Some pinup artists are skilled, sophisticated and patient enough to add a little technical challenge to their work - the mirror.

While looking for pinup twins a month ago, I found myself eyeing another pinup art practice - the mirrored pinup. I haven't managed to find an essay about the appearance of mirrors and reflections in a painting (let me know if you got the inside story via comment or email ), but I gather it’s an interesting research subject. In pinup art a lot of the profound meaning is shallowed out to eye-candy. I’m hoping to find some insight into the mirrored pinup.

Showing Off All Assets

As I said, in most pinup art, the profound possibilities of meaning are usually shallowed down to simple efficiency. In most cases, the pinup will be either facing the viewer, or with her back to the viewer and the mirror is there to show all the pinup’s assets - front to back.

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Tags: Through the Looking Glass, pinup artists, mirrors, mirrored pinup, WWII., Nazi propaganda, Enoch Bolles, Kevin Clark, being watched, self Portrait, glamor girls, Gil Elvgren, pinup assets

Ralph Burch is a fabulous contemporary pinup artist. Seems to be influenced mainly by Enoch Bolles and Gil Elvgren. On the other hand, he’s definitly got the slickness of today’s digital touch. Beautiful art with a giggle and a smile. The Best Kind

Tags: Ralph Burch, Pin Up Art, contemporary pinup artist, Enoch Bolles, Gil Elvgren

Is the contemporary pinup pornography?

Last week, I posted a whimsical little anthology about pinups in sports. I had a few interesting remarks, on and off-site, inquiring as to “Where are the real women?” I didn’t completely understand the nature of the question, but a thought came to my head: Unlike Playboy, some readers read this blog for the pictures. Am I a Porn Blog? Some, I suppose, think so.

All this train of thought brings us to today’s issue: Is the contemporary pinup pornography?
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Tags: Contemporary Pinup, classic pinups, Erotica, pornography, Shakira, sexuality, eroticism and fantasy, BDSM culture, misogynistic, Lorenzo Di Mauro, Hagime Soroyama, George Petty , olivia de Berardinis, Frank Frazzeta, Christina Aguilera, Billy De Vorss, Alberto Vargas, Enoch Bolles, Britney Spears

For this Pinup, Polar Bears aren't Just a Prop!

While thinking up a pinup for Earth Day, I came across Enoch Bolles' horrific (yet mesmerizingly painted) pinup in red lingerie. Traumatized for life, an idea popped into my head for another environmental pinup.

As many of you know, one of my favorite pinups involves such senseless brutality, Elvgren's The Bear Facts (under the Enoch Bolles pinup). This is my take on The Bear Facts, and the role of Polar Bears in pinup art, in the 21st century.










Click on the item of your choice and Say "no" to the bear-rug.

keep polar bears and pinups alive!

Tags: The Pinup Shop, The Bear Facts, I Prefer Them Alive, save the Polar Bears, Gil Elvgren, Bear-rug, Earth Day, Enoch Bolles, Environmental pinups

Corsets, sheer robes, silk, cotton, flowers and polka dots and everything nice! That’s what pinup unmentionables are made of. For your pleasure and education, here’s a peep at pinup lingerie- then and now.

There was an age, when you could catch a pinup in regular, every day panties. White cotton shorts that would peep out from a scandalously flowing skirt. With the rise of girlie magazines, came a demand for more risque cheesecake. Artists, happily obliged and today there is a huge collection of drawings of the day’s finest lingerie and fantasy wear.

Your Basic Shorts and Matching Bra

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Tags: pinup lingerie, Fantasy wear, Erich Sokol, shorts, 1930, 1940, 1950, Little black teddy, Enoch Bolles, Al Buell, Billy De Vorss, Donald Rust, Peter Driben, Hubert De Lartigue, Hajime Sorayama, neo pinup revolution, BDSM, Fetish corset, Paul Corfield, Greg Hildebrandt, Marcus Gray, Robert Skemp, Bill Ward, Bill Randall, Bill Medcalf, Matching bra, Alberto Vargas, see trough robes, sheer night-gowns, Gil Elvgren, retro polka dots, Earl MacPherson, carlos Cartagena, Olivia de Barardinis, Rolf Armstrong, Vaughan Alden Bass, Art Frahm