I came across this stamp the other day:

And I thought.. Male nudes… you don’t see that very often here on DA. In fact, you don’t see much male art at all here on DA, nude or otherwise (compared to the amount of female art). I wonder why? Beauty is beauty, be it the male form or the female form. But there seems to be a serious lack of male art out there.

After contemplating this for a couple of minutes I realized - Wow… I’m guilty of the lack of male art too. Most all of the art in my gallery is female and the same can be said for most other Deviants here as well.

I’m not sure why I enjoy working with the female form more so then the male form. Perhaps it’s the curves and softness of a woman that makes me want to use her more often as the subject. Perhaps it’s also the lack of male stock here on Deviant Art.

Don’t get me wrong. There ARE male stock photographers but they are few and far between when compared to the amount of female stock available. That also goes for art here in general. Type in “nude” in the search tab and it’s mind boggling how few submissions of males there are compared to females. And doing a general search for men in art when you take out the superheroes and yaoi and you’re left with next to nothing.

Today I’m deciding to celebrate the male form, and males in art in general, and remind my fellow artist to expand their horizons and perhaps inspire some to add more male art to their galleries.

In fact, I’m declaring this Male Form Appreciation Week (unofficially of course). heheh. Starting this Monday, October 13th, through the following Sunday let us celebrate the rarely celebrated (when it comes to art) and often overlooked sex.

I know this is only Friday but I’m getting a jump start on this to kick it off over the weekend so that (I hope) it can grab some attention before it officially starts on Monday.

Enjoy!






Please send me links if you do any male art features in your journal or articles, I’d love to see those.