Michael Manning’s Spidergarden

American artist Michael Manning has a ‘graphic novel’ style a little reminiscent of Escher or Mike Wilks, and well-suited to his futuristic subject matter: his fantasy world, the Spidergarden, is:

the home of Shaalis the Sacred Androgyne and the Metal Spider Clan – an organic self-sustaining environment in which erotic experimentation is raised to an artistic level and the interplay of dominance and submission brings a new kind of freedom…

OK, fine by me.

Manning is a well known published author, and is essentially mainstream – like, he has his own Wikipedia entry! – but his name pops up occasionally in link-lists and picture sample sites, not as a hardcore BDSM artist, more as an oddity, an unusual character whose work is more intriguing than overtly stimulating.

If you are too stingy or disinterested to buy one of his many graphic novels you could still look through the garden initiate section, or the art for sale section, where personally I think the best stuff is. There’s also more for sale on his Obsession Art site.

Also:

On-Line Store: http://www.mm-art.net/
Art Site: http://www.thespidergarden.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaelmanningart

Apart from the fact that black and white predominates, there are a range of styles and themes; delicate tattoo designs and subtle erotica sit alongside graphic D/s porn images. A lot of his drawings are animalistic, not in the usual ‘cute and furry creatures with genitals’ way but in a much more sharp and stylized fashion. Insects are the most common but there’s all sorts of other types too, including androgyny and good old futanari. I don’t much for the animalistic theme but there’s some stuff that I do like, including some of the futa. Here are two favourites.

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Krysztof Nemeth’s Charm School

“Always flirty, never dirty” – yet somehow U.S. pin-up artist Krysztof Nemeth’ work appears in numerous lists of BDSM and Femdom art. Nothing overt is ever really shown, but even without the boots, it’s pretty clear what these women be like to live with.

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I guess on closer inspection there’s a lot that have a pretty stereotypical “dommey” look to them even though they aren’t really doing anything…

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But quite often the paraphernalia is relatively innocent, yet still there’s something suggestive of D/s about the whole thing. To me, anyway.

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Could just be because I like girls that smile, brunettes with plaits, and roller derby. Or maybe because I am close to three weeks without release. But whatever the case I like these pictures more than most pin-up art, or D/S art.

Blogrolled

After some time spent on the outer I seem to be appearing on some new blog-rolls lately. Blogrolls are accounting for a majority of my hits at present.

There might be more that I have missed. This is in addition to the usual blogroll suspects in my galaxy, which have accounted for many of my hits for some time now:

In exploring all of these new links I have clicked through to a whole range more male chastity blogs and realised how many there are now; they really are like stars in galaxies and there’s whole clusters of them I didn’t even know were there. I knew there were a lot when I started up, and decided to read only a few at a time; but now, there’d be no way you could stay across the whole field.

I am really starting to wonder what  percentgage of western men want to have a submission relationship to their wives and girlfriends.

Cricketed’s Blog

I came across a fairly new chastity blog recently (by way of hits from the owner) and decided to stay.

http://cricketed.wordpress.com

His writing makes it clear that he is very excited about is new situation, and very in love. It’s a good combo. Here’s a few selections.

Last night I suggested while swooning in bed (one swoons a lot in chastity) that nothing would make me happier than to give her a month of orgasms in exchange for the opportunity to masturbate in front of her…

Today in the coffee shop, a woman I’ve seen every day for years asked:  ”you’ve been working out like crazy, haven’t you?” I just laughed.  The truth is, I haven’t even been to the gym in weeks.  I’ve just been chaste for two and a half weeks.  I must have testosterone coming out of my ears.  Maybe I smell like a matador to the women I encounter…

And that was that.  When she got between my legs she said,”You haven’t even begun to imagine how I’m going to fuck you in the future…”

Check it out.

Steve.