s about it, the chair design being a part of that. The 'hollowed out' drawing style was later the trademark of the British artist, Bill Ward, in his cartoons.
 
 
Steve Masters - Men In a Bed
 
This picture illustrates perfectly the heightened intimacy of getting into a bed with a man. They are not actually having sex, but it's strongly implied. This looks like a hotel room so we can bung in the word 'seedy' as well. 
 
The sailor with his cap still on and sweetheart tattoo epitomises casual, 'rough trade' but this looks pretty affectionate and genuine. The highly stylised, drawing style has produced a picture that is more sensual than might be expected for such sparseness. It cocks a snook at the Peeping Tom in the background, conservatively dressed and looking very disapproving. 
 
 
Steve Masters -Matelot
 
I've censored this image to meet the blog rules, 
but you can see it unspoiled on 'X'
 
This early image in the same style is self-explanatory, a bit of R&R between men of disparate sizes and exceptional physiques. The title of this piece is probably derived from the cockleshell hat, the rear man is wearing. Masters associates it with fishermen in other images. He's also wearing a (just visible) rolled-up singlet with horizontal hoops, a nautical style (a la Gaultier, below). 
 
The background imagery looks like conventional room furnishing, apart from a rope-like construct that disappears through an elaborate hole in the wall like an anchor cable. The subs raised arms give a 'come and get me' tang of the bordello again.
 
Matelot Hoops
  
 
There's a further, early image in this style at my 'X' account that ceases to have any meaning if it's censored, but it's actually more interesting for its fetish ingredients than its dix. It features a biker with a captive in a baseball cap (subtly roped round his ankles). Masters uses his 'double vision' technique to disguise a sharp object as a book.
 
 Masters' proclivity for S&M is well-documented and his early images as 'Kurt' feature leather dungeon scenes, which unfortunately are too extreme to show here. The examples I have are poor quality reproductions anyway. 
 

 
Steve Masters - Cop and Biker

This image bridges the gap to Masters' better known style. The biker cum matelot reels back in wonder at the cop's enormous package, which has a pouch hidden in it, like a kid's picture puzzle. The cop's assets are supplemented by a truly 'bent' handlebar, which curls over his hip like a spare part at an orgy. 
 
The biker is wearing a matelot striped top that is sexily cropped. His jeans are already undone, but both men seem half undressed anyway, as their clothes seem to dissolve away below shoulder level, revealing nipples and abs. A bulbous fuel tank beneath the biker, between his thighs, signals the erotic momentum. 
 
 
Steve Masters - 'Lands End'

 This seems like a typical 60s surfer image at first sight, more wall hanging than erotica, with tasteful nudity. In fact, the two protagonists in the foreground are bikers, one a serious enough enthusiast to wear goggles. His discarded clothing, meticulously detailed in the foreground, 
is erotic in itself. No underpants! 
 
Masters employs a hybrid outline/shaded technique for the clothing that is fascinating technically. There's a slightly unreal quality that contrasts with the wearer's realistic nudity. The towel trailing between his legs looks wet and seems to show an appropriate outline beneath, but it's well disguised. 
 
The middle figure seems to be gazing out to sea as he undresses. His cap is not the conventional biker style, but more that of a seafaring captain, the nautical theme Masters often returned to. However, the jock suggests he's not pondering the mysteries of the Ocean. He's holding his belt stretched tight, suggesting tension (and perhaps a desire to unleash it). The end emerges from his clenched fist upright and looking like a banana, but I don't think it's his lunch. Not literally. His clothes also dissolve into outlines.
 
 The reclining figure in the background probably is a surfer or sunbather. There's a collage-like disconnect between him and the other figures that suggests to me that he, or his (sanitised) tackle, is the true object of the middle biker's attention. As though these are sketches for a larger, wide landscape picture.
 
I must admit I didn't know where Land's End was in the States*, although it turned out I'd actually been there a few years back. It's on the Pacific Coast side of San Francisco, not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. A popular cruising area, I believe.
 
*My efforts to find the answer to this seemingly simple question showed just how much Google has lost the plot as a search engine in recent years. It's much vaunted AI feature insisted there was no such place in the US, but, surprise, surprise, there was a clothing company of that name that I ought to know everything about. 
 
Thankfully, Wikipedia came to the rescue further down the page with that priceless commodity Google is no longer interested in - information. I can't wait for someone to launch a proper search engine again that supports research rather than advertising, I'd be willing to pay for it.
 
Steve Masters -Showers

I love the secret bottom-touching in this playful and fairly well-known locker room image. It's the best example I have seen of a coloured Masters picture. Authentic or not, I don't know, but it hasn't come from a magazine, it's an original picture. It looks as if it has been exposed to water damage, but that has fortuitously created a compensating effect of steaminess.
 
Read this series of posts from Part 1 



 

Saturday, 11 October 2025

Punishment of a Sailor


The creator of this video snippet calls it a 'Pirate Dunking'. That might suggest it's the fate of a captive, particularly as he's dressed in rags (just about!). But it's a disciplinary scenario that might be applied to any sort of vessel from the age of sail. Both civilian and military ships could be blessed with captains who applied severe punishments to excess. But, at least this unfortunate has escaped the dreaded 'keel-hauling', keeping his superb physique in tip-top condition for the next time.


An impressive example of what can be done with AI in hands not constrained by commercial considerations. He's conjured a great homo-erotic scene without causing offence to anybody! 

It would be nice to see a modern version with the dunkee dressed in white underpants, say, or other revealing, wet clothes. 

More on this artist next time.  

 


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