By Way Of Illustration

I mentioned in my last post that I've come to have a better appreciation of drawings and illustrations, whether the subject is a spanking or just a spankable lady. So it should come as no surprise to you that for the last few days I've been browsing through the new blogs I recently added to the blog roll.


While going through the Spanking Art blog, I came across an illustration that seemed to ring a bell. A short dive into my trusty archives found the photo on which the drawing is obvously based. Here they are--

Would you be surprised if I said I prefer the drawing?

There's nothing wrong with the photo, mind you. It's a lovely example of a "spankable"--a photo of an attractive lady and her bottom. In this case, she's lowering her panties, and hopefully somewhere off-camera is a man rolling up his sleeves and positioning a solid straight-backed chair in the middle of the room. It's the kind of photo that any Top would look at and wish he could have the lady over his knee for the next 30 minutes. There's an archway with a sconce, shelves with various items and knickknacks on it, and a covered armchair that is mostly hidden behind the subject of the photo.

The illustration eliminates all of that.....except, of course, for the girl.

By removing the wall, the shelving, the chair--in fact, all the background--the drawing eliminates all the distractions and forces us to focus solely on the subject at hand, namely the form of the lady. Against a stark white background, it's a much more powerful image. It's strength comes from it's simplicity. We can use our imagination to place her anywhere, in any setting we desire. It does what a good drawing can do--it captures a moment, and it establishes a mood, sometimes better than a camera can.

Which comes off the best? For me, the drawing is the clear winner between the two. But go back, look at both pictures, and judge for yourself......

Thanks, And Linking Up

To begin with, I'd like to thank Chross for naming Monday's post, "Very Kinky Star Trek", as one of his Spankings Of The Week!!

Whenever he's kind enough to do that to one of my posts, I'm always tempted to go back to the post and edit it so that the first line acknowledges the honor. You know, something like, ****Selected by Chross as a "Spanking of the Week"****. So far I've managed to restrain myself, but it's tempting.

Someone else who has been kind enough to grace this blog with a few comments has been kiwigirliegirl. To return the kindness, I've added her blog, love honour and obey, to the blog roll. It's listed under "More blogs I enjoy"

She's not the only addition to the blog roll, however.

When I first discovered my interest in spanking, and was old enough to start finding material to feed that interest, I must confess that I gave short shrift to spanking illustrations. I wanted photographs, actual pictures of people participating in This Thing We Do. Even if the pictures were obviously posed, or bordered on the ridiculous, I felt it was better than a drawing. (And some of those photo sets were ridiculous--every picture had spanker and spankee in a different position, and in every picture the spanker was using some kind of different implement--a vase, a golf club, a snowshoe.....just total nonesense.) Still, it was an actual picture of actual people actually spanking. No drawing, I thought, could measure up.

Boy, was I wrong!

Maybe my early opinion had been formed on a few pictures by a poor artist. Maybe the illustrators got better as I got older. Or--more likely--my tastes simply changed as I got older and got more involved in the spanking scene, and also got the chance to actually discover the joys of taking a lady over my knee first hand. Whatever the reason, I began to look at illustrations with a new and more appreciative eye.

Discovering the wonderful work of the artist known as Endart certainly helped.

I still enjoy photos and photo sets if they're done well, but now I'm also a huge fan of drawings depicting the various aspects of spanking. Consequently, I've added a few new links to the blog roll under the heading of "Picture Blogs". I suspect I'll continue to search the blog rolls of other sites to come up with more additions.

For some wonderful pictures and drawings, the new links are:

Spanko4Life, Spanking Art, and the similarly named Spanking Art Photoblog.

Be sure to visit these sites, browse around and enjoy what they have to offer. Leave a comment and let them know you appreciate their efforts.

The weekend's just starting. Proceed at your leisure.....

Keeping The Boss Happy--

--Although, now that I think about it, I can't help but wonder......which one is "The Boss"?

Very Kinky Star Trek

At the most recent Chicago Crimson Moon spanking party, I walked into the party room and the first thing I saw was a very lovely lady in an outfit I can only describe as corsetted black latex (which is probably a horrible description of what it actually was).

Someone near me said, "Quite the outfit, wouldn't you say?", and I replied, "Yes, indeed. Like very kinky Star Trek."

The lady was kind enough to laugh at that, and then offered up her own version of very kinky Star Trek in the form of the Star Trek: Voyager character Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan. My reacation, of course, was "Don't get me started on Seven of Nine." I mean, I used to watch that show just for the scenes of Seven of Nine walking away from people in her form-fitting uniform.

(I just saw Jeri Ryan in an episode of Warehouse 13. No skin tight outfights, but the woman still looks darn sexy.)

The talk of Seven of Nine and Star Trek put me in mind of two Endart drawings that I really like, so I thought I'd post them both here. I'm sure it comes as no suprise that the first one is my favorite of the two.

A Significant Date

August 16th was another one of those important dates in pop culture history.

It is the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, back in 1977. And it's also the birthday of Madonna, who turned 53 years old. Hopefully, she found lots of people willing to dole out her birthday spanks.

To mark these events, I suggest taking the weekend to watch Blue Hawaii while playing Madonna's Hanky Panky in the background.....

A Word Of Warning

"I think something's trying to tell me not to bend over like this......especially with you holding that belt!"

A Favorite Photo Set Conclusion

Here are the last two pictures I have in the series, in color this time. Thanks for sticking around the last few days as I got it all posted. And thanks to Chross, who named this photo series as one of his "Spankings of the Week"! That didn't hurt a bit, now, did it? (Granted, the lady in the photos might have a slightly different opinion on that....)