Art - Pool Party Paradise

"Pool Party Paradise"

It's been a long time, but I'm hoping this might mark the start of renewed posting. Since this is a "double celebration" of sorts (my first new art post in years and also that this weekend is my birthday) I decided that showing a literal celebration would be fun. So, I present... a spanking pool party where the ladies are very definitely "in charge"!

Australia Day: Hot Down Under

"Hey up there, mister life-guard!"

January 26th is Australia Day here in my home country of Australia, a day to celebrate our country and all it offers. For those in other countries, probably the closest comparison is American Thanksgiving; i.e. it's a secular "appreciate what we have" style holiday that's mostly a time for family celebration and a day off work!

Typical activities include the famous Aussie BBQ (false advertising aside, sausages in bread with ketchup are *far* more common fare than shrimp or prawns), backyard cricket matches with friends, drinking alcohol (!), displaying the Australian flag on your house or person, family picnics in the park, and of course spending a day at the beach (since it's summertime in January here).

Flashback - Swimwear Struggle

"Swimwear Struggle"

For us Aussies, the nice weather has left us, but here's a flashback to keep everyone warm... in more ways than one!

Mixed swimming spots are always both fun and troublesome places for most guys; whether at a beach or public pool like the one depicted here, being surrounded by women in swimsuits that often conceal little, a male's own bathers make it very hard to hide any embarrassing "expressions of interest" in the female forms on display. And for ladies so inclined, on show are many equally enticing pert male posteriors in skimpy Speedos just asking to be given a firm smack or fifty!

Is it any wonder that a guy could get himself soundly spanked in such a situation, then?

Art - Hung Out To Dry

"Hung Out To Dry"

Here in Australia, the nice weather seems to have finally left us, but in my time "away" I have polished up a couple of "summer-themed" artworks that I'll be sharing along with other stuff.

This one is *hopefully* a nice warm day, and the two ladies' attire suggests it might be (and they're not just being extra mean to the poor guy here!).

Many spankees (and spankers) know that being smacked on a wet bottom is particularly stingy and painful. The two women in this artwork know this too, as they've not only stripped and strung up the guy here, but have sprayed and soaked him dripping wet with the garden hose as well!

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?