Physique baroque
Just the other day i remembered going to the old masters collection in Dresden, Germany as a child. It was the usual tour we did, whenever we had guests from abroad. There’s a lot of beautiful paintings, but as a boy I was especially fascinated by “The drunken Hercules” by Peter Paul Rubens. Still today I think this painting is incredibly sexy with its bold nudity and I’m happy beards like his and muscles combined with sheer body mass became fashionable again.
An artwork that left a mark
And how that things often go, when I was looking for picture material to work with later, I stumbled upon THIS man. What particularly appealed to me about him and his pose was its almost baroque character. Body mass in the swing, in the movement. I tried to emphasize the whole thing with expressive shadows.
I captured the creation of this drawing in a video I’d like to share with you here as well:
Somebody into gorilla 🦍 built men as well? #gaysmr #illustration #nudedrawing #bulge #malebutt pic.twitter.com/VjI8SgAjJb
— Paul Astor (@paul_astor) December 16, 2021
Emphasizing his smooth skin
If I have set in the previous drawings of this series on larger color contrasts, I knew this time at once – here I want to stay softer. That is why I have chosen a delicate apricot for the background. A tone that is quite close to the actual skin tone of this muscle bull. The small colored accents in the drawing are also emphasized by this. I wanted you to be able to literally feel his skin, even though this drawing is deliberately far from wanting to go too natural.
A selction of drawings from the Series “Men on the Index” is already in my shop. I’d be happy if you take a look!
Technique: Faber Castell Polychromos crayons on index card and origami paper
Size: 11,5 x 14,8 cm