There are times I wish I could save it as it is. I really like the way it looks now, but I can’t wait to see it finished either! Ah well, that’s what photographs are for!

The finished work will be appearing in a very cool steampunk show during Loréal fashion week so stay tuned!

This woman has buttocks, but no dividing line.

You can see where the heal tool was used, and you know that even with some shapes there is no way that this woman was born without a buttcrack.

In Japan, anime with nude breasts can be shown on any channel at anytime- providing the nipples are removed.

In many countries the tiniest bikini (an inch covering the butt and nipples) is enough to satisfy propriety while nudity or g-strings aren’t.

The details, it seems, must be covered or removed.

This makes me wonder. Is it the breast that’s “offensive” or is it the nipple? Are buttocks a problem or just the crack? Why are they offensive? Is it because the are the functional part of that zone? Or because they are the defining characteristics of those dodgy areas? If nipples are the offender then why are men’s acceptable?

Consider this an open forum, I want to hear your thoughts on these questions!

Well, that was a nice break! I’ve had a chance to relax and a chance to be sick as well. Yay. but now it’s time to get back to work. This year I want to try writing shorter posts and see how that goes. The plan is to actually publish more. We shall see!

A lot of my Daz time of late has been more technical in nature, a lot of tweaking and experimentation. I have some new toys that I have been practicing with! This is the result of some experimentation and I love the eerie light quality! I still want to tweak the head a little, but it’s coming along really well, I look forward to painting it up.

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to new years resolutions, why we create them and what they do to us. Last year I had several blog posts worth. Did I achieve them all? No, sometimes because the scope was too huge, and sometimes because as the year went on they lost relevance or new things came up that changed the game.

This year I am trying a completely different tack. I am shunning my old standby the list and going with a single new years resolution:

Identify opportunities and seize them

Last year I started to see how powerful this could be. I took a massive step forward in my career mindset just by being open to new opportunities. I liked it so much I want to dedicate my year to this single premise. And the best thing is that this doesn’t just refer to work, everything is an opportunity waiting to be seized.

What opportunities will you seize in 2012?

• I painted and painted and painted some more, my skills were increased and I know that I made some of my best work this year.
• my studio is a sanctuary. It is incomplete, but it’s going well and is a constant source of joy.
• I participated in lots of exhibitions. I unleashed my inner geek.
• I saw opportunities and I found shows in unlikely locations.
• two students interviewed me for their assignments on artists and inspirational art
• I did a public interview with Phantomimic
• I was invited to speak on a panel in Sydney and overcame my fear of public speaking to speak about a subject very close to my heart. I am intensely proud of this
• I saw Bill Henson speak twice, I asked him a question in front of thousands of people and cameras
• I filled my life with art and watched how that influenced my toddler to start creating.
• I made contacts with some really lovely people.
• I became more confident in talking to others and marketing face to face
• I made good sales even in this economy. Not as good as some years but still enough to be proud of.
• my affiliate marketing started paying real dividends, rather than just supporting my online costs. it provided a steady stream of income to supplement my art income.
• I watched a wonderful artist recover and survive a terrible beating with the health stick and come back fighting and ready to take his art career to the next level.
• I learned to ask for what I want, and make more of every opportunity
• I was one of 32 artists selected to be a finalist in the Art Revolution Taipei international art competition. Over 2500 artists entered!
• I got a new imac, it’s awesome. it picked up my rendering times no end.
• I started physics based rendering, I’m still really new at it.
• I watched Erica start to walk, and talk more, watched her love of books and drawing grow and watched her develop in so many ways. I’m very lucky to work from home so I can still share in these special moments!
• I overcame my fear of cameras a bit and started posing again. I intend to conquer my fear more and get some new profile pictures soon!
• I completed my 505050 project, despite paper shortages and uploading problems. Not all the works are up yet but I completed them in time. this is a pretty big effort!
• I redid my website, new back end, new design and all new traffic! it looks pretty sweet. I have more to do but I’m very happy with how it is going.
• People told me I was their hero. You can’t get cooler than that!

God and I were nude.

Link

The difference of a painting in the nude becoming lewd
Is in the shadows

Arthur Tugman

Scott only asked me to do the movie because he couldn’t get anyone else. He asked everyone ? Mel Brooks, Marty Landau, Carl Reiner. They were all afraid of the nude scene.

Garry Marshall

Even in Orange County, reference to nude figure drawing is not exactly stimulating in a sexual manner.

Jonathan Lovett