This drawing is 4 years old, but unseen until now.
I call this drawing “Beefy Guy”
Did this one last night. Thinking about what Roberto said at the WeHo Erotic Arts Fair on Sunday about the life models being used were all cut, muscular and hairless. They probably had big dicks too, tho one couldn’t tell during the sits. I’ll have to work on that one… Interestingly, issue 3 of Steve MacIsaac’s “Shirtlifter” magazine has a short comix story with 2 bearish guys with small dicks making love. It’s pretty hot, actually. http://www.stevemacisaac.com/
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Art By Other Artists
Today I’m presenting 2 pieces I like by other artists. The first is by Tony Salmons, a friend of mine who recently returned to the public eye with his artwork for the 4 issue mini series “The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft”, published last summer by Image Comics. He did this sketch for me a couple of years back. It’s of a Thark one of the characters from “John Carter of Mars”.
The second drawing is by Domino, my favorite gay erotic artist. This drawing appeared in “Mandate” in 1983, I believe. (I’m not sure; I no longer have that magazine.) The issue the drawing appeared in was the first gay skin mag I ever bought as a closeted young gay man. I bought that issue because of that drawing (not because of any of the photos, which were, as I recall, all of young hairless twinks). I used to buy any gay mag with one of his illustrations in them. Unfortunately, he dropped out of sight in 1985 or 86. He resurfaced again in the late 80’s/early 90’s with a classified ad in the gay press, selling 2 print sets of the best of his drawings. I contacted him, purchased the 2 sets, corresponded with him briefly. Sadly, he died of AIDS soon after.
Recently, I saw the original to this drawing. It resides in the Tom of Finland Foundation Headquarters, in Echo Park, a council district of Los Angeles, California, USA. It hangs, beautifully framed, in the bedroom of Durk Dehner, head of the foundation. I viewed it during a recent open house. I asked him he was selling it for. I got the impression that it was out of my price range.
I attended the Tom of Finland Erotic Arts Fair in West Hollywood Park on Sunday. I went to see some friends and to do life drawings. There were 3 models in the 2 hours I sketched. They were all muscular, but not overly so, and all totally hairless. I found this somewhat annoying; I like body hair. Also, the total lack of body fat on any of the three was… what? alienating? A friend of mine griped about it: “Why don’t they use normal looking guys occasionally?” Looksism, I guess.
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More Erotic Drawings
Sorry for the long absence, but I haven’t been doing much erotic work lately. I’m posting my latest sketches.
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Lying Down #3
Here’s a new drawing.
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3 New Sketches
I did these drawings recently; I hope you enjoy. I’m trying to develop a style using ballpoint pen. I recently saw the R. Crumb exhibit of his original art for the “Genesis” graphic novel. I’m totally envious of him for having such an iconic style. I’ve been spending my whole career in animation imitating other people’s style; at this point, I’m not even sure what my style is.
My Beautiful Career
Installment 1
This is my story. It’s the tale of a young man growing up in Alaska who has a dream. His life journey is complete with adventures, life changes and career opportunities he never could have imagined. Like most good stories, there are many twists and turns. Here we go.
I’m the fourth child of 6 with 2 older brothers, an older sister, and 2 younger sisters. My family moved to Alaska in 1963, when I was 3 years old. My father followed his older brother, Uncle John, to the land of the Midnight Sun. “It’s the land of opportunity”, Uncle John proclaimed, and he would have known; he was the first Attorney General of Alaska when it gained statehood in 1959, and served as a State Senator throughout the 1960s and early 70s.
Mother was an ex-grade schoolteacher. Father was a Freudian analyst, the only one in the state for several years. I joke with my friends who complain of Catholic or Jewish damage that I grew up with Atheist-Freudian-Skinnerian damage.
As a child, I loved animation, especially Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons, and the Hanna Barbera action adventure TV shows designed by Alex Toth. In 5th grade I wished everything I watched on TV could be an animated cartoon, even if (or especially if) it was the cheapo Filmation kind, where characters would slide across the screen, cut off at the waist to avoid animating walk cycles.
My parents sealed the deal when they gave me the book “The Art of Disney Animation” for my 11th birthday. I decided I was going to be a Disney animator in the footsteps of Milt Kahl and Frank Thomas. The book decried, in its final chapter, the lack of inspiration in the up and coming crop of young animation artists. I vowed to reverse that trend single handedly.
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CTN Animation Expo
I attended the CTN Animation Expo at the Burbank Marriott, on November 20-22, 2009. It was way cool, surprisingly well attended. I donated 3 pieces of original artwork to the “Help the Hodges” Benefit Auction that was being solicited by C.A.P.S. member and Disney animation artist Chad Frye. The auction will take place on January 21. 2010, on Ebay. To learn more about the tragic curcumstance of Matthew Hodge, and see the art for the auction, go to http://www.helpthehodges.com/