This picture of Keegan Whicker sums up much that I admire in a man.
A cute face and nicely muscled physique naturally but his spectacular thighs that make a pair of simple, white briefs look like the sexiest garment ever invented.
His stubbled jaw and reversed cap add a touch of casual, youthful individuality.
If you're looking at Christmas present ideas, he'll do for me!
more Charlie underwear
Commercialised Halloween isn't for me but this marvelous image by Wes Hemple is a nicely gay imagining of the truely spooky element of All Souls Day, with two young men digging in a murky graveyard and apparently unconcerned about what might be stirring beneath their feet. A silent head from a statue seems to be warning them.
More art by Wes Hemple
I wish my teachers had looked like this!
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| Breyette - Favourite Subject |
What do we want to talk about today, class?
Men at work, stripped to the waist in industrial settings make for great imagery.
Machines and muscles are also a fascinating combination.
Human strength pitted against mindless solidity.
This image by Mentar treats us to a model with a superb muscular back, but adds an unexpected fantastical narrative as he appears to be about to be swallowed up by the maw of this strange monster
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| Henry Marvell Carr - Sgt Montague one of the Desert Rats |
Two portraits of military men from a British artist I hadn't known about before.
They capture the masculine charm of soldiers and sailors rather well.
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| Henry Marvell Carr - An Ordinary Telegraphist |
These images came from Uniformes et Stereotypes blog which is a fantastic resource of retro imagery regarding all branches of the military and also discussions of the work and inspirations of some important, vintage gay artists.
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These images also complement the ongoing series at mitchmen blog featuring the imagery of the vintage, British 'Royale Studio' from the 1950/60's. Royale Studio was founded by Basil Clavering as beefcake photographic studio, but they also produced 'storyettes', which were photo series which often featured military scenarios of sailors and soldiers getting into tight clothes and mischief. The actors were often, reputedly, serving members of the British armed forces. As an adjunct to that series I am publishing, bit by bit, my entire collection of Royale images collected from the internet over the years to form an open archive. Two more 'new' Royale images turned up this week in my browsing.
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| Kolins - Marvel Team-Up |
This muscular image derives from the famous 'lunch on a skyscraper' photo of the 30's but it shows not ordinary men but two Superheroes Daredevil and Luke Cage, commiserating about their office politics.
It's actually much more interesting if seen as Daredevil using his special powers and spare time to grab an impromptu, romantic lunch with his construction worker buddy.
The artistic style is rather spidery, so I suppose the jokey, Spiderman lunch box beside is a rather apt addition. The colouring too is relatively austere for a Comic cover.
