Art - The Perfect Gift

"The Perfect Gift"

I hope to fill out this description more in the next day or so, but I just couldn't let Christmas pass without an art posting. I actually did this one a while back as a private Christmas card for a few friends, but am making it public (with a few touch-ups/tweaks) here for the first time.

For now, whether this image is from the point of view of the clearly-amused lady in the Santa-ette outfit or the spanked naked young man... whether "The Perfect Gift" here is referring to the bow-adorned hairbrush on the chair, the young man himself, or the intense fireside spanking that just took place... whether this is Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning... well, that's all up to you to decide.

Hope you like it... and again, have a wonderful and safe Christmas, everyone!

A Christmas Message

Christmas again? It comes around so fast, it seems.

It's been a pretty hectic and unpleasant year for me in the latter half, both personally and for this blog; just when I'd think things were sorted out and going okay, something else would strike.

However, recent events have reminded me of the proper perspective. I very nearly lost someone very close in my family, and it's been a nightmare few weeks. I won't concern you with details, but suffice to say that their recovery has been nothing short of miraculous; when doctors tell you that "death is a best-case scenario", hope is in short supply. I don't talk about my faith here, because that's really a private thing for me and not a topic for this blog, but the fact that my family member not only recovered but recovered to about 90% of how they were (from basically "gone") is an incredible and wonderful gift no matter what you personally believe, divine intervention, the experimental medicines given, or something else entirely. I don't know how much longer I'll have them, and the road is still a long one, but I am grateful for any extra time we have.

Still, if the recent 'Not-End of the World' has shown us anything, it's that none of us know how long we have each other. Whether the cataclysmic end of all life on this planet or a sudden and unexpected illness or accident to someone we care for or even ourselves, we need to treasure every moment we have with those we love.

But for today, enjoy the holiday celebrations, but make sure you take the time to tell those you love how you feel. Rather than stress about presents or dinners, argue about long-past family issues or other trivial things, spend time with them. Love them. Nothing lasts forever.

Personally, I wanted to take the time to say thank you to my readers and especially my long-time fans and friends for your thoughts, prayers and support in this difficult time. You know who you are (and how slack I often am at staying in touch and juggling "real-life") but you're all so special and appreciated by me. I was thinking the other day of those old friends long gone, either passed away or simply vanished into the mists of the internet, and I again think of how we should enjoy each others' friendship while we can.

I am officially "back in action" as of today, despite the holiday chaos, and look forward to - I hope - finally getting back to the dozen half-written posts I began in my attempted reboot of this blog a month or so ago (trust me, they're all saved and coming!). Thanks to those who've stayed with me and waited patiently; I hope I can make 2013 a better year for this blog and its content than 2012.

I hope you all have a fantastic holiday season, however you celebrate. And remember to behave yourselves, fellow brats... or be on the lookout for those who aren't, if you're the keeper of the household 'Naughty or Nice' list yourself!

Merry Christmas!

Cheers,
Banjo

Brief Note

I just wanted to post a message to say that due to personal family reasons I may not be around for a bit.

I wanted to post this so that folks didn't think I was abandoning my blog again, and most of all as a way to reach out to all my closer friends I email and communicate with privately too... I'm just not in a place to be able to contact everyone individually right now so apologies for this impersonal "blanket" message; you know who you are, and I will be in touch. Your friendship means a lot to me.

As to the blog, I've loved being "back" this past week and getting feedback again. I already set a week's worth of posts up to automatically post here on-schedule, so you may still see new stuff, and I hope you enjoy. Please continue to comment on old and new posts. Please continue to have fun here. I'd hate to dampen any enthusiasm or sense of enjoyment here, I just wanted to tell you why I may not be replying to everything right now.

Thank you to everyone who welcomed me back so warmly and kindly on my return, I feel bad about this but I have to prioritize. Yet you - my friends online, my blog readers, those I've met recently and those I've known for many years - are all very special parts of my life, and something I try to never take for granted.

I will be back.

Flashback - Look, Don't Touch

"Look, Don't Touch"

Now this is an old piece! One of the first I ever did, in fact.

I was never really 100% happy with it (yeah, but when am I?) and looking now, it's the lighting (too much shadow) that bothers me most. However, given it's supposed to be set at night in a bar, I suppose it works.

The concept, obviously, is based on the old "look but don't touch" rule any respectable bar, nightclub or even strip club has towards its scantily-clad staff... a rule it seems one of the patrons either forgot or chose to disregard!

Well, clearly the waitresses in this cocktail bar has taken exception to the guy who got a bit "handsy" with her. She's visibly angry, letting out her rage on his rapidly-reddening backside here as he gasps and yelps and sobs like a naughty boy. I don't think she thought twice about shoving him forward over the bar and yanking his trousers and underpants down for a very hard, very public, very humiliating lesson in how not to treat the bar staff!

If he refuses or tries to resist, well, she can always call the manager. Or the police. She can certainly have him banned from the bar (his favourite hang-out) for life. She could even call his wife/significant other for him to explain why he was in a bar groping waitresses at this hour of the night?. Or he can shut up and take his spanking. Yeah, that's what she thought.

Looking at it again now, I especially like the other waitress/bartender and her expression as she watches; she looks rather amused at what's happening. I wonder if this sort of thing occurs often here? Does she 'know' the guy getting spanked, perhaps? Is he a regular customer who often flirts with her and the other girls, and now she's smiling at seeing him finally get what he deserves? Or alternatively (more evily!) she's enjoying the show just because she always thought he had a nice butt and is enjoying seeing it get bared and smacked by her colleague? Either way, from the look on her face, I can almost hear her smugly commenting "Yes, that's really teaching you a lesson, isn't it?"

As to exactly what the events leading up to the blonde waitress' ire and the nature of that certain inappropriate touch were? Well, I see several possibilities...

Perhaps (as I likely originally intended) he's indeed the sort of chauvinistic prick who feels "look, don't touch" doesn't really apply to him, that "those girls are asking for it, dressed like that" and even "what harm is there in a playful pat or pinch on the bottom as they pass? It's all in good fun, right?" In which case, he's finding out exactly what an unwanted "pat on the bottom" feels like... though a lot more (and harder) than just one "playful" slap!

Or perhaps he's not such a villain as he might appear? Perhaps it was actually an accident... brushing against a passing waitress while reaching for a drink? Maybe he just forgot himself in a somewhat tipsy state and gave her an "affectionate" touch without thinking? But is that any excuse? Not for this no-nonsense waitress, it seems! She's had enough of drunk, lecherous customers pawing at her all night, and doesn't want to hear his damn excuses... he's just the final straw tonight! She's going to make an example of this guy! He's going to learn to be more careful with his hands in future! He may say he's sorry now, but she'll make sure he's sobbing out very sincere apologies soon.

Or perhaps, just perhaps, he's actually totally innocent? What if the guy on the other stool is in fact the cad who groped/pinched/smacked the blonde waitress as she leaned over the bar between them? What if she spun around and immediately decided it was the poor fellow on the right who did it, and didn't care to listen to or believe his protests of innocence? If that's the case, no wonder the unspanked guy on the other stool looks shocked - that could have (should have) been him! Meanwhile, some poor random guy who just happened to sit on the wrong stool that night is getting an unwarranted, humiliating, pants-down spanking in front of the whole bar for nothing at all!

Whoever he is and whatever he did or didn't do, when his brisk-but-very-sound public spanking is over, will he sheepishly pull his pants up and sit painfully back on his stool, scurry to the bathroom to cry and cool his poor hot bottom in the sink, or run home with his tail between his legs in utter shame?

It was fun revisiting this piece again, not the sort of scenario I often do, but interesting because I can guess that a lot of other spankos would likely think "sexy costumed waitress" = waitress gets spanked^*! Me? I guess my mind went in a different direction without hesitation! While there's certainly a large degree of sexism (and arguably, objectification) inherent in many business that dresses their female employees in skimpy, revealing, intentionally-provocative outfits, I've always felt that - since patrons can do nothing but look (and dream) - these ladies actually maintain a certain degree of power over their male customers. Or maybe that's just my own "anything can be twisted to a F/M dynamic" perspective and how such ladies make me personally feel around them?

Hmm... now I'm thinking that maybe I need to do a follow-up 'restaurant girls' fantasy post?

*Heresy warning! Heresy warning! Awooga! Awooga!

Spanking Software - Six-O-Best

For my first Spanking Software article here, I wanted to take a look at the game that started it all for me ten years go.

GeorgeWare's 'Six-O-Best' ('SOB') is a fantastic and fun little spanking game I discovered online, around the year 2002. The original author's website ('The Study') is long since lost to the transitory nature of the internet, but I wanted to make it available and prevent it from being forgotten forever.

Flashback - Caught With His Girlfriend

"Caught With His Girlfriend"

What's more embarrassing than being spanked by your teenage girlfriend? How about being spanked by your teenage girlfriend's mom for "fooling around" in her daughter's bedroom!

This is an old piece of mine, and one of the ones I wish I still had the master files to re-render at a larger size; IMO, it turned out pretty well especially given the old technical issues I faced (slow old computer that frequently crashed trying to render "complex" scenes like this). The scattered clothing was something I really wanted to do, even though "cloth" is hard to pull off in 3D, especially back then)... I really wanted to capture the idea of the guy and his girlfriend shedding their clothes all over the floor as they "heavy petted" (or even more!) on her bed upstairs.

Did they know her mom was home? Maybe, and they were trying to keep as quiet as possible (perhaps an uncontrolled moan or cry is what led to their "discovery"?). Or maybe mom was "out", and they thought they had the house to themselves for a while! Oops, looks like she came home early!

I wanted to leave several "clues" as to the relationship setup here:

Firstly, the daughter - while half-naked and obviously a bit embarrassed at having her mom walk in on her and her boyfriend in such a situation - is actually giggling behind her hand here (it's a bit hard to see at this size, sadly). Almost in spite of herself, she finds the sight of her mother spanking the daylights out of her kicking, pleading, apologizing and totally naked boyfriend rather funny!

Secondly, note the photo on the dresser besides the sports trophy; it's of mom and daughter. They're a close pair with a deep bond; she's "mommy's little princess", and that means that mom is always going to take her side in a situation where her boyfriend might argue that "she asked me to!" or (worse) "she led me on!". Her darling daughter would never "lead a boy on" like that. He must be lying to save his own tail, right?

Of course, the truth may be different. In fact, when I made this I'm pretty sure that was my thinking. She did lead him on. She invited him up to her room that afternoon, despite his concerns of "what if your mom catches us?". She pushed for him to take their relationship further, to undress, to "touch her there" and... well, he's a guy, right? So despite his better judgement, how could he refuse his cute, half-naked, horny (and very persuasive) girlfriend?

The fact that his girlfriend didn't leap to his defense when mommy burst in and dragged him over her lap to show him what happens to boys who mess around with her "innocent little angel" might make him less trusting in the future, true. Still, if she doesn't decide to dump him after this, I suspect she'll be able to continue twisting him around her little finger.

Not that she was ever in any real danger, of course, outside of the embarrassment of her mom walking in on them like that! Her adoring mother doesn't believe in ever spanking "her precious girl" (who is always well behaved and a perfect angel in her eyes). Why would she ever spank her well-behaved darling?

Or perhaps her daughter actually is going to get punished for this too. After all, she was half naked in the arms of a boy in her own bedroom! Yes, that would call for a severe punishment for the girl... like losing her mobile phone for a few days, no internet for the rest of the week, or even (gasp) not being allowed to go to that big party on the weekend. OMG! Even loving mothers can be "totally unfair" like that! The fact that he'd gladly trade his humiliation and red-hot bottom (that will hurt to sit on for even longer than she'll be without her phone!) for his girlfriend's "awful" punishments is not open to debate.

Regardless of whether she'll be punished or get off scott-free, I suspect that the daughter knowing that she doesn't have to worry about a spanking from mom herself is not only cause for her sexual brazenness compared to his, but also part of why she finds this all rather amusing. Maybe she has a brother who gets spanked, or maybe she's never actually seen a spanking before? In either case, having it happen to her cute boyfriend is certainly something else to witness! Who knows, she might enjoy it so much that she'll end up persuading him to let her spank him too if their relationship continues?

Whether mom will tolerate her keeping him around as a boyfriend, however, is another matter. Even if she does, any social situation which brings the three of them together (such as having him over for dinner or even just picking her up for or bringing her home from a date), will have a very different tone now that he's spent time over her lap. At the very least, the slightest hint of "inappropriate behavior" could see him swiftly turned bare-bottomed over her mom's knee once again!

Is she worth the risk? What do you think? I suspect that with just a sweet smile, a suggestive hip-wiggle or a coy little kiss from her, he'll be back risking his butt upstairs in that same bedroom again soon!

Art - A Heated Discussion

"A Heated Discussion"

I thought long and hard about what best way to announce "I'm Back!" and decided that the best way was with a new OTK artwork, since it's both my favourite position/situation and I know a favourite of many of my readers as well. I'm a particular fan of what I call "squirmy OTK" and I think you can say the term fits here too.

This piece could have easily been called "One-Sided Discussion" or "End Of Discussion" instead, at least as I imagine this scenario playing out.

Being how much I love 'Auntie' scenarios, it should come as no surprise that that's what was in my mind foremost when I made it, though she could easily be a younger 'Mommy' or even girlfriend or wife.

From his expression and body language, I'd say he's pretty much an "amateur" at being spanked, at least with a hairbrush. If not, well... he certainly doesn't take 'em well, does he?

Despite his obvious protests (and very likely pleas), this clearly is a very one-sided discussion taking place: Auntie and her hairbrush have all the negotiating power here, and the sooner he realizes that the better!

I wanted to make her look cross enough to convey that this is a "lecture spanking"... no silent swats here, she's laying down the law as she roasts his bare botty alive!

The title - and my initial idea - suggests that perhaps he's attempted to argue, backtalk or otherwise negotiate or reason with her regarding some disagreement on "adult terms". Not a wise move when Auntie still sees you as a "little boy" despite your age, and when her go-to response to disobedience, disagreement or even just daring to question her authority is to reach for her hard wooden hairbrush! Nothing says "you're not as grown-up as you thought, young man" like being cut off in mid-argument, turned over a firm female lap, and having your bare backside blistered until you're sobbing like a child!

The only thing that belies the concept of "discussion gone wrong" is his state of undress: he's totally nude! Did Auntie strip him of his clothes (as well as his dignity) too before hauling him over her lap? or is the reason for the discussion that she perhaps caught him - already naked - being a very naughty boy in the shower or in his bedroom with a dirty magazine? That would definitely be grounds for a spanking and scolding!

Or is there more formality to this situation than that? Did he backtalk her or push against her rules earlier in the day, and now she's had him strip nude and report for a long, hard, naked bedtime spanking across her knee with the hairbrush as she explains in no uncertain terms who's in charge in this house, and how dissent will be dealt with? Was it something "big", like arguing against her curfew or "no phones or video games after eight o'clock"? Was it something "innocent", like leaving his shoes in the kitchen or forgetting to put the toilet seat down in the bathroom?

Or maybe the poor young man didn't actually do anything wrong at all. Could Auntie have had this spanking planned for him even before he arrived? After he unpacks and takes a hot bath to wash away the dust of the long car ride over, he's summoned by his Auntie (either in his room or hers) and laid across her lap for a shockingly sound hairbrush spanking as she firmly explains the rules of the house to him, not letting up until she's laid out every rule and constraint, until he's sobbing and promising to be good and do as he's told. But while he may seem like a good boy, she wants to be sure from the start that there will be no illusions in his mind that Auntie's rules are not open to discussion.

Either way, from the look on his face, I'd say he's getting the message and agreeing wholeheartedly!

EDIT: A friend pointed out that the lady in the artwork is rather young looking for an "Auntie". I agree that she could definitely be a girlfriend instead, and the whole "not open to discussion" fits a (IMO) very sexy but strict relationship of that fit too. It would also fit with her outfit, too, which I'll admit is a little "inappropriate" for a responsible Auntie to wear around her nephew... right? On the other hand, maybe she's just a rather young aunt and that's part of the whole reason for the spanking: "Just because I'm closer to your age than your mother's doesn't mean you can disobey me or try to negotiate my rules!" :)

Reboot Celebration (Bottom)Bash!

Yes, it's true! I'm back!

Sure, I missed my blog's one-year birthday (that was September 5th!). Sure, I missed my OWN birthday (that was October 2nd!). But better late than never, right?

(famous last words of the nervous young man coming home past curfew?)

It was a bumpy road, and I was nervous even as I published yesterday's post, that Blogger might decide "yeah, delete that blog again for having the audacity to post!". But it's still here, touch paddle-wood, and thus so am I.

I needed the break, after events in my "real life" and all the stress of Google/Blogger's deletions. I needed to refresh and reassess things. One of the things I reassessed was how much I missed this blog and all your comments. So, if you can hang around, if you can keep on commenting and letting me know you're out there and this isn't for nothing, I'll keep on blogging with what you want to see, read and enjoy. As I've always said, I do this for you.

For missing those milestone dates above, and for being away so long with so little explanation, I can only apologize. Hopefully, bringing this blog back and finally making good on my promises of not just new art, but new fun original content of other sorts as well.

I made the artwork below as a very special gift for a good friend a while back (which might explain the level of self-inflicted severity! *blush*), so I hope they won't mind me sharing it here in this form, but it feels like a fitting statement on my being gone for so long.

"A Very Sorry Little Banjo"

Also, this piece does kind of look like how imagine the aftermath of a "Celebration Bottom-Bash" as well. All about the celebration (and celebrators), no regard for the bottom being "bashed"? Or maybe just the result of a celebration like this?

In all seriousness, I'm genuinely touched and honored to know that there are still folks out there who want to see my art and read my ramblings. The idea of having "fans" still seems odd to me after all these years.

Anyway, let this week's "rebirth" and celebration begin!

Banjo's BBS 2.0 - Back4Real2Morrow

Yup. No kidding.

I'm back tomorrow... Google-willing, anyway. :)

It's been a while and a long road back, but I hope to see you all then. I'll try and make it worth your while if you stick around!

Things to come over the next week or so, starting with tomorrow's "Celebration (Bottom)Bash":

• New Art (yes, really!)
• Some of the long-promised "feature" articles (at last!)
• Banjo's Birthday Report
• Love Our Lurkers Day (belated!)
• Unbiased reviews and unpaid fanboy gushing
• A new competition!
• Celebrity (and other) fantasies
• A return to the Emilyverse (*gulp!*)
• And maybe... new fiction? (no promises on that one, though!)

Hey, if I can't make this site look the bestest ever, I can still make the content decent, right?

Oh, you want some hints on actual content? Here's a few themes to muse on and wonder about...

• Culture shock in Japan
• A very hot summer job
• Teacher's pet
• Weekend at Auntie's
• Half-term hell
• Superhero spanking
• Latin heat
• New sheriff in town
• Video Game Grrls rule
• Angry, sexy, crazy?

Plus several classic art "blasts from the past", too, retouched, re-rendered and reposted.

Thanks again for your patience... hope to see you at the party!

Cheers,
Banjo

Note: after using them since I started on Yahoo, CJB.net have discontinued their URL redirect service, which has broken every single URL on my art from then until now. Until I can find a new service and update ALL my stuff, please use this blog address banjosbbs.blogspot.com or (as a backup in case of Google-woes), my old Yahoo Group groups.yahoo.com/group/banjos_bbs. Sorry for the inconvenience.

A Brand New Ugly Look!

Less than five minutes after publishing the previous post, my blog was deleted by Blogger/Google again.

Again, I had to go through the whole "beg to be restored" nonsense, until I got it back again today. Blogger officials still flat-out refuse to tell me what is triggering the auto-deletion "robots" they ridiculously employ, but several volunteers on their message boards agreed with what I'd diagnosed all along: it was something in my whiz-bang custom template that caused the "protecting" (LOL!) robots that look for malicious spam scripts to remove me. Thus, regretfully, I have been forced to remove ALL custom template work from my blog for now. I may reinstate some of it (some things are now "broken" here - due to removing so much of the "guts" of the site) since I can't fathom how countless other blogs use things like LinkWithin just fine, and I can't seem to.

Apologies for how crap my blog now looks... it's rather shameful compared to the work I put in to making it look nice and different before, but if the alternatives are "looking crap" or "getting deleted every month or more" I have to consider the former preferable.

Honestly, the one thing that's held me back from an alternative like WordPress is that I fell in love with how customizable Blogger's templates, look and interface was; simple to edit and could be highly customized to look awesome and be easier to use than the "defaults". Take that customization away... and alternative services seem much more viable.

*sigh* Blogging is supposed to be fun and not stressful, isn't it?

(Oh look, I'm now missing the old "dashboard" across the top of Blogger. That will add some extra frustration, eh?)

Update

A quick update:

A few weeks ago, various behind the scenes issues of running my blog were starting to get to me; even though mostly minor things, it was getting more stressful than enjoyable, more of a chore rather than "fun". At the same time, a very close friend's site disappeared overnight (wary of some very scary new laws in a country I'm happy not to live in!), and then when Google shut me down yet again just after my last post (though only for a day, it meant going through the appeal process for the fourth time) was the last straw. 'Real life' and work had been pretty stressful too of late, and I felt I needed to take a week or so's break totally away from it all. Thus, I took myself off for a week's holiday.

However, I fell pretty ill about a week later, and haven't felt up to blogging or even being online much during that period. Without going into details, it was actually rather scary, especially since one's mind tends to convince you that the worst is to fear, but I'm pretty much on the mend now, and my fears of what might have been the problem seem not to have been the case, thankfully.

It has given me time to think about the future of my blog; I'm hoping that my time away will be case of absence making the heart fonder: that is, it will be more enjoyable for me to return to posting and chatting with readers.

I hope everyone's been well and safe in my absence, and continue to enjoy what I post here. Hopefully, you're all still out there! :)

Short version: I'm still alive, and regular service will now be resuming.

Guest Fantasy: The Emilyverse

Frequent readers will know about a friend of mine who posts here named Emily, who won my 2011 Birthday Competition with her short story and requested a custom artwork of her spanking me as her prize!

During an email chat, Emily and I were discussing our shared love for "narrative" in spanking fantasies, and she wound up sending me a wonderfully perverse and sexy fantasy that was on her mind at the time, thought out in great detail! I loved the idea of her "alternate universe", where... well, I'll let her explain it all shortly!

Emily tidied this up and gave me permission to post it here, as she (in her words) "believes in open source masturbation". I hope my readers enjoy discovering The Emilyverse as much as I did, and I hope to feature some art and other things based around Emily's kinky world.

A word of warning: while primarily F/M, The Emilyverse also contains 'heretical' references to F/F, M/F and M/M too. It also contains ageplay and 'ravishment' dynamics at times. Please remember that this is fantasy! But if that stuff really bothers you, I suggest you skip this post.

Now... welcome to the Emilyverse!

Coming Soon - The Emilyverse

Are you all sitting comfortably, boys and girls?

... coming soon to Banjo's BBS!

Flashback - The Lady Awaits

"The Lady Awaits"

Following on from the 'lady of the manor' and 'dominant maid' themes of this previous piece and post, I am revisiting this old artwork of mine from long ago; one of my earliest, in fact.

Despite the obvious limitations of the software and models I had to work with, I really like how the two ladies - particularly the maid in the foreground - turned out. The maid's uniform is - IMO - very sexy, and her cleavage just as enticing as that of the more detailed models I've used in more recent years!

My thoughts behind this one, as I recall, were simple: 'you' (the viewer) have been summoned to the Lady of the Manor's study for "correction". The smug maid leads the way, clearly enjoying your nervous expression as she opens the study door to reveal Her Ladyship and her hairbrush!

While the maid his clearly pleased with the whole situation, her fiery-haired Mistress in the study looks decidedly unamused and ready to meter out some serious punishment!

Something in the maid's expression reminds me of comments made on my birching piece earlier: that the maid has some sort of 'relationship' with the spankee (here, the viewer) either explicitly as lovers or rivals... or simply that one may have secret feelings (a 'crush' or perhaps disdain?) for the other.

But what about 'you' here, in this point-of-view piece?

Are you a servant at the Manor; a houseboy, a maid, a stable hand or kitchen scullion? Are you about to receive firm chastisement for a job poorly done... an unmade bed, a dusty mantle, an unswept stable... tsk, tsk! Or perhaps it's a simple case of "behavior unacceptable to your position" ("You were doing what with the stable girl?!").

Or maybe you don't 'work' here... maybe you're a visitor to the manor house? Perhaps a relative of the Mistress - a nephew/niece, perhaps? -  staying there for the week, and now finding yourself in trouble with your imperious, wealthy Aunt and about to get a taste of hard, noisy hairbrush discipline across her skirted lap?

Whoever 'you' are, here, I suspect that the maid seen here will be secretly remaining just outside that closed study door, smiling as she listens to the sounds of sharp, stinging reports of the wooden-backed brush against tender bare skin, her Mistress' scolding voice, and the pleading, tearful sobs of someone being very soundly spanked indeed.

That is unless, of course, Mistress requests the maid's presence in the study, to help hold you down for your spanking...

Art - The Gaijin Exchange Student

So, after the last post (which apparently cost me one Follower!), I decided that today I'd post an artwork I'd done of cute Japanese schoolgirls getting their bottoms smacked.

HA! OF COURSE NOT!!!

"The Gaijin Exchange Student"

True, this is indeed inspired by the 'eighteen-but-only-just Japanese schoolgirl' cliche, and of my love of cute Japanese young ladies in general... but me being me, that's going to manifest itself a little differently in my mind compared to what many other spankos might immediately imagine!

This artwork is actually the result of a fantasy I first had when I was in college, when I - like a lot of western twenty-somethings at that age in that time - suddenly discovered the origin of those badly-dubbed morning cartoons I loved as a kid, and with it the weird wonders of Japanese television, comics, food and culture. And, of course, the girls.

In my fantasy, I would be a 'foreign exchange student' in Japan, which back then my brain told me was like every high school anime ever made (only not so many martial arts duels, demons, aliens or mystical goddess harem girls).

Being a "gaijin" (a non-Japanese "outsider" in Japan), it's hard for me to fit in. The language is hard, the culture is different, and all those pretty girls in sailor suits make concentrating in class pretty tough (not to mention having some insane military nut fighting a panda in the next classroom over!).

Pretty soon, I find myself in trouble, and subject to the strict discipline of my (hot female, of course!) Japanese teacher. Maybe because I suck at Japanese? Maybe because I keep screwing up and making cultural faux pas? Maybe I just keep looking at my female classmates' legs in those short pleated skirts?

Whatever the reason, Sensei is angry, and I'm to be punished. You can guess how, right?

Yes, it's a pants-down, bare bottom spanking over strict Sensei's crisply-skirted lap for the poor exchange student.

Hard, hot and very humiliating, in front of a class of giggling Japanese girls (hey, I'm past trying to explain why they're mostly girls; is there any logic in this?). Maybe with her hand, maybe with a ruler or 'stick' (that seems a rather Japanese thing to spank with, for some reason). Whatever she uses, boy does it hurt! Those Japanese women may be petite, but they can really pack a wallop!

As Sensei spanks, I'm sobbing "I'm sorry! Gomennasai! I'm sorry!". Knowing a few more words of Japanese might come in handy when you're over an angry teacher's knee being spanked to tears in front of the class... too bad I wasn't studying harder, eh?

Finally, she lets me up off her lap and scolds me for being such a crybaby as well as a lousy inattentive student and a naughty little ecchi boy. The class hide smiles and laughter behind their hands, as I nod and agree and apologize contritely, ashamed but not wanting to give Sensei reason to spank me any more.

Then comes the 'Japanese twist': instead of corner time, after the spanking I have to stand outside of the classroom in the hallway, pants around my ankles, holding a bucket of water in each hand, until the lesson is over and Sensei comes to fetch me.

Tears still running down my blushing face, I stand alone in the hall, feeling miserable and humiliated, with my bottom on fire and my arms aching from the heavy, water-filled buckets I'm holding. I just want class to end so I can go and lock myself in a toilet stall and rub my poor, throbbing backside!

Except... when class ends and Sensei comes out, she decides that I haven't learned my lesson yet. Maybe I was unable to hold the buckets up the whole time and had to put them down to rest my arms (a "weak boy" as well as a crybaby!)? Maybe she's a sadist who enjoys tormenting foreign students? Maybe she's still in a bad mood because some ridiculous bimbo just got hired as the school nurse?

Whatever her reason, she tells me I'm to stand there until the bell sounds after lunch (kyushoku)... that's thirty minutes!

And so we finally get to the moment seen in my artwork here, where the girls from class saunter over to tease, torment and laugh at the silly "gaijin" from overseas with his sore red bottom - and everything else - on display in the school hallway.

And then, amid all the giggling and bullying and teasing and prodding and poking, just when I thought this day couldn't possibly get any worse...*sproing!*



I am never going to live this down as long as I'm a student here.

. . .

But... they are really kawaii, aren't they?

. . .

I just hope Sensei doesn't come back and see me like this!



(attributed photos copyright Cutie Spankee; if you're an unreformed heretic and like Japanese girls, please pay them a visit!)

That's Extra Heretical!

This is a Public Service Announcement.

I've started writing up some of the articles I mentioned in this previous post, and it's a lot of fun. However, I wanted to post this short 'warning' first:

See, as I'm always complaining, F/m is by far a less common thing - especially online - than F/f or M/f. That means when I'm looking for pictures on the net to illustrate some point I'm making, show a certain spanking position, or discuss a beloved spanking model, 90% of the 'hits' I get in searches - or just the only pics that even fit - are F/f or M/f ones.

This means that in some of these future articles you may see - gasp! - girls being spanked!

I know, terrible stuff, right? Banjo's BBS has always been among last bastions of strictly F/m-only righteousness. When you hear the name 'Banjo', can you think of a more staunchly devoted, pro-F/m guy online? I've fought (flame) wars for the cause!

Yet, it has come to this... heresy!

Yes, Veronica... I'm as shocked as you are.

If you're so righteously F/m-pure that you don't even know what I'm talking about... take a deep breath, brace yourself and click here for an example of the kind of disgraceful heresy (or here for an example of something extra heretical) that may occasionally assault our sensibilities.

I really hope not to offend any of my readers, and that you will still enjoy the upcoming articles despite this.

I sincerely promise that Banjo's BBS will remain firmly pro-F/m whenever possible; I'm not about to start making X/f art or writing X/f stories, don't worry!

All I ask is that you bear with me in this awkward situation, amid these girls' cute, jiggling, red bare bottoms, and forgive me for the occasional...

*BLAM!*

(apologies to Girl Spanks Girl,  Cutie Spankee, Spanking Teen Jessica, and the wonderful Veronica Ricci (aka Audrey Tate)).
(additional apologies to Games Workshop... but feel free to send a sexy female Commissar after me!)

Art - American Whup-Ass

"American Whup-Ass"

Hands up who here knows that Banjo is Australian? Hands up if you thought he'd still do something for the 4th of July for his American readers? Now... hands up how many of you thought he'd actually get it posted on or before July 4?

This piece was actually done quite a while back, but has never been posted online until now. I made it for an old friend, now long since lost touch with, based on a comment she made that inspired me to artistic action. In a chat one day, she playfully threatened that whether I'd been spanked in Australia or not was "irrelevant", and that if I ever came to America I would find out what an "American spanking" was like, if an American woman "opened up a can of whup-ass on your buck naked ass!".

I made this piece as a private joke gift as a result. With this artwork, I wanted to capture her playful sense of bravado (and national pride, perhaps?), as well as try and show my idea of what I felt an "American spanking" -at least as she described it - might be like.

Being Australian, this meant of course thinking in silly stereotypes! Thus, here you'll see a big busty blonde lady as the spanker, complete with 'stars and stripes' bikini outfit! I wanted to somewhat capture the look of the wrestling Divas who were rather popular at the time, combined with just a hint of 'bombshell'.

My friend had implied that an "American spanking" would be super-hard, which made me think of that (IMO) most American of implements: the paddle. And what could be more American than a cheesy stars and stripes spanking paddle?

She had also implied that an "American spanking" would be "old-fashioned", and that meant over-the-knee for me. I didn't see a problem with having my athletic spanker model haul my virtual spankee over her lap for the piece with minimal effort on her part.

Thirdly, "buck naked" had been the order of the day. I believe all spankings should be bare bottom, but apparently an "American spanking" would have the spankee totally nude. Really? Okay, done!

Finally, the specific "whup-ass" comment. I can't say I'm particularly fond of the phrase, but since it was part of her original comment and I happened to find a CG texture for a "can of whup-ass" (yes, really!) I couldn't resist. When the can proved too small in the artwork to read the label, I provided a helpful close-up in the right top corner so it can be more clearly seen for what it is.

In due honesty, I still have yet to experience a real "American spanking". I don't know if my silly artwork is even 1% accurate (though my friend got a good laugh out of it, so... mission accomplished!) but it was a fun piece to make nonetheless. I thought, given America's 4th of July weekend has just passed, this would be as good a time as any to finally share this piece with a wider audience.

Looking at it again after all these years, I can't help but think the spanker looks pretty darn hot and definitely suits my idea of an "all-American gal" stereotype. I also like how the spankee - though not intentionally "me"/Banjo (obviously I'd yet to reach my blatant self-insertion phase here) - is clearly reacting with shock to his bottom-reddening: possibly this is his first-ever "American spanking" and/or dose of "whup-ass" too, do you think?

Perhaps (and now I'm looking at the piece with an attempt at context/narrative that I know wasn't intended when I made it), the flag and patriotic paddle and outfit for the spanker is more than just an artist's silliness? Perhaps what we're looking at here is the U.S. entry for an international spanking contest and demonstration, with spanker-and-spankee pairs from around the world taking part? Hmm... spanking as a competition sport? Now there's a fun idea for a future post and/or discussion, don't you think?

As a curious side-note, did any of you have imagined ideas/fantasies about what a spanking from someone of a nationality different from your own might be like when you were younger (or even still today)? Do cliche-but-often-true idiosyncrasies like British canings, French martinet whippings and Australian wooden spoon smackings help shape these preconceptions at all?

And of course finally, for my more patriotic American readers: do you think Banjo would really notice anything special about "an American spanking" or not?

New Features

So, here's my thing:

I'm hoping to get back on track with regular updates here again as of this week, and part of my plan is to include a lot more "non-art" stuff over time to this blog. I'm sick of feeling like every other post is me apologizing for not posting more often, so I was thinking last night about ways to help solve that.

Making new art (even cleaning up old pieces) and writing stories is very time consuming and demanding. However, taking an hour or so to write up a quick post on some fun spanking-related topic is a lot less effort, so I can do it much more often.

Please don't worry! This certainly doesn't mean I'll be posting any less of my art here, but it does mean that I'll be able to post more often, with other spanking-related material... which I hope readers here will see as a "good thing".

Some of the planned new semi-regular 'features' are listed below, so you can get an idea what I'm thinking (and give me feedback on them too):

• Quick Fantasies - Done in this style, these would be quick (but hopefully-still-sexy) crosses between a short story and a horny rambling. Rather similar to the stuff I write under my art posts, but without actual art... so I can write on any random fantasy that comes to my mind at a whim. Also could include random naughty thoughts sometimes sparked by the most vanilla and unexpected moments in everyday life.
• Starstruck Dreams - Getting somewhat "back to my roots" (for those who remember), this would be me taking a look at a female celebrity I fantasized about being spanked by, reasons why, and imagining what it would be like. Also, a chance to blog about my pathetic tendency to drop to my knees submissively every time I see a picture of Angelina Jolie or Catherine Zeta-Jones. Who do YOU want to be spanked by? (ahh, my old Starstruck tagline!)
• Moments In Spanking - These mini-articles would cover very specific "snapshots" of spanking "moments", such as "the moment underwear comes down", "the moment the spanking is announced", "the first swat", "the 'oh noo!' moment" or "the post-spanking dance".
• Back In Time - Similar to 'Starstruck Dreams' above, but this time I'd look at 'retro' fantasy spankers, old movie actresses and such. If I had a time machine, would I go back to avert wars or cure plagues? No, that's far too risky! Far safer to just nip back and annoy Audrey Hepburn circa 1961 until she upends me over her elegant lap! And I can't be the only one who thinks that the 1980's (all that big hair and spandex) and spanking go perfectly together, can I?
• Fictional Spankings - Sometimes I'm watching a movie and I find myself wanting to be spanked by a female character onscreen, not just the actress. Sometimes, I'm watching a TV show and I find myself thinking "that guy really needs a spanking... and I know just the character who should give him one!" (also known as the 'Terra Nova' Effect).
• Red Hot Reviews - Me reviewing commercial spanking videos, websites, books and audios. I've wanted to do this more and more of late, after discovering what I consider some real "gems" that few seem to know about. Do you value, trust or even care about my opinion? Would the words of "I'm Banjo, and this is my favourite spanking website on the internet" make you want to patronize that site, video or book?
• OMG! It's a Reversal! - Ever watch an F/F or M/F video, read an F/F or M/F story or see an F/F or M/F artwork and think "Damn, I just wish that had been F/M instead!"? No? Only me? Well, this would be me taking a look at some video or artwork I've seen and saying "how could this play out in F/M?" I know a fair few of my readers are X/F fans too, so I'd be open to "recommendations" from those folks for potential material here.
• Girl Power! - Basically, this is where I gush like a fanboy over a real-life woman who's awesome. Maybe she's a real historical figure like Boudicca or Ann Bonny (*swoon*), or maybe she's a smart and sassy fellow blogger or professional domme or spanking model who's ultra-cool. After all, this site isn't just about spanking, it's about female empowerment and spanking!
• Why We Spank - Each article here would cover a single reason - real or fantasy-based - for a common spanking scenario, how I feel about it, how "cliche" they are in spanking fiction/media, etc. Examples include: "poor grades at school", "late home from work", "acting like a spoiled brat", "caught peeping", "shoplifting" and of course the nasty old standby "masturbating". Is a cliche spanking a bad spanking, or do the 'classics' never get old?
• Select Your Weapon - This would be a series of articles dedicated to individual spanking implements. While similar to what Aunty Andrea did here and here (though obviously less sexy coming from me!), this would hopefully provide a place for readers to comment and chime in on each implement and their own views on it too.
• Assume The Position - a look at specific spanking positions in my own long-winded rambling style. Obviously done before elsewhere many times, but - like the implement overviews - this would hopefully spark reader discussion here, too.
• Game Grrl Spankers - Most of you know that I'm a gamer, right? Well, how can I not cover the hottest pixel-and-polygon gals a naughty geek like me can't help by have spanky thoughts about. And no, it's not just Lara Croft (though okay, yeah, she does top my list).
  
• Spanking Software - how much do you know about the spanking games and software programs that exist? Did you know there's a program that can give you virtual spankings? Or one that simulated a trip to the Headmistress' office? That's the sort of thing these articles would cover, including links to download when (as in most cases) the software was freeware.

I hope at least some of those sound cool to a few readers. Again, all this would be in addition to my art and short stories, not instead of!

I'd value your feedback on which you'd like to see the most, as well as any other 'feature' ideas you may have. I'm also open to alternative 'titles' for these, if you have better ideas let me know (some titles I really like, others I'm pretty "meh" on and consider only placeholders).

The only catch to all this is, if I'm posting shorter pieces, especially ones like 'Great Moments In Spanking' which are designed to spur discussion, it will require readers to get involved a bit in the comments sections of those articles. But as you know, that's all I really ask of you here anyway, and hopefully you'll enjoy these posts enough that you'll want to comment and reply!

So, what do you folks think? Want more posts more often? Like these ideas? Let me know in the comments below. Remember, it's for you that I keep this blog going and do what I do!

Flashback - I'm Not Your Girlfriend

"I'm Not Your Girlfriend!"

This oldie is reposted here by popular demand; I've had several long-time fans tell me in comments or privately that this was one of their favourites, so I felt it only fair to republish it here.

The idea behind it was that he's got a spanking from his attractive young babysitter, and she's pointing out to him that despite his signs of 'excitement' that she's not interested in him in that way at all! To her, he's just a "little boy" (regardless of their relatively close age, in my mind) and she's "not your girlfriend!" but his babysitter, who can spank his bare backside like she was his mommy or teacher whenever she wants!

This old artwork actually went under several names until I settled on this one. Originally I was going to call it something like "Just a Little Boy", which on reflection suits the piece more (and I think I like it more, too), but I felt that some might mistake the title for meaning he WAS a little boy, rather than that just being how she saw him here. I also entertained the title "Not So Big Now", as a clear sign of her feelings about him AND how he's feeling now, physically and emotionally, after her sound hairbrush spanking.

In the end, though "I'm Not Your Girlfriend!" hopefully says what I wanted it to say: she's not only given him a very sound, very humbling, bare bottom hairbrush spanking over her knee, but she's just shattered any illusions he may have had that this attractive older girl might have been 'interested' in him; that his crush on her since she started babysitting him might be returned someday.

No, she's quite clear: she's "grown up and mature", and he's just some little brat who needs a babysitter!

Perhaps she's been sitting him for a long time, and this is the 'showdown' that's been building for a long time with her increasingly annoyed by his obvious fantasizing about her and fawning over her like a lost puppy?

Or maybe she had no idea, and caught him staring at her legs or boobs with a bulge in his pants, and decided to nip the problem in the bud here and now?

Maybe she's reacting to second-hand information? His parents or her girlfriends might have somehow found out/overheard that he had a crush on her, and the next time she babysat him, she confronted him on it... with her hairbrush providing her closing argument?

Or just maybe she came upstairs when he was supposed to be doing his homework or sleeping, only to find him in a very compromising position, 'enjoying himself' with a yearbook or family picnic photo of her (stolen from somewhere, probably!) in his free hand? I think that would definitely warrant a hard on-the-spot spanking and a need for a lecture on the reality of their relationship!

I kinda imagine him as a rather shy, awkward boy, who usually falls apart around pretty girls. As for her, maybe she's not as "mature" as she thinks (a 'cheerleader' type who boys and parties when she's with her friends), or maybe she really is (a top-of-her-class potential honors student, respected by all for her academic excellence and wisdom), but either way he's waaaay out of his league with her!

I also feel this is his first spanking from her, maybe his first spanking ever? Is it telling that he's only wearing his (pulled down) underpants here? From the looks of it, do you think she has "spanked him soft" or is lifting up his stubborn erection with the back of her brush?

What do you readers think about this situation, and how it might have played out? And how will things move on from here?

How does he feel now that his beloved babysitter crush has blistered his bottom and belittled him? When she leaves him alone tonight, will he collapse on his bed for a heartbroken cry... or a furious bout of masturbation?

How about her? Will she continue to sit for him after this? Will she tell anyone what happened (laughing with all her friends about the "overgrown brat she had to spank" or just informing his mother what happened?) or keep it their private little secret? And if she does sit him again... will she spank him again, too? Does she enjoy spanking him or see it as discipline only?

Maybe she will come to enjoy it, and maybe - just maybe - through that enjoyment she'll come to see him as more than just a naughty brat and as a potential naughty 'boyfriend'; one that can't answer her back or disobey her without fear of a sore red bottom; one that - unlike the other boys she knows - has to do anything she says... or else!

It's certainly possible that his submissiveness to her (born from both her babysitting authority and his desire to please his 'crush') might well give her a rather stimulating sense of power over him... maybe she spoke too soon with that "not your girlfriend" comment after all?

Follow This Blog?

Since Google removed the little button on the Blogger toolbar (that thing up the top, above all Blogger blogs), I've found myself following far fewer blogs.

Call me lazy, but it's just too much of a pain to have to copy the URL of a blog you like, go into the Dashboard, click on the "Add" button, paste the URL, choose private or public, click to confirm. Wasn't it easier when you could just click that one little button instead?

It seems this is a permanent change, as others have asked about it on Blogger's forums only to be told "it was a little used feature and we removed it". Still, no use complaining, right?

Instead, I've added a little gadget that pretty much replicates that useful button, at least for my blog. If you want to follow my blog (that is, add it to the list of blogs in your Dashboard that update with new posts), feel free to click on the new little button on the right (or here) that looks like this:

Oh, and don't worry... you can still choose to follow privately if you're shy!

Please let me know if this gives you problems, doesn't work, or tries to follow the wrong blog. Otherwise, I hope this helps and encourages you to keep a watchful eye on Banjo's BBS. After all, you never know when I might add a new post... maybe even - gasp! - twice in one month!

Art - Birched On Mistress's Orders

"Birched On Mistress's Orders"

A change of pace here, from the scholastic and rural locations of the previous artworks. Now we visit a luxurious manor house - perhaps in the past, perhaps in the present - to take a look at the life of a Mistress, her maid, and her indentured 'houseboy'.

This new piece is based on three main ideas:
1) Being a "houseboy to a wealthy, cruel woman" is a fantasy of mine.
2) I rather liked the idea of a rich spanker getting someone else to do their "dirty work" for them.
3) I love sexy maids, but obviously would rather be spanked by than spank them!

And so this artwork was born.

Yes, that's loosely "me" as the poor spankee here again. I try to resist putting myself in all my work, since it (IMO) lessens the audience's immersion when the character is clearly "not you" (it's why I love "POV" spanking videos and audios). But this time I couldn't help myself, given I was feeling particularly 'submissive' when I made it. Besides, my trademark ponytail kinda fits the slightly old-fashioned setting here (well, that's my defense!).

Anyway, the concept of the picture was that the unfortunate houseboy had done something to displease his Mistress (the raven-haired lady with the folded arms on the right). She's furious, but isn't about to work up a sweat punishing him herself... that's what having money and power means!

Instead, she has one of her maids (the red-haired cutie on the left) restrain the nervous young man across the special spanking bench she had built for just such occasions, and then orders him soundly birched until she is satisfied that he's learned his lesson. Or that she's satisfied he's suffered enough for her pleasure (there are advantages to money and power for a sadistic aristocratic lady like that).

I image the proceedings being very formal; he's ordered to carry the spanking bench into the parlor and set it up for use. He's either ordered to undress and fold his own clothes nearly while Mistress watches, glaring imperiously, or he's ordered to remain perfectly still while the maid undresses him in a very humiliating and childish fashion.

Of course, the maid enjoys all this immensely. Having this young man trembling, nude and pleading before her, combined with being given express permission by her Mistress to really thrash his bottom severely... perhaps she's got a bit of a "crush" on this particular houseboy? That might explain her smirking enthusiasm and unbridled delight as she obediently whips that stinging birch rod across his squirming bare buttocks?

Such squirming is kept to a minimum, though; Mistress knows the effect a birch can have on a young man, hence the spanking bench and the restraints. He can wriggle ever so slightly (and pleasingly, Mistress notes) but not enough to escape or make the maid's strokes miss their target; the birch bites hard with every blow!

He remains ungagged, however; Mistress wants to hear him plead and apologize, she wants to hear how contrite he is, after all (and how much that birch is hurting him!).

Perhaps this is his first time under the birch? Mistress may have administered (or had her maid administer) handspankings, slipperings and hairbrushings before, but this could be a new 'experience' for the poor young houseboy? An 'escalation' of sorts? Or a new purchase by Mistress?

Or perhaps this is actually his first day in her employment? Ignorance of the rules would be no excuse, and making a mistake on his first day would see no mercy or leniency given. Besides, it would make a good learning experience for him to know what to expect when he steps out of line in his new position.

Perhaps he didn't even do anything especially wrong? Could Mistress be so cruel as to have him birched as a "welcome" to her household? That would certainly make for a memorable introduction, and set his mind firmly on how his life had suddenly changed!

If he did do something to deserve this, what could it be? Did he answer her back? Not perform his domestic duties fast enough or to her satisfaction? Did the naughty boy stain his bedsheets thinking about his Mistress and/or her maid, or even (blush) "get caught in the act" by one of them?

Whatever the reason (or lack of it), and whatever his prior experience being punished, it's clear that the birch is making a real impression on him! It's also clear that the maid is enjoying her orders and won't show any hesitation in carrying them out (even when Mistress - to his horror - calls for "Harder!" and "His thighs, too!"). And it's clear that Mistress is not moved by his cries, and will not call an end to his birching until she alone is satisfied.

I can see Mistress occasionally calling for a pause in proceedings, so she can crouch or lean forward to look him in the eyes, to ask him if he's learning, if he's sorry, and to remind him who's the Mistress here and who's the naughty little subservient houseboy.

Though I can equally imagine her watching the whole thing coldly from a distance, arms folded, frowning and silent, just letting her maid carry out the harsh sentence without engaging the poor frantic, pleading houseboy in dialog at all until his thrashing is over.

Afterwards, will he be allowed to scurry to his room to cry and think about what has happened to him? Will he be put in the corner, on display, for the rest of the afternoon? Ordered back to his duties with time to recover from his ordeal (Mistress will want her bath prepared)?

Or will he simply be released and left naked on hands and knees to clean up the bits of twig from the birch all over the floor. If that's the case, whether Mistress will remain to supervise him, or leave the maid to do so while she retired to her chambers to "reflect" on recent proceedings herself amid the silky satin sheets of her huge soft bed, I'll leave for you to decide...

Flashback - New Teacher's First Day

"The New Teacher's First Day"

One of my "oldies" from long ago. Not one of the first pictures I made, but certainly among them. In those days, being a college student, I had more free time so was able to indulge in creating time-consuming artworks of multiple characters like this... even though my old slow computer took ages to render them!

My idea behind this piece was of a new strict teacher's first class at her new school. In my original concept it was likely an all-boys school (a rare thing for me, since it "ruins" witnessed and removes "peer" spankings), and one where female teachers were seen as a "bit of a pushover". But with this new teacher, well... they're in for a sharp shock!

When I was in high school, I had a lot of female teachers (who'd have guessed?) but I always remember one poor young lady who was new, and basically lasted three or four classes before being unable to cope with the rowdy, nasty, totally disruptive nature of a large majority of the boys in the class (not me, of course, I was a good boy!). She had absolutely zero control of the class, who would even throw pens at her and flip tables over, all without repercussion. It was the only class in my school life where things every got that out of control, and it was pretty freaky.

Anyway, even back then, I thought "that wouldn't have happened if they still allowed corporal punishment". I also occasionally daydreamed that her replacement should be a no-nonsense lady with total command and control of her students and zero tolerance for misbehavior and disrespect. Of course, in my horny adolescent daydreams, she would also be A) hot and B) a spanker, and nobody (expect perhaps my fellow students) would mind or see this as "wrong".

This artwork was born partly from this old experience and resulting "daydream". Here, we see this strict new female teacher's very first class. Perhaps because of the past reputation of this class, or perhaps for no other reason than to "set the tone" for her tenure as their new teacher, she introduces herself to the whole class by thrashing each and every one of them soundly and mercilessly!

Being a "good boy" myself, I imagined that she would be as unfair as she was strict... this "introduction" thrashing would be given to the entire class. Not just the known troublemakers, not just the students who were likely to show disrespect and "needed" to be snapped into line. Everyone. Every single student in the class would get caned in that first "introduction" session. And each and every one would get just as many strokes and as hard as the others. The good boys, the bad boys, the quiet boys, the rowdy boys; this new teacher - knowing none of them and not wishing to make distinctions or go on "past records" from their previous teachers or principal - would treat them all equally on her first day there.

For many, it would be the first experience of corporal punishment they'd ever received, but they too were treated the same as those accustomed to a parental palm, hairbrush or belt. And yes, bare bottom. This is hardest on the "shy boys" in the class, but no exceptions are made. This is to be an educational experience for them all, she ensures.

The "introduction" proceeds in an orderly manner. Shorts and underpants are taken down as each student is bent over her desk, each caning taking place with a minimum of discussion and fuss (at least, on the teacher's part!). Those already caned are lined up facing the blackboard/wall with hands on heads with their red, cane-wealed bottoms on display and their pants around knees and ankles as they whimper and sob. Those yet to be caned are made to form a nervous queue, watching in horror and mounting horror as their own turn under that fearsome, whippy cane draws near...

The new teacher intends that every one of her students know from day one that she was a force to be reckoned with. That she would brook no nonsense from any of them. That she expected academic excellence and respectful obedience. And of course, that she would cane without hesitation or mercy if given cause (or even if not!). By the time she's done caning her new class, not a single boy is left without painfully-striped buttocks and tear-streaked face... and not a single boy is in any doubt that their new teacher is the one is not to be messed with!

That day would usher in a "regime change" of dramatic proportions, with this rowdy classroom of flying paper airplanes and nobody paying attention quickly replaced by the quietest, most strictly-run class in the entire school, where nervous students feel butterflies in their tummies whenever called upon to answer a question by teacher or when raising a hand to ask something (and these are the only time they dare speak, now!). A class where homework is submitted on time without excuses accepted, and when low test scores are rewarded with "marks" of a different (and very painful) kind.

For some reason, it's the unfair equality of this scenario that stands out for me the most, as I imagine it now. I wanted to capture the shock of this unexpected day in my art piece, but also the sense of "everyone gets lined up and caned, regardless"; this isn't even a "punishment" as such, but a teacher (mis?)using her new authority to make a decisive and dramatic impression on every one of her students, good or bad!

Now I'm a little older and occasionally feeling even more "submissive" and masochistic than I did as a teenager, I wonder if this scenario would be even scarier if the class depicted had no prior record of rowdiness, but were all caned just the same by this harsh new teacher just to make sure they didn't have any ideas about causing problems for her?

(sorry for the long ramble... I guess that's what happens when you don't post for a while!)

Rumours of my demise... aww, FFS! Again?!

Just in case anyone - like Joerg and a few others who emailed me - were wondering... yes, my blog was deleted again yesterday!

Again I appealed, and posted on Blogger's aptly-named "Something's Broken" forum... thankfully this time it didn't take them a week or more to restore it, and *fanfare* this time I actually got an "apology" email (likely a form letter, but still) saying I had been mistakenly thought to have violated "Terms of Service" (their way of saying "we thought you were a spam site", I think) and confirmation my blog was being restored (unlike the zero official communication I received last time, after the initial deletion information).

I'm still trying to get a proper answer as to what triggers the (pretty clearly) auto-detection of my blog as "bad" (every time it's been deleted, the reason in the first email is "malicious javascript", which suggests my customized template or gadgets). Heck, I've even had someone run my site through a malware checker! Nothing I can find (though I've removed meta data for "description" and "keywords" from my template today, in case that was it) and nothing anyone at Blogger/Google can/will tell me.

Anyway, at least I'm back again, but for how long... who knows? As I said on my old Yahoo Group page, the internet ain't what it used to be, sadly.

Hope everyone enjoys the new posts. It was ironic that after several weeks of feeling despondent and not "up to posting", the day I felt inspired and refreshed, I got deleted.

Do please keep the comments and feedback coming... I've more silly ramblings I'd like to post soon (and the super hot guest contribution I mentioned before will be up this weekend too!), but I need to know folks are still out there and interested in this disappearing-reappearing blog of mine.

Right... onwards and upwards, eh?

Art - Fleeing The Farm Girls

"Fleeing The Farm Girls"

I started on this one a long time ago, but could never get the lighting right. I wanted it to be a bright sunny day on a big open farm property, but it always came out too dark or too 'shadowy'.

A recent email correspondence with the talented RedRump prompted me to return to this piece and try to finally finish it to a point I was happy enough to post it publicly. While the shadows aren't perfect, I hope it meets with approval, and conveys the situation and emotions I was aiming for.

I actually first began this one over a year ago, after a chat with a friend named Strnggyrl. Her F/M fantasies occasionally involved overpowering and sometimes even "chasing down" a man who was trying to escape his punishment, which struck a chord with me and some very old (teenage!) "chased, caught and spanked" fantasies of my own.

Thus, with this artwork, I wanted to capture the sense of desperate fear (him) and relentless determination (her). The idea that he's trying to outrun a woman (or in this case, two women) who are clearly physically superior and fitter than he is, was the basis for the work. For some reason, big strong farm girls were the first thing I thought of as suitable 'pursuers'!

Although here he's already been given something of a 'whipping' with those switches already (and has already lost his pants in the process!), his tears are as much born of frustrated terror as of the pain of those weals; he knows he's not going to get away from this. Every time he glances in wide-eyed terror over his shoulder, they're gaining on him. He's running as fast as he can, heart pounding and legs burning with effort... but it's only a matter of time before he's caught and given the rest of the switching he has in store.

Perhaps, in his desperation to escape he'll stumble and fall to the dusty ground, much to the amusement of his pursuers? If not, one (or both) will likely tackle him roughly into the grass, easily pinning and restraining his frantic struggles.

No matter how it happens, though, he will be caught. Then it will be time for the switch. Again.

Held wriggling face down in the dirt, perhaps sat astride by one girl while the other switches his squirming bare backside? Maybe held firmly across their bare-legged laps, as they sit on a nearby tree stump; switched by one while the other watches in amusement. Or perhaps they'll drag him to his feet and over to the fence, where one can hold him bent over the rough wooden railing while the other mercilessly switches his buttocks and thighs?

Of course, they'll both take a turn - perhaps several turns - each with their switches. That is, unless they decide to fetch some rope from the barn and tie him to the fence or over a hay bale, so they can both switch him simultaneously (ouch)!

If you hadn't noticed by my stream-of-consciousness rambling here, I've got a bit of a 'thing' for 'farm girl fantasies' (the partial subject of my chat with RedRump that made me remember and finally finish this piece). I'm also a big fan of 'Daisy Dukes' (that is, denim cutoff short-shorts) in fashion for women. Of course, the two go together perfectly, in my mind.

Even the youngest rural/farm girls I've know have been fairly 'old fashioned' in their values, so I can totally believe in a scenario where a trespasser, 'scrumper', peeping tom (spying on them while they took an outdoor shower behind the farmhouse?) or lazy farmhand gets himself taken out to the barn or woodshed for a spanking, paddling or belt-whipping by these no-nonsense country women!

But what could be more 'outdoorsy' and 'country-style' for discipline than the dreaded switch?

I'll confess that I've never actually been switched in my life and that the thought actually kind of scares me from what I've heard, seen and read! Still, I've often fantasized about what a "go cut a switch" type spanking scenario would be like... and nine times out of ten, my imagined scenario somehow involves big, strong, healthy, 'old fashioned' country gals, too.

I somehow doubt these girls would show much pity or mercy on a spoiled city-slicker who's not used to 'country style discipline', either! Especially if he was to try and run away from his fate...

EDIT: I took to heart some of the comments here and changed his footwear to something less appropriate to running. Also, it made more sense to me on reflection that if they'd removed his pants completely, they'd have likely had to remove his shoes too (and a hasty attempt to flee would give no time for him to stop and put them back on).

Art - Cake and Cunnilingus Day

"Cake & Cunnilingus Day"

Originally planned to celebrate 'Cake & Cunnilingus Day' (April 14th), my blog's deletion/downtime, recent illness, 'real life' issues, and my own general tardiness all conspired to make this one 'unfashionably late' indeed.

I almost didn't post it since the appropriate date was so long passed, but I thought it turned out rather well so in the end I decided to post it anyway. Hope you all like it!

My ever-observant friend Emily got to see an earlier draft of this art piece, where the lady was sitting more 'upright'... and she rightly pointed out that while it made her look very "authoritative and in control", such a position made the gentleman's job of pleasuring her orally rather difficult with her sitting that way! Thus, I've tried to get the best of both worlds with this position, then: the lady looking properly dominant and powerful, yet reclined/slumped back enough to allow sufficient 'access' for his mouth and tongue.

I originally intended to make the lady in this piece slightly older (more of a 'cougar') but came up with this younger look for her (IMO, almost 'princess'-ish) and fell in love. The incredibly cute stripey pink socks (her only article of clothing here!) completed her 'look' as perhaps a college-age gal celebrating this very special day.

I saw him as her boyfriend, either a long-time partner or perhaps a 'new conquest' of hers?

As for the reason for the state of his poor backside? There are several possibilities I can think of:

1) Whether due to shyness or stubborn machismo, he initially refused her command to properly celebrate 'Cake & Cunnilingus Day' in the required fashion. However, one sound hairbrush spanking later, and he's licking for all he's worth! And he'd better do a good job down there, or else it will be the belt for him as well! He won't be so quick to argue and refuse next time, that's for sure!

2) The cupcake she's holding looks insultingly small... perhaps she took offense "that's all you think of me?!" and punished him for the meager offering severely, before allowing him to undertake the second part of the day's festivities (with hopefully more attention to her expectations!). As he licks, she reminds him that he'd better show more appreciation of her with his gift-giving in the future, if he values their relationship... and the skin of his bottom!

3) He was quite willing to do his April 14th duty. However, she believes that nothing focuses a young man's mind better than a hot, sore bottom! So, despite his obedient attitude, she gives him a merciless hairbrush blistering before finally allowing him to go down on her. As he licks, his throbbing, burning buttocks will keep him mindful of who's boss in this relationship and of his submissive status... and that a second "real" (read: even harder and longer) hairbrush spanking awaits him in the bedroom tonight if he fails to please her sufficiently!

4) Similar to 3, but she doesn't even care about a 'reason' to spank him, beyond the fact she enjoys causing him suffering and distress, and the only thing that makes her feel more dominant than spanking him to tears is spanking him and then putting his mouth to work between her thighs! He doesn't have a say in the matter - not today, not any day - not if he wants to keep his beautiful girlfriend who he's lucky to have! In this relationship, she reminds him, even "good boys" get spanked! Besides, she really likes it when he cries and sobs while he's eating her pussy.

5) Well, he was insistent enough about 'Steak & A Blowjob Day' last month, wasn't he? Well, today is her day to be in charge, and his day to feel humbled and submissive. What's good for the goose... right? Still, the playful little hand-spanking he gave her on March 14th before she sucked him to climax were far from the formidable hairbrush walloping she just gave him... but he's a big, tough grown-up man, she argues... "Right, honey?" His sniffling tears and whimpers as he nuzzles his face between her thighs - backside aflame - proves otherwise, perhaps.

What does everyone else think? Which is most likely? Perhaps you can think of other scenarios, too?

(you might have also noted the young man with the bruised bottom and soon-to-be-aching jaw has a rather familiar ponytail, too... heh!)