Naked is as Naked Does

[shanmonster]

Somehow, I ended up modelling again this morning. I wasn't the Pink Panther, but I was a Mexican space babe, and a naked bearded gnome in a seductive pose. That's just wrong.

Sometimes while I'm holding a long pose, I do my kung fu forms in my head. Sometimes I work on very very small muscle isolations. I learned to flex, relax, and shimmy just my calf muscles while modelling. I've still not managed to do a pectoral shimmy, but that doesn't seem to be subtle enough to pull while holding a pose. It would distract the artists. So far, the only way I've been able to do an isolated pectoral shimmy is while/after exerting myself during weight-lifting. There's got to be a way to do that intentionally, but I haven't yet figured it out.

I think I'm a bit closer to figuring out some creepy abdominal stuff, though. I've figured out how to haul my guts back under my ribcage, creating a bit of a pocket. It's not as big a pocket as I could do as a little kid, but give me time...

Comments

[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

Congratulations -- the phrase "naked bearded gnome" does not appear anywhere on the web, according to Google... ;-)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping I've made internet history.

[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

If you posted a pic, you'd become an instant net celebrity.

Did they make you wear a fake beard and one of those hats?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Nope. No props for that particular drawing. But I did wield a plastic bazooka while wearing a sombrero for one.

[lethargicmind.livejournal.com]

it doesn't seem possible that the web is 100% free of nude gnomes.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I found this on a quick search.

[lethargicmind.livejournal.com]

that made me almost inhale my cigarette.
delightful.

[elanya.livejournal.com]

There is a yoga exercise that I have learned that I don't remember the name of that I bet would help with your abdominal-pocket making ;)

Ahh, here it is! We ;earned it in class as an exercise for strengthening the upper abs/diaphragm.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's exactly what I do! Nifty.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Here's an even better link!

[nymphie.livejournal.com]

That's funny that you think about your forms. I do that when I'm trying to fall asleep :).

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I seem to get caught in loops when I do them in my head. I keep doing certain combinations over and over again. Odd.

[nymphie.livejournal.com]

Does your style have forms that have similar parts from other forms?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I see a lot of common themes. Martial arts is based on physics, of course. There are only so many ways the human body can move, so you will see a lot of recognizable bits between forms and styles.