Pretty On The Outside

True Blood! Oh my god, oh my god, OH MY GOD!!! Oh my Joe Manganiello!

Have I blogged any of you into watching True Blood yet?  If you're a TB virgin, I'd recommend netflix-ing the previous two seasons as jumping in at this point would probably be a tad bit confusing.  Or you could just do what I do and pour yourself a strong drink, unzip your pants, and enjoy the bounty of eye candy that this show delivers.  And good lord does it ever deliver.  I'd offer a recap but as I said in the last posting, I'm pretty confused myself as to what's going on.....  My heart was racing a mile a minute during the show with all the revelations, twists, and turns and I kept hitting pause on my TIVO remote in order to see how much time was left.  I was so worked up that I shout-asked my partner a number of times, "What the hell is going?!?!!!"  And it felt like I had an irregular heartbeat during some of the scenes: when the Vampire was questioning Sookie about what she was, when that King ordered the death of Bill at the hands of his maker Lorraina, when Eric threatened to rip the head off the vampire Queen, when Tara attacked the vampire who wants to turn her, when, when, when....... My heart is pounding again!!!!  With moments to spare, I was just about to ask where the f**k was Alcide,  and then he appeared..... NUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It was like a grand finale moment on American Idol--- I expected to see confetti and an all black choir emerge.  Here he is...... Joe Manganiello the 6'5" tower of perfection himself.

Take it in...... take it in.  There was only the briefest of an ass shot but thanks to slow motion on my TIVO and thanks to the screen caps from a great nudity filled site called Superhero Fan, it's possible to bask in the glory.  One amazing ass shot after the jump.

Body painting. Marcelino.

I am on a body painting spree of late so get used to seeing lots more of that work here.  Lots more.  Sure I have fun drawing and recapping the attention-starved antics of those Real Housewives but this body painting work is the yin to that crazy yang.  That dang yang which I love too.  Anyway, I painted on my friend Marcelino for the second time this past Thursday.  That previous session I did the body painted portrait look on him which you can see more examples of here.  The following is my favorite from that shoot.

 

For this go-round I did the other look which is a graphic-illustrational-carnivale vibe.  Woo woo!!

I painted a 40" x 60" canvas which I used as a backdrop.  I'm a huge fan of well done graffiti and have seen some stunning work in New Orleans, Mexico City, and NYC.  I hopefully channeled that feel in this scrolling, dripping, doodle-y, colorful painting.

Here are some photos of me painting Marcelino.  I used mostly MAC Chromacake along with Wolfe, Kryolan, and Mehron body paints.

Lindsay Lohan begins her jail sentence......

I was watching the news this morning which was interrupted by the story that Lindsay Lohan had begun her 90 day jail sentence.  In honor or more appropriately in dishonor of that event, I'm reposting this illustration I did of her back in June 27, 2007.  Vintage!  Yet sadly still relevant.

All my Lindsay postings can be seen here.  My favorite Lindsay illustrations however are posted after the jump.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey. The Gloves are coming off.......

..... and the stupid is in full force.  Look at me!  I'm posting the same day as the show.  Woo woo!!!  To be honest, I went on-line a few hours ago and caught a sneak peak of tonight's episode on Bravo's website.  Danielle who truly looks like Jim Henson made a tragic muppet was learning some self defense moves.  It's clearly a dream come true for her to be in this drama-fest with Ashley who pulled her hair at that country club.  It gives her relevance on the show and some potential income.  I'm by no means condoning Ashley's behavior it's spectacularly stupid but Danielle is a dog seeking a bone.  Any bone.  And that bone was the hair pull which allows her to sue.  I'll get to that......... 

I should mention that when I went on-line earlier I saw Danielle's self defense training--- she imagined that one fist was targeting Teresa and the other was focusing on Jacqueline.  And I drew the following....

Just for sh*ts and giggles, I added some digital color.

The original is for sale on my etsy shop here.  By the way, c'mon readers--- buy some of my drawings.  It does an artist good.  :)  I created that spectacular artwork sober but when I watched the episode tonight, instead of my usual Cabernet- I turned to scotch.  This show has driven me to the hard stuff.  And I drank a bit too much so please forgive my spelling and occasional missed words. 

True Blood. Oh hell yeah!

Did you watch True Blood last night?  Oh.... my.... God was it good!!!!  If I can convince just one person to get on board the undead express that is TB, then I've done my good deed for the day.  This season is all about twisted and turning plots lines and I'm not even going to attempt a recap because I'm a bit confused to be quite honest.  And fully turned on.  Let's investigate the latter.  Allow me to showcase the physical perfection that is Joe Manganiello who plays Alcide.  

Try and keep your pants on while viewing these photos...... 

 

Or don't........

Joe's 6'5" by the way.  Pants still on?

Sure Alcide is a werewolf but that shouldn't get in the way of loving him.  He's a good werewolf if there is such a thing and he's in charge of looking after Sookie.  I think I may be part werewolf too because when this scene began with the shirtless Joe, I howled.  I howled and foamed at the mouth.  Don't judge.  I saw him on some entertainment news show and he was talking about how he'd been initiated into the brotherhood of the sock while filming.  Meaning in his nude scenes (cut to me howling) he wore a sock over his bountiful treasure.  I'm assuming its a bountiful treasure based on that nose.  Oh if I could only interview that sock.

The photos are from my new favorite site called Fuck Yeah Joe Manganiello.  I couldn't have said it better myself.  

Do yourself a huge favor and watch True Blood.

xoxo

The Real Housewives of NJ. The photo below perfectly sums up last week's stampede fight.

Hey again.  I had a couple projects I was working on last week and it seems I forgot to blog.  Oopsy!  As this is way beyond late--- a new episode will be airing tonight--- I'll keep this brief.  Pamplona, Spain has the Running Of The Bulls and last week we were introduced to New Jersey's Running Of The Bullshit.  Or to partially quote the dazzling natural blond above, the Running of The F**king Bulls***!  Teresa whose hairline now starts at her eyebrows threw gasoline at an open fire when she initiated a conversation with the exiting Danielle.  Danielle in turn waved a red cape at the hairy beast when she stopped, engaged Teresa, and shouted that her house was in foreclosure.  You got crazy on my stupid!  No, you got stupid on my crazy!  I don't remember how it escalated so rapidly but a terse volley on dim-witted slurs were exchanged and then Danielle took off running towards the exit.  Teresa sporting a good 20+ pounds of baby weight was pressed into a flattering (?) black stretch-tube dress with a chinchilla mini-hooker jacket dropped to all fours and galloped after the fleeing lunatic.  Instantly the whole party seemed to join in the stampede as the halls of that venue were filled with the echoing sounds of desperation to be on TV and elation of being in a mob brawl.  Nostrils flaring and hairline lowering, Teresa bellowed "Coke whore" and "Kidnapping bitch" as Danielle shrieked for her body guard to keep them away from her.  That venue must be size of an airport because they seemed to be running forever.  The whole scene was wonderfully beyond ridiculous but I think the best part was in the middle of all the frenetic camera angles Danielle yelled, "I broke my heel."  It was pure drag queen magic.  A wailing Danielle stopped just outside the front door as Kim G tried to console her, and by console her I mean Kim violently shook her while screaming, "Calm down!!!!!!!!!!!!", which is clearly soothing.  Kim G must have just snorted a few lines of Boniva at the party because she was a spry as a girl.  Danielle was clearly loving every second of this-- it's what she wanted-- and just as she was leaving the property, Jacqueline's daughter came up behind her and pulled out a chunk of Danielle's weave.  To fully quote the flaxen-haired beauty in the above photo, "This is such f**king bulls***!"  Amen.

So what now?  Will Danielle press charges?  I bet yes.  The more attention the better, right?  Oh those Jersey gals............

Previous NY recaps can be seen here.

Thanks!

True Blood. Joe Manganiello is True Buff.

Have I read all the Anne Rice Vampire books?  Yes.  Well, I read all the Lestat books.

Do I like the Twilight movies.  No.  Make that fuck no.  I think that shit's stupid.

Am I obsessed with Vampires?  No, not at all.  I'm a fan of well written television and True Blood is definitely that.

Why am I interviewing myself?  Not sure--- I just sat down at my laptop, started typing away, and this is what came out.  Soooooooooooo for those of you who are unsure whether or not to watch True Blood on HBO, let me encourage you.  Yes it's about Vampires but not exclusively.  There are all sorts of creatures and twisting plot lines and eye candy galore.  If you're into guys, gals, or both--- this show delivers.  Season two has introduced Werewolves and as I apply a cold rag to my forward let me just say I approve that message.  Go Team Werewolves!  The best of the best of the werewolves is named Alcide played by Joe Manganiello and he had a very important scene last night.  A very, very, very important scene.  Here's what I'm talking about. 

Click to enlarge for better slobber-inducing viewing.

Warm.......

Warmer........

 

Center of the sun hot!  Ok, that's the best body ever shown on television.  I think "Oh my fucking God" came out of my mouth, or was it "Thank you Jesus!" ?  Sorry, I need to apply another cold rag to my forward before I continue.......  Not that there was any question about my viewing loyalty, but I'll never stop watching this show.  Never.  And how's about a round of applause for Joe's outfit in the above photos.  Thank you True Blood, its wardrobe stylists, and Joe himself. 

Photos from a fun site full of nudity so be warned.  Click on Superherofan Blog for more pulse-raising eye treats.

Body Painting.

Hello again. Wanted to share with you all some of what I've been up to lately.  I'm definitely in a body painting zone and there are two directions I'm moving forward with.

1.  Body Painted Portraits.  I first paint a large canvas with acrylic paint using aggressive brush strokes and next paint on a model with body paint makeup (MAC Chromacake, Mehron, Kryolan, Wolfe).  I then photograph them standing in front of that canvas.  The goal is to alter/ skew the perception of what you're looking at.  Hopefully you'll think it's a flat canvas.  Here are two recent examples:

Please click on these to enlarge.

That's Khalif and he's one of the nicest people I've had the pleasure of meeting.  To take the concept even one step further, I painted a portrait of him on him.  More in the second half of this posting.

That's Dawn and she's 100% sunshine.  I fashioned a top out of paper and used three separate hair pieces to mold that updo which is covered paint and some other secret ingredients. 

2.  The other direction of body painting is an illustration-graphic look.

That's Manuel and he's also a sweet heart.  For the background of his shoot, I used a roll of white seamless paper and painted a scrolling floral line detail using black acrylic paint.  On him I painted the same floral line detail and added an electric blue by MAC Chromacake.  That color is extremely vibrant in person.  More of Manuel, Khalif, and Dawn in the second half of the posting.