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mixedmedia · 04-18-2008, 11:40 PM

It's been a very long time since I posted anything to this thread, but to revive it I thought I would brandish the sexiest, most accessible artist I could think of...and I decided on Gil Elvgren - a very popular (and my favorite) pin-up artist of the 1930's through the 1970's. In particular, I love the way he portrayed stockings...it has defined the way I view stockings and the way they should fit.

And, I also love the way he forms the female body - idealized, yes, but still approachable, friendly, innocent. He captures a proportion in the female form that is timelessly charming and sensual. And in some of them, the flesh is so well-depicted it looks you could reach out and touch her.

These works are in no particular order. I will post every Elvgren pin-up I have...which is not sayin' nothin', lol.

Enjoy. How can you not? I dare you.

oh, this is one of my all-time favorites...I love that bikini bottom

I usually make this one my avatar around election time.

I have this image on a really old postcard...it looks much better.

04-18-2008, 11:40 PM	#36 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	Gil Elvgren It's been a very long time since I posted anything to this thread, but to revive it I thought I would brandish the sexiest, most accessible artist I could think of...and I decided on Gil Elvgren - a very popular (and my favorite) pin-up artist of the 1930's through the 1970's. In particular, I love the way he portrayed stockings...it has defined the way I view stockings and the way they should fit. And, I also love the way he forms the female body - idealized, yes, but still approachable, friendly, innocent. He captures a proportion in the female form that is timelessly charming and sensual. And in some of them, the flesh is so well-depicted it looks you could reach out and touch her. These works are in no particular order. I will post every Elvgren pin-up I have...which is not sayin' nothin', lol. Enjoy. How can you not? I dare you. oh, this is one of my all-time favorites...I love that bikini bottom I usually make this one my avatar around election time. I have this image on a really old postcard...it looks much better. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce Last edited by mixedmedia; 04-19-2008 at 01:20 PM..