PINUPS – PIN UP ART – PINUP VIDEO

A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display. Pin-up girls are glamour models, fashion models, and actresses.

Pin-up may also refer to drawings, paintings and other illustrations done in emulation of these photos (see the List of pinup artists). The term was first attested to in English in 1941; however the practice is documented back at least to the 1890s.

The pin up images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or be from postcard or chromo-lithographs, and so on. Such photos often appear on calendars, which are meant to be pinned up anyway. Later, posters of pin-up girls were mass-produced. They became an instant hit.

Many pin ups were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols. One of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable. Her poster was ubiquitous in the lockers of G.I.s during World War II. Other pin-ups were artwork, often depicting idealized versions of what some thought a particularly beautiful or attractive woman should look like. An early example of the latter type was the Gibson girl, drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. The genre also gave rise to several well-known artists specializing in the field, including Alberto Vargas and George Petty, and numerous lesser artists such as Art Frahm.

PIN-UP ART

Featuring some of the great pin-up artists in the world

Paul John Ballard resides in London, England. He is a free-lance artist who specializes in fine art, pin-up art, and erotic painting and drawing. You can visit Paul’s site to view and purchase some of his work by clicking on his website banner above.

Having come a long way from browsing the bewitching nose art of vintage war birds at the local Air Force museum, Andrew Bawidamann is creating contemporary cheesecake pin-up art through his graphically oriented girls. Although his girls are reminiscent of a time when men were overseas at war, depending on their pin-up prints to satisfy, Bawidamann’s girls offer much appeal to today’s soldiers, tattoo artists, bikers, rockers and just about anyone with a fetish! Click on Andrew’s banner to enjoy more of his work.

Recognized as one of the top pinup artists in the world, Carlos Cartagena’s works have been published in well known publications such as Playboy and Penthouse. Born in Guatemala and imigrating to the U.S., Carlos’ pin-up art are enjoyed around the world. Take some time to visit his site by clicking on his banner.

‘Sexy, Fresh, and Stylish’ to borrow a phrase is what describes the King of pin-up digital art, Keith Garvey. I am sure you know Garv and Garv’s Girls...and you may have even bought his stickers, I have! Check out Garv’s website by clicking on his banner above.

A giant in the world of rock poster art, Justin Hampton hails from Santa Cruz, California. Now living in Portland, Oregon, Justin began working in his field back in the 1990’s with the Rocket Magazine. Justin was selected to take part in the Manifest Hope Art Exhibition in Washington DC as part of the Obama inaugural festivities!

Beginning at a very early age artist Susan Heidi of New York provides us with a retro-type of pin-up girl using water colors and acrylics. Her work reminds me of the pinups of Vargas more than any other pinup artist’ work.

Residing in Daytona Beach, Barbara Jensen is a self-taught artist with the exceptional gift of capturing reality in her erotic pin-ups. Click her banner above and enjoy more of Barbara’s erotic artist gallery.

Born in Russia on the coast of the Black Sea and inspired by his father, Gennadiy at four began drawing isometric objects. Schooled in both art and music Gennadiy was appointed chief decorator of the Sevastopol Theatre. Gennadiy now works as a free-lance artist and resides in Florida where he focuses on glamor and pin-up art. Visit the Koufay website by clicking on the banner above.

Well schooled in art and music Kevin Clark provides us today with stylish pin-up art from brush and canvas. Kevin has played music professionally since school creating several bands and has also assisted others in the area of recording and production. Kevin has also worked in the field of computer animation and digital painting. Kevin now has a studio where he paints and provides his art work to the public at KC Art. Click on his banner above to see more of Kevin Clark!

Ray Leaning’s formative years were filled with images from Emma Peel & David Bowie to Wonder Woman & Pop Art. Becoming an artist was never in question, he could draw a bit, and knew what a paintbrush was. What was yet to become clear was his driving obsession. He rode a motorcycle, a Triumph Bonneville - nothing particularly unusual in that - but it immersed him in a world of tightly leather-clad ladies, Debbie Harry, Chrissie Hynde, emerging Punk Rock and the Saturday night sexuality of the Steve Bird Roadshow.

Ed Mironiuk is one of the many great current fetish artists that has enjoyed a long career working for Genitorturers, Marquis, Secret, Equus Eroticus, Frontiers Newsmagazine and Tattoo Magazine to name a few. His deliciously wicked women live in their own world of carnal delights, leather dreams and bloody orgasms. With fetish goddesses as frequent subjects, he combines fetish and traditional art fantasy with realistic skin tones, surreal props, and incredible textures. It is quite difficult to accurately recreate the shine and stretch of latex, Ed Mironiuk does it well. Click on Ed’s banner above for more of his great work!

Daniel Pascarelli, an Argentine artist born in Luyan Buenos Aries, now resides and works in New York. Known for his comic fantasy style Daniel continues to provide his fans with fantastic depictions of beautiful females with creatures of the wild! Check out his website for more of his unique work by clicking on the banner above. Thanks Daniel for allowing Central Arizona Bikers to post your work on our website.

A.V. Phibes is an artist, designer and retired sideshow performer based in New York. Phibes has been doing comic strips off and on since 1995, with her comics appearing in various small publications. After moving to New York, she eventually parlayed the cartooning into a career in illustration and then parlayed the career in illustration into a career in designing graphic properties for merchandising. Since then, the doodles of A.V. Phibes have been spotted in Hot Topic, Spencer Gifts, Urban outfitters, Claire's Boutique and more. Click on A.V. Phibes below to visit A.V.’s new site.

2009 Copyright by A.V. Phibes

Born in Germany of a German father and a Greek mother Thomas Rumberg was raised in Athens Greece. Thomas attended school in Athens and it is his favorite city. His favoite class of course was art and he began developing his skills by drawing everything that caught his interest; X-wings, Tie-Fighters, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. Star Wars was the first movie he saw and is still one of his favorites. After working in insurance sales for a while he finally sharpened his drawing pencils and got down to work. Since then he draws and paints on a regular basis improving his skills as a talented artist. Click on his banner above for more of his great work.

Dean Yeagle started in animation in Philadelphia, PA . After marrying Barbara (also an artist, and musician) and the birth of their daughter Becky, the need for actual money drove them to New York, and a job as designer, animator and eventually director with one of the top animation houses in NYC. In 1986, with partner Nancy Beiman, he opened Caged Beagle Productions, Inc., a full-service animation studio, and has produced, directed, designed and animated innumerable TV commercials and CD-ROMs, with clients across the United States and Europe. Dean was named Animator of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. He also does work for corporate clients, designing characters for various products, and works on a continuing series of children's books, designs the occasional toy, and contributes cartoons to Playboy magazine. In other words, he'll do pretty much whatever swims before his startled gaze. Please click on the banner links to Dean Yeagle’s websites. I am sure you will have a great time!

Born a Southern California native, Andrea grew up around freedom of expression, a uniquely open mind. Not hard considering being born into a family of artists. Andrea’s Father and her three sisters are all artists. Andrea quickly picked up the pen as early as the age of five and began what we now know as Andrea Young pandemic. Andrea took the step of professionalism when she entered the doors of The Art Institute of California Los Angeles and graduated with her Bachelors of Art in 2004. Click Andrea’s banner above to view more of her work.

Drop Dead Sexy was born in 2004 when Mark Wasyl placed his unique stamp to his obsessions for Pinups, Street Culture, Anime & Comics, Tattoos, and Rock inspired graphics. Mark's ever evolving style is Vector based and can be characterized by his clean lines, bold colors, sensuous curves, and dark-sexy graphics. Click on Mark’s banner above to view more of his fantastic work!

Copyright C 2009 Justin Hampton

Copyright C 2009 Carlos Cartagena

Copyright C 2009 Paul John Ballard

Copyright C 2009 Barbara Jensen

Copyright C 2009 G.Koufay

Copyright C 2009 Andrew Bawidamann

Copyright C 2009 Kevin Clark

Copyright C 2009 Greg Horn

Our thanks go out to Greg Hildebrandt for agreeing to be included on our pin-up page. Greg is among the best known illustrators in the world today. Visit American Beauties today and read all about Greg Hildebrandt!

Greg Horn is an American comic book artist best known for his work as a cover artist for Marvel comics and various other publications. Working primarily as a digital painter, he is well known for detailed and realistic painted characters, paintings of beautiful female characters, and expressive lighting effects.In addition to comic book covers, his art has been featured in posters for Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, video game magazines such as Official Xbox Magazine and InQuest Gamer, and several covers and illustrations for the comic book news magazine Wizard.