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Magazine Illusions . . .

These are something . . . Crooked Brains by Venus . . . magazine photos used to create interesting illusions.

Fancy Frontier 10 . . . cosplay!

Last weekend, July 28-29, 2007, the Phillips family headed off to the Fancy Frontier 10 comic book and cosplay convention held at National Taiwan University in Taipei.

Kaye cosplayed as a character in the manga/anime Reborn and spent most of the time with a couple of her friends.  The friends were supposed to also be in costume but didn't get theirs in time.  Next cosplay, there should be a group of 'em in costume though.

This was a big event with over 33,000 people in attendance.  Yes, that many folks.

See the complete gallery of images we took during the weekend, go here.

IT'S GOOD TO BE KING

A couple girls ran over to me and asked to take a photo with me. One of them demanded that I let her kiss me for the photo because I'm so "cute" for some strange reason, when asked by a pretty girl to be kissed I have this odd habit of consenting.

REBORN

My daughter Kaye in her Reborn costume doing her Death Note pose.

MOTHER KNOWS BEST

My wife, Lorraine, and my daugher, Kaye, take a breather in the hot sun of the first day of this weekend-long event.

THAT'S A LOT OF HOT SWEATY BODIES

Since he was visiting, we dragged our good friend Joshua Samuel Brown (yes, the internationally reknowned author [web]) to his first ever major cosplay event. Josh is usually as carefree and easy going as a human can be but even he found certain aspects of cosplay convention culture to be well beyond the pale.

PHOTOGRAPHER MADNESS

While there were a LOT of cosplayers out there, at certain times, it seemed that the number of photographers far outnumbered the cosplayers. In fact, at times, it seemed that the photographers were moving in swarms. This was particularly true if the cosplayers happened to be beautiful women in rather . . . er . . . hot not because of the weather . . . costumes . . .

For more of these images from Fancy Frontier 10, go here.  For more Life of Brian cosplay images, go here.  For cosplay news in Taiwan from the good folks at Cospho Up Commision, see here (the next big event is Aug. 11-12).

All the best,
Brian

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Horrible Tattoos

Okay . . . shouldn't be so compelling but it is . . . Horrible Tattoos . . . some of these look pretty nicely done but, yes, indeed . . . for many of them, horrible just doesn't go far enough in describing them. Some of these are really really really really to the ninth power really really bad ideas.

Rock Star not so confidential

A gallery of male rock stars who whip out their penises in public . . . Cock Rock . . . most folks will infer correctly that this is NSFW.

Tai Chi Hustle

Tai Chi as dance form.

Rites of Spring . . .. . . UCLA Undie Run Spring 2007

Enough said . . . thousands of words worth . . . here. Don't you wish you had gone to that school?

Interview With Tobie Openshaw

There's a nice piece of an Interview With Tobie Openshaw on the real taiwan about his Betelnut Girls Photo Exhibition (see more on his flickr - far better than my gallery on the subject, of course unlike most betelnut beauty photographers, Tobie actually talks to the girls and develops genuine personal relationships that enhance his photographs, the like of me just do driveby shootings and it shows in the quality). Tobie's work is head over heels beyond most folks who have approached the subject. He also has produced an important documentary film on betelnut beauties.

Germany's 'Rose Monday' Parade . . . if only

If only . . . Germany's 'Rose Monday' Parade . . . the photo just says it all.

Good Exercise . . .

Why every man wants his woman to want to install a pole in their home. Wow. This woman is very athletic. She's just practicing a routine, but it looks like she's got it down pretty well already. This shows you why poledancing has become a growing popular form of recreational exercise for so many women, not just the ones working in clubs. No nudity, no raw sexual moves, but incredibly . . . er . . . stimulating. This girl is very fit. Link snarfed from Fleshbot (which is nsfw), video snarfed from metacafe (click the video for more).

falling off

falling off
Originally uploaded by davidephoto1.

Randomly surfing flickr and this image by David Cianetti stands out beautifully.  Of course, it's also my chance to check to see how flickr's new blog posting thingie works.  Looks like it works fine . . . for the most part. - Brian

Bety Page . . . teaserama . . .

Underboob Gallery

Uh . . . just because . . . Underboob Gallery.

Meet (The Real?) Angelica Panganiban . . .. . . the joy of photoshop

Fleshbot has a bit on the controversy around Angelica Panganiban's calendar shots that have obviously been photoshopped . . . Meet (The Real?) Angelica Panganiban . . . it wouldn't be such a big deal except that she's on record a number of times flatly denying any of her images have been digitally manipulated. Uh, yes they have. When the dressing room photos came out which show a slight plumpness in her mid-drift and face that is not there in the finished photos . . . see here . . . her handlers actually got a hold of the guys who did the original photoshopping and manipulated those. Sounds like some of Lindsay Lohan's upskirt photos where they added panties to what were obviously pantiless shots.

Ryu's Form Site . . . for fun

Some of the images at RYU'S FORM SITE are NSFW so be forewarned. However, the anime pinups are a delightful hodgepodge for anime and manga fans.

Guitar Face or O-Face?

Is there really a difference? Perhaps the quiz of photos should not be GUITAR FACE OR O-FACE? Perhaps a Guitar Face is just another kind of O-Face.

Meta-morphosis . . .

The online gallery for Meta-morphosis is amazing, disturbing, beautiful, eerie, and more . . . some images nsfw but all of them thought-provoking.

Michelle Yeoh's . . .

It looks like Michelle Yeoh's bottom yearns to be free . . . here. Couldn't reisist. I think she's a wonderful actress.

Evolution of Beauty . . .

Tim Piper has created some amazing pieces for the Dove campaign on self-esteem for girls.

Evolution of Beauty . . .

Dove Daughters . . .

Dove Little Girls . . .

Some excellent work.  The visual impact is strong and the message is well presented.

The campaign is controversial in that it highlights a great deal of just how messed up our perception of beauty has become, narrowed to the point that it can no longer fit what "real" women are like. The campaign is also controversial as critics look at Dove's motives behind the creation of the Self-Esteem Fund. Is it really public service or is it a twist on expanding market domination?

Dove Self-Esteem Fund (media coverage montage) . . .

Valid questions regarding motivation but the message is still valid as the statistics and the damage to young women - who later become adult women with increasingly problematic self-image - is real and quite pervasive.

All the best,
Brian

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Everyday . . . Noah Kalina

Everyday for six years . . . Jan. 11, 2000, to July 31, 2006 . . . Noah Kalina has taken a photograph of himself each and every day. This is the work in progress video. It is extremely hypnotic. The eyes, the eyes. Almost an induction of sorts. See everyday.noahkalina.com for more. I've seen similar projects over a year's time but this is the most longterm.

All the best,
Brian

Qipao Bodypaint . . .

The first image looks like an index but it just sends you back to the main index. To view the gallery images, you need to scroll down and hit the "next" button or a number for a specific image . . . Bodypainting Cheong-sam . . . yes, the navigation is confusing, but the images are quite beautiful.

Modern Showgirls

The folks at Modern Showgirls are hard at work creating an independent online magazine about models, photography, art, music, fashion and culture. They're off to a good start and some interesting bits.

Skills . . .. . . useful skillsets

NERDCORE!!! . . .. . . Sexy Video Game Bikinis

Because you can never have too much games, videos, and sexiness . . . Sexy Video Game Bikinis. Koolness. Isn't videogaming fun?

Famous Navels . . .

Okay . . . I want to know . . . how come MY belly button is not featured at Famous Navels . . . oh, wait a minute . . . I'm not a hot perfect body babe like most of the women featured there . . . being a rotund guy, most folks probably don't want to see my navel anyway.  There are a lot of beautiful bellies on that site, Nicole Kidman's worth mentioning.  Wow.

AMBREL ::... . . how come I never get invited to parties like these?

Seriously, someone needs to start inviting Lorraine and I to parties like these . . . AMBREL ::.. . . . surely, there's a half-naked party somewhere in need of an erudite educated entertaining colorful hypnotist.

Sayaka Isoyama Wears Sunscreen

Just because . . .

. . . because, yep, that's it.

Film School . . . Tera Patrick style

Tera Patrick gives advice on how to make your own steamy sex videos . . . Film School . . . pretty straightforward advice and certainly nothing particularly Teraish one way or another. However, I am certain there are a whole bunch of folks who will benefit from the advice.

Fancy Free

Japanese hentai manga artist Same's work is featured at Fancy Free with a number of other interesting tidbits. NSFW . . . big time nsfw.

Pro-Life Britney?

In the WTF Department . . . Pro-Life Britney: The Birth of Sean Preston. . . a life size statue of Britney Spears on all fours on a bearskin rug giving birth, complete with the crowning of the baby's head.

I don't know about you folks, but I'm pretty sure she didn't give birth to her child on all fours on a bearskin rug. Not many folks would want to mess up a rug like that and not many women are going to give birth on all fours.

The whole "pro-life" connection is a bit on the WTF side, well well past that actually.

There are images at the site.

PATRYK REBISZ

Speaking of films and work by Partyk Rebisz, you really want to check out his beautiful short film Between You and Me which was shot entirely with a Canon EOS 20D still digital camera. A beautiful film shot with still photography and it looks like a movie. It is extremely well done. My daughter Kaye likes to get out our Pentax Optio and shoot photos of Lord of the Rings figures as well as the odd dragon figures which she moves around to created animated photo shorts but so far she's not managed anything this amazingly complex. Perhaps this will inspire her to bigger and better things.

Image of Muse

Beautifully done art nude photographs of Muse . . . Images of Muse . . . she has some aptly named "literary" style galleries and some truly beautiful images. Nicely done. May be nsfw, nothing terribly explicit, just extremely well done female form images and tasteful nudes. Beautiful work.

Immoral Drug . . . images by Seiryu Izumi

Striking images . . . compelling, confusing, confounding, creepy, chilling . . . Immoral Drug.

Programmagazin

Programmagazin has an online archive of more party and nightlife photos and club promotions than one can shake a stick at. Some of the albums are really quite striking.

Batman and Robin

Not the way most folks would think of 'em but makes perfect sense to me . . . Batman and Robin . . . performance set on Flickr. Check her other photography for some wonderful images as well.

Top Ten Female Streakers

Yes But No But Yes has a list of the Top Ten Female Streakers, primarily British sporting events. Their info is taken from the source at the Streakers Hall of Fame . . . worth a look-see, NSFW.

Hein Lass . . . goddess photography

Wow . . . Photography by Hein Lass . . . the goddess series is very striking and incredibly beautiful. Well well well worth the look-see. NSFW.

* a u d r e y k a w a s a k i * . . . . . . delightful lines

Some very nice line and forms . . . * a u d r e y k a w a s a k i * . . . Audrey Kawasaki has a very keen sense of line and movement with some very playful imagery. Her blog is here.

truly, Ron is God . . .

It just caught me in the right moment but I think THIS is a WONDERFUL image! Really catches the spirit of the meme. Wow. While he may not be "God" with a big "G" he certainly is a god, perhaps a minor dionysian deity associated with Priapus and the Nymphs. Nice work.  He may not be the most handsomestesterest of porn stars but by the vast majority of accounts he is a rather nice guy.  What a delightful image . . . his good natured but befuddled expression as he looks at these girls is just engaging.

no more BUSH

The sort of political campaigning that really should catch on . . . no more Bush . . . nsfw.

mise a nu . . .. . . the shape of woman

A fascinating showckwave bit that takes a number of the classic body type photographic sets and rolls them together into one flash experience . . . mise a nu . 2005 . Reynald Drouhin . . . the images roll by very quickly at first. However, the panning is related to the direction and speed of your mouse movement. By moving the mouse, you can slow the roll or stop it. Note that when the mouse is over an image, thit changes to the nude view (the body type exploration). Clicking on an image, gives the nude view of the back. Very well done flash version of the original exploration in human body type and decorative clothing. BTW, if anyone knows of the root sites with these photos (there are hundreds of them out there whick look like the same sets and backgrounds ranging from caucasian to asian women), let me know. The full set must be very extensive as a socioethnographic collection. Oh, if you didn't figure it out . . . not safe for work . . . unless your work specifically deals with this sort of thing.

Just where are these places?if they're in Taipei, I sure don't get invited :-)

Okay, someone . . . anyone . . . please tell me where in the world are the clubs like this and this in Taipei?  Just idle curiosity . . . well, maybe not completely idle.  While you're at it, you can tell me where are all those paties like these?  How come it's always "last night's party" by the time we hear about it?  Why isn't it more along the lines of "the party you're invited to right now" or something to that effect?  Okay, I know.  Don't rub it in.  These things make me feel old . . . I guess that's because I kind of am old . . . at least to the folks in these photos.  What they don't know won't hurt 'em.  Nice party shots though.  Now, where are they in Taipei?  Some invites and/or URLs would be most appreciated.  Otherwise, I'm just going to have to walk up to random folks on the street and hypnotize 'em into giving details . . . and that could get awkward.

signmyboobs . . .when art and fandom and autographerie collide

What a wonderful idea for a weblog . . . signmyboobs . . . I believe I have a pen around here somewhere.

Rob Pongi . . . . . . you just can't stop watching

This is just compelling videomaking . . . Rob Pongi . . . video guy in Roppongi . . . a bit on the wild and weird and sexy side but incredibly entertaining.

Sister Furong . . .. . . Banned from web in China?

Interesting tidbit . . . Sister Furong - Banned from web in China?.

Evidently, she posts a lot about herself with some racy but non-pornographic bits and some zipai (non-nude non-erotic just plain "fashion model" semiglamour poses). Nothing explicitly sexual (albeit racy), nothing political. However she's become quite popular. Kind of like watching a train wreck, fascinating and compelling.

So, the government is evidently shutting her down.

See here for more on her ramblings.

Simultaneity

What a wonderful idea . . . Simultaneity . . .

Multiple photographs documenting particular moments in time. Every member takes one photo of something at exactly the same time, on the same date, as it occurs, world-wide. You only get one shot at it! Dates, times and subjects will be set on the discussion board. The First project for Simulaneity is 7pm 7th August 2005: Submit ONE photograph of yourself... taken at 7pm Sunday 7th August 2005... NOTE: for this particular project, you are only required to work relative to to your time zone i.e. when your clock strikes se7en... you only get one shot... *you must be in the photograph... whether its your whole body, or just a part of your body HOWEVER *this time, the following year (7pm, 7th August 2006), you will be asked to submit a photograph with as close to exactly the same composition... i.e. your body from the same angle, in the same part of the frame etc Limit the amount of people in the photo to just yourself... or, make yourself the obvious center/focus of the photo. Based on the suggestion put forward by Bandido of Oz, the group tag will be: "2005-08-07T19:00:00" NOTE: This is not an upload deadline, photos may be submitted at any time after the allocated time/date. What matters is when the photo is taken Each photo must describe a general location (e.g. country, city/town, area etc). Each photo must only contain one person as the main subject. *** The second project for Simultaneity will ask members to attempt to take a photo at a universal time - relative to a particular time-zone. This will take true devotion...

See you at 7pm, 7 August 2005 . . . be sure to join in the effort and post your results. It should be interesting. I am planning on participating, hope you do too.

That's just plain . . . a BIG Burger!

Okay, I love burgers and fries . . . but this thing frightens me a bit . . . BIG burger.

New York Women

Jordan Matter celebrates the women of New York. Will a Taipei version be next?

Why?Stuff On My Cat

Something my wife and daughter are sure to get a kick out of . . . Stuff On My Cat.

Subtle Lesbianism in Female Sports

Back from the trip . . . this caught my eye . . . Subtle Lesbianism in Female Sports Photographic Gallery.

Because . . . . . . no other reason required

Can't really get tired of this . . .

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