The Beholden

The Naked Truth III

2011-03-07T03:46:00.000-08:00

Shower Power II by ~zlty-dodo

Bare by ~Roosengardt

one mirror too many II by *micmojo

Apocalypse Barbie by *Epinephrin

5686795 by *stryjekphoto

Behind The Scenes by *Aisii

ens by ~PinkShit

Paper Cuts II

2010-11-03T02:45:00.000-07:00

Sharks and Minnows by *pogojo

+Sad Princess+
by *blossomppg

painted yesterday by ~foximilq

Ready, Set, GO by =mibou

Animus: Part 3 by `yuumei

Eleven

2010-10-06T05:35:00.000-07:00

oyster between the corners by *foximilq

Money money money by *duchesse-2-Guermante

Stool Pigeon by ~PlastikStars

Black and Whites II

2010-08-07T10:06:00.000-07:00

SELFPORTRAIT_by_HerrBuchta

joanna_by_annarexic

The_souls____by_adriana_craciunescu

ID by ~PinkShit

the_girl_in_the_kitchen_by_foximilq

Manga vs Anime?

2010-08-01T01:04:00.000-07:00

There's a hell of a lot of manga/anime based art on dA.
My manga experience extends no further than the Gibli Studio releases and old school stuff like Akira so i don't pretend to know all the sub genres or terminology but below is a selection some different stuff that to me seems to come from that kind of background.
Check out the individual artists' dA profiles too, some stunning stuff there.

coordinator_angel_by_masterbimo

Trey_05_by_PlusNine

Red_Chair_and_Otaku_Girl__by_redjuice999

Found_by_ethe

knock_knock_by_darax

Focus on Laflaneuse

2010-07-02T23:55:00.001-07:00

Laflaneuse has a very wide and varied output on dA but the selection below are some of an ongoing series that has really caught my eye recently.
Hinted at human forms, some of the best natural looking grunge i have seen and some beautifully subtle desaturated, yet warm, colours. Lovely stuff!

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The Kids Are All Fucked Up

2010-06-26T22:39:00.001-07:00

same old me by ~millionmilesofwater

Smile Nerd by ~Jacquelinah

The Kids Are All Fucked Up by ~Kirby-lou

Yeah.. x3 by ~MichelleBonderup

BW ID by ~Cheeky-Pixi

Blacks and Whites

2010-06-25T23:31:00.000-07:00

Song by ~LittleElfi

Cold heart by *etchepare

I've got a lot to say by ~PabloMoranJr

Apocalypse by *Gloom82

two good friends by =vaggelisf

Blinded

2010-06-06T01:09:00.000-07:00

So often it's the eyes that draw you into a person, that drag you into a photo.
What happens when you take them out of the equation?
What are your eyes drawn to?

Your blood,My lips by ~M-a-e-e

Breathe by =katedeannn

9780 by ~christine-reveur

l'epaule by =andrea-h

inside by ~lovedenim

Fore and Aft

2010-06-05T23:15:00.001-07:00

I'm not a trained photographer or schooled artist but to my mind these shots perfectly exemplify how to choose a background that compliments the object of the viewer's focus. All three brilliantly pick out elements of the models and match them with their surroundings, beautiful stuff.
Remember to click on the images to see them at full size!

Past in the reflection by =EViL-KiTTeeh

doorsteps by =andrea-h

Azuleja by *jaimeibarra

Slightly Off

2010-06-05T09:58:00.000-07:00

Trapped by ~visioluxus

11 by ~PinkShit

esoteric creatures by ~P3T3R-KURT3N-GROUPI3

Chaps

2010-05-29T00:40:00.000-07:00

Thought it was about time i features some blokes here on The Beholden.
I think it's a generally accepted fact fact that ladies are the fairer sex and that is certainly reflected in the number of photos of men vs women on dA.
Maybe being a red blooded chap blinkers me to the few shots of men there are?
Certainly the photos have to be of a higher quality or more unusual or interesting to grab my attention. Maybe it means that I'm more able to judge the photo itself and not just the pretty face featured in it even.

formal sikhs I. by ~Valdoo

Thinker. by ~TristanGreer

new days,old suit by ~M-a-e-e

Bed Time

2010-05-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

When you spend enough time sifting through dA there are certain themes that repeat themselves, certain settings that people come back to.
For the self portraiting photographer common items around the house pop up more and more, today: the bed.

march by ~marenkathleen

wilder wein. by ~ReEjKa

Always Hesitate. by ~picturemedrowning

The Naked Truth II

2010-05-03T09:27:00.000-07:00

your voice in my head

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Focus on Scarabuss

2010-05-03T09:19:00.000-07:00

The second Beholden 'Focus' is on Scarabuss.
This guy produces eyewateringly beautiful pieces.
He captures the models brilliantly, every line shouts of poise and grace and sensuality. Add to that colours that he pulls from every pixel and you have some really special stuff.
Go and check out his full dA profile via the link above.

Focus on Foximilq

2010-05-03T00:55:00.001-07:00

Foximilq gets the first ever 'Focus' on The Beholden.
I think she's brilliant.
Haunting, sexy, off-kilter, beautiul, mischievous, all these things and more.

Paper Cuts

2010-05-03T00:49:00.000-07:00

Look up and smile by *yuumei

47-2 by *gunnmgally

.,...,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.. by ~Icrow

Just left there

2010-05-02T23:08:00.000-07:00

. . . by *oprisco

116reject by ~korinrochelle

sometimes. by ~wiersz

Look a little closer

2010-05-02T05:45:00.000-07:00

la tete ailleurs ll by *laflaneuse

-iiIi- by ~tynaS

Ghost Bus by *angelreich

Outdoors

2010-05-02T02:56:00.000-07:00

where I live II by ~alex-malex

in the summertime by *nerdynotdirty

The girl from anime by *photoport

Driven To Abstraction

2010-02-02T08:44:00.000-08:00

Beautiful swathes of colour and darkness.
Make sure you click for full view.

labyrinth by ~mina1mina

Towards the End of Time by ~Jokoma

from a previous dream V by *iram

Handle with care

2010-01-20T08:12:00.000-08:00

Fewer words and more pictures is the plan this year.

I'm no art critic but I know what I like, gonna let the pictures do the talking ;)

the difference by ~foximilq

dissolved girl by *ultramaryna

mother, do not come home early by *annarexic

amazing face, how sweet the sight...

2009-12-29T08:39:00.000-08:00

Beautiful faces, beautifully shot.

As is by *PlastikStars

La realite est lente. by *BenoitPaille

Eyes by ~RENOPHOTO

Point of view

2009-12-21T07:07:00.000-08:00

I've been loitering in the photographic sections for far too long, decided I'd take a look at some more 'traditional' art.
Thought I'd pick out three utterly different approaches to what are is essentially the same thing, a head and shoulders shot.

Sela by *Franchesco

Line of Sight by ~moldyb

Ab-Original by ~a-Kaufman-character

Doin' it for the kids

2009-12-08T05:24:00.000-08:00

Having a couple of kids myself I have recently grown to appreciate exactly how utterly amazing children are, until you start hanging around with them again you tend forget how amazingly untainted life as a kid can be. The wide eyed optimism, the unquenchable excitement and the riotous imagination.
While not all of this can necessarily be captured on camera it's amazing to see how much personality and emotion can be squeezed into a head and shoulders shot.

Epicentre by *Alksndr

1 4 by ~ennabird

Wind. by ~Andzelikaa

Randoms I

2009-12-04T23:09:00.000-08:00

No theme today just three photos that jumped off the screen at me over the last couple of days.
These three I really love, It's so easy to trawl through dA and 'favourite' lots of nice pictures and photos, theres so much good stuff on there, but there are some that really stand out head and shoulders above the rest and these (for me) are three of them.
As I've said before, it's difficult to know what draws you into a photo, what gives it personal resonance to the viewer. A good photo is so much more than just a true representaion of what is in front of the lens (I do that every day at work capturing tools for a website, it's dull), it is, surely, about creating something that makes peoples brains go warm, makes their eyes widen slightly, makes the corners of thier mouth twitch, maybe even making something downstairs twitch.

undecided by *EbruSidar

struck by lightning by *annarexic

The Sad Poem of a Dead Stair by `x-horizon

Red or Dead

2009-11-27T07:33:00.000-08:00

Ever since I realised at the tender age of 6 or 7 that I was utterly besotted with this flame haired girl from my school called Emily, I've had a thing for red hair.
Whether it be unashamedly ginger, slow burning auburn or straight from a bottle pillar box red, it's all good.
An wow does it photograph well, couple of tweaks and boom, hair explosion!

ginger by ~radiojust

white flowers by =anca28

Blood Red by *littlemewhatever

Abstracts

2009-11-25T05:34:00.000-08:00

I Love seeing an image, not being entirely sure what the hell it actually is but still loving it.

one light year by *privatedanser

Birds by ~LittleElfi

morning by ~alex-malex

The Naked Truth

2009-11-16T05:57:00.000-08:00

I couldn't tell you where the line is drawn between 'Artistic Nudes' and Porn, I suppose Google or Wikipedia will have an answer but I'd rather think it through myself to be honest.
I suppose you could say that that Porn is intended to arouse the viewer, that that is it's very purpose, any additional artistic merit or increased production values are purely incidental.
Artistic Nudes (very much capitalised) on the other hand are a study of the human form in all it's beauty, a more intellectual or artistic exercise perhaps..
This being said, I'm not sure that my Mum, or indeed my Wife or my Boss (also all very much capitalised!), would be entirely convinced by me looking at too much of either.
Met-Art certainly straddle the two mediums with great style. Unashamedly a pay-to-view porn site but with incredibly high production values and amazing photography.

And in the end, perhaps, all this pigeonholing is unnecessary. I would take stab at guessing that women are the most photographed subjects on dA, both clothed and unclothed. Rightly so, for they are surely the subjects most worthy of photographing.

Below are three brilliant photographs that contain naked or nearly naked women.

We Moved In Silence 2 by `hakanphotography

Alone by ~eugenebuzuk

Mlle D. - ch. by ~Renoux

Closer

2009-11-16T05:15:00.000-08:00

There are an awful lot of uninspiring macro shots on dA.
Most are well taken and indeed most are very clever.. But most also fail to make me look twice.
The three below stand out, difficult to justify why, I'm sure we're all drawn to different things, but for me these all make me try to look even closer.

words abseiling from books by *xper2k

Water Drops 2 by ~denniss2007

Cherry Drops by *jenzanimo

depthCORE daemons

2009-11-12T14:51:00.000-08:00

Some amazing digital art from the depthCORE group.
These three pieces give me goosebumps, I'm not sure to what degree these things are actually supposed to be something, but to me they could easily be some scary as fuck Demonic Elementals. Not dodgy old D&D or Warhammer ones but seriously now Elementals.
They'll have websites and and FaceBook pages dedicated to them. No sacrificing of animals, or prayers to these guys, just more and more bandwidth and lots of friendship requests.
Oh, and you really need to click on these to see them at full size, these blog pics really don't do them justice.

Letum by *cugar

Immersion by `alphakx

infecte by *cugar

Fract up

2009-11-11T05:27:00.000-08:00

I have a 'very' basic understanding of fractals, Mandelbrot sets and chaos theory etc but I never new such diversity and beauty existed as a result of messing with them artistically.
I can't say if its my love of symmetry, some yet-to-disperse Lysergic acid diethylamide from back-in-the-day still floating around in my noggin or that my wife is correct when she suggests I'm just a little bit more than not-autistic, but by God it's easy to get lost in these things.

In The Desert by =Dragonfly113

Coronal Mass Ejection by ~Jeddaka

Tick-tock3 by ~Mandelscape

alone

2009-11-10T08:37:00.000-08:00

Striking pictures of women on their own. No distractions.

Untitled III by *pinkshit

Jin by =ultramaryna

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The Idea

2009-11-10T08:00:00.000-08:00

I've recently joined the deviantART 'community' and been utterly astounded by the amount of stunning visual art constantly flooding through their gates.

This Blog is an attempt to keep track of some of the stuff that I've found that I think stands out.

This blog is about other peoples work not mine and I won't be posting anything I've come up with. If for however you do want to track me down on dA then you can find me here.

It's worth mentioning that you can click on the images to see them at full size.
Which you should do ;)