Fruity Harvest Down Under

 Some of us shiver, but in other parts there is

a Summer of fruitfulness and juicy veg,

provided by the Market Gardener.

artwork by hongd542 at deviant art

Crazy Barber Shop

 Art by Blake Alexander

A gay artist with an interesting style 

It's not all roses

 Life isn't a bunch of roses, 

but this bunch might lift you.

model: Oliver Rose 

by Markus-Brehm

for Kale Owen underwear

At a loss for a hoss

 If you go riding with a cowboy in the bush,
make sure both steeds are securely tethered.

underwear by modus vivendi 

In The Wild

I have a thing about patterned briefs (see label at the foot of the post).

I insist my gardener wears them when he's tending to my pants plants.

It's turned him into a bit of a poseur, but I can't complain.  

Male models

 There's a curious ethereal, dream-like quality about this image that I find very intriguing. 
It's from an underwear ad but doesn't seem to be selling the product very strongly.

 

It seems to allude to 'cruising', gay lifestyle, but the atmosphere is almost the opposite of a darkroom. The men look lost, stranded in a cold clinical space, like candidates for a lab experiment.

It's as if they've been picked up at random, strangers put together in a sterile prison.

 

 

 The one that got away. Scrambling onto a passing freight train.

He looks back, checking for signs of pursuit. 

It's a curious place where this man would pass unnoticed! 

Merman by hongd542

 Mythical mermen are a natural subject for AI art creators. This fantasy by hongd542 shows one haunting an ancient city that has sunk into the sea. He has a magnificent physique, a beautiful swirling body line and, it would seem, a taste for adorning himself with precious artifacts salvaged from the ruins. 

I normally ponder the secrets of merman reproduction in these images, but this one gives no clues in the below stairs department. That deflected my thoughts to wondering about those upper body muscles. Perfect for luring unwary sailors onto the rocks, but how did he develop them without access to an underwater gym or even legs with which to brace himself for heavy lifts?

Actually, as is the way with AI, the origins of his lower body are betrayed by the bend in his tail at about knee height and the suggestion of a flexed foot between his tail fins. That suggests he's actually a human who has been condemned by some sorcery to roam the seas, with his legs (and everything else, I suppose) trapped inside a fish's tail, like a sheath. Is there a hint of frustration in his facial expression?

 

This powerful image by the same artist seems to play on that predicament, with the merman seeming to be torn between his old life on dry land, and life in the sea, which is now the only place in which he can survive. A demonic glow lights his eyes, reflecting his state of enchantment and, perhaps, his anger and frustration, which he is doomed to inflict on innocent matelots (if there is such a thing!) from now on.

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hongd542's art has been featured at mitchmen blog