I really like pinup art. Particularly girly pinup art, I usually like guy pinup art too, but honestly there's not nearly as much of that and it usually depicts men who aren't really the type I go for. I guess it's an artist thing in that I appreciate the depiction of beauty.
One thing I find particularly interesting is that pinups are often an area in art where the personal interests of the artist really come through. You can look through a guy's (or a girl's of course) pinup art and get a pretty good immediate guess of what they find beautiful in women. I love any medium where the artwork provides insight into the mind of the artist.
All this is why I found this blog fascinating.
babelab.blogspot.com
The author analyzes the art of various pinup artists and picks out what they focus on, what works in their art particularly well. He also interviews artists, which is cool though for some reason I can't stand reading interviews, it just bores me instantly. In any case the analyses of pinup art is fascinating and in older posts he presents common pinup poses and how they work to highlight various aspects of the body.
Stuff like this
is particularly neat.
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