{"id":695,"date":"2008-04-01T19:52:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T02:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themovingcastle.com\/journal\/?p=695"},"modified":"2008-04-01T19:52:15","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T02:52:15","slug":"male-nude-with-fig-leaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themovingcastle.com\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Male Nude With Fig Leaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes in a life that includes drawing for 4 to 6 hours per day you have flashes of insight.  Last week I realized that men&#8217;s genitals are darker than the rest of the skin but that you don&#8217;t want to draw them that way, or they become a focal point in your work, and then the work becomes either creepy or a piece of pornography.  I&#8217;m not really into that.  You want your work to look good, not necessarily completely accurate.  If it&#8217;s just nasty, what&#8217;s the point?<\/p>\n<p>Today I realized I had had enough of drawing our nude model&#8217;s grody colorful genitals.  I put a fig leaf over that mess and I am a happier person.  For your viewing pleasure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/2380978721\/\" title=\"Male Nude with Fig Leaf by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3268\/2380978721_64c53cc150.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Male Nude with Fig Leaf\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes in a life that includes drawing for 4 to 6 hours per day you have flashes of insight. 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