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[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 107 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

As a former art student, yeah. I'm not eyeing up your dick, I'm furious at it because my paper is covered in eraser smudges and no matter what I do it ends up like beaker's nose.

[–] residentoflaniakea@discuss.tchncs.de 53 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I grew up in Germany and people have less of a prude culture around being nude. At sauna's everyone is naked: from old folks to children and there isn't anything erotic about it. I think finding someone attractive and being aroused depends on that person and the context and less on the amount of garments they're wearing.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The illicit nature of nudity can add to arousal simply because it is taboo. T&A are less ahem titillating when they're common place.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When yoga pants first became popular, it felt like everyone had their bare ass right out in public. And now you hardly notice.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

I mean, I notice every time, but I hardly notice every time.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Thats why they started making yoga pants with booty highlights

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, that and thinking “Please don’t let obvious indication of arousal happen…” over and over even if you’re not actually interested in what you see can have the exact effect you don’t want to happen.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Okay, Tobias...

(j/k!!)

[–] guy@piefed.social 47 points 4 days ago

I have done nude modeling and I can confirm that there's no time for the students to spend oogling when you have struck a fucky pose and they have five minutes to figure out how the fuck that elbow bends and why the hand is seemingly on the wrong side

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think non-sexual nudity is a really powerful experience. And one I'm glad ive gotten to experience.

The initial embarrassment can take a while to overcome though.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i imagine it's better for the person who isn't naked, and also more fun if it's voluntary

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

more fun if it’s voluntary

Yeah I would certainly think so

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In my experience, it's also just... normal looking people doing kinda weird poses while you draw, paint or whatever.

Like, man, I'm not turned on by this 60 year old man with a stick changing his position every minute for gesture drawing. In fact, it's quite literally the opposite of a pole dancer!

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 29 points 4 days ago

I mean, even if the model is quite attractive... I'm not a damn animal. I am perfectly capable of appreciating how attractive they are, shutting the fuck up, and keeping it to myself while I draw

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 40 points 4 days ago

My friend hosted a nude drawing session once. There were only like 5 people drawing and one nude woman modeling. Everyone was respectful as shit. Hell yeah artists.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Genuinely, they are lucky. How many artists and aspiring artists would love to have that opportunity on a regular basis.

[–] lmagitem@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Depending on where you live there are free or very inexpensive classes easily available.

And if there is not it doesn't take much to start an association of artists and organize figure drawing sessions yourself.

Edit: And otherwise there are plenty of resources available online, you can check out Croquis Café for example

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've never thought about what it's like being in an art class, sounds like it's higher pressure than I would have imagined.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

You want to be good at it. There are people in class around you that do amazing work. Your work will be judged by your instructor and pretty harshly by yourself. Your skill is so far away from where you want it to be. You’re just trying to make an nose look like a nose and not a distorted apple core, much less have any hope of defining your own artistic style.

Creating is hard. Getting your brain and hands to create what you have envisioned is really difficult.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

Our pencils are hard.

Beavis & Butthead

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago

im trying not to come

[–] msage@programming.dev 10 points 4 days ago

It was the movie Titanic, at least for one generation.

People covered in charcoal and crying. New kink unlocked.