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- lioozher, on 11/03/2009, -1/+42I did this for a while, except it paid better than that at the school I was at. Where else can you take off your clothes in front of cute teenage girls and get paid for it rather than arrested?
- Amadeus2490, on 11/03/2009, -2/+41I tried taking my clothes off for a living, but everyone kept paying me to put my clothes back on.
I get no respect! - glendower, on 11/03/2009, -0/+27I would do it, but I would be constantly afraid of getting a hard-on.
(not that it usually happens, but it would be my luck) - lioozher, on 11/03/2009, -0/+25That actually happened with me a couple of times at least. The problem is, I posed enough to get used to it and then I got comfortable. Some of the long poses were reclined (laying down) and I'd fall asleep. Big problem there, because you can start dreaming or day dreaming. Then there were the poses that were frontal and where I was looking up or away. If I was feeling neurotic that day, I might start thinking something like "Ok, whatever you do, don't think about sex. Holy Jesus, stop thinking about sex!" And of course, then I couldn't tell if it was growing or not because I couldn't see and that just made it worse and I'd have to count to 100 several times over.
When I did it, it was during a break in a relationship that was caused in part by my girlfriend going to see a male stripper with a cousin for her birthday. I was a good Catholic boy (as you can tell by my reluctance to use the word "penus" in this reply) and I don't even hang out with guys who are into strippers and don't find strip shows attractive, so that bothered me. Well, I was at dinner with some friends during this break in our relationship, when one of my friends mentioned that he was teaching a drawing class and that it paid well. So, I said what the hell, why not. I mostly needed to do something to get the relationship off my mind. Later, that girlfriend and I wound up getting back together. Shortly afterwards, she miraculously began to understand my pain over the stripper incident as I mentioned my new experience in passing. Women seem better able to compartmentalize this kind of stuff though and she seemed able to live with it, even though it really bothered her if it came up.
Looking back, I wish I were a little more ballsy at the time. I would have cracked up (or embarrassed) all the art students by making Mr Happy dance or spelling out words with it or maybe coming out wearing a colorful condom or something. Even better might have been coming out of the dressing room to pose with a few sheets of toilet paper hanging out my crack and acting oblivious to it.
You might think this is a little strange, but when everyone in the room is comfortable with you being the only naked person in the room, it's no big deal. It's what I call "situational nudity". It was expected and everyone there was completely used to it, even if I wasn't at first. It's like when I was a nurse and patients that I cared for were nude or semi-naked. It was what was expected in that situation, so it wasn't abnormal. (I was sick before -- with horrible food poisoning -- and all modesty about anything is out the window in situations like that). I think everyone should try it at least once (posing, not food poisoning). And don't worry, the art students appreciate having a variety of subjects. I remember one of them complaining when I was there about how they wished there were more heavy people coming to pose instead of so many skinny ones. - cfuse, on 11/03/2009, -1/+21American attitudes to nudity are just plain strange.
- KokomoNYC, on 11/03/2009, -0/+20A six pack? Hell, I'd probably need to down a whole keg before doing anything like this.
- samezies, on 11/03/2009, -0/+18What if you got a boner?
- KokomoNYC, on 11/03/2009, -0/+17This takes balls.
- KingGorilla, on 11/03/2009, -0/+17Then you get paid extra
- 0tis, on 11/03/2009, -0/+17You get a boner, they get to draw it.
- glendower, on 11/03/2009, -0/+14crazzy88ss, there is a BIG difference between modeling for artists and stripping. The modeling is completely nonsexual whereas stripping is supposed to be arousing.
Thanks for sharing lioozher. - lalabee, on 11/03/2009, -0/+10Nope! Learning to draw the human form is the goal with life drawing. It's not a necessity to draw a "perfect" body. I've done a lot of life drawing, and I've drawn men and women who were anywhere from grossly skinny to, shall we say, portly. It helps the artist to understand bone structure, musculature, and how and where fat sits on the body.
- GregLoire, on 11/03/2009, -0/+9Did your job involve just standing around doing nothing?
- dawnraid101, on 11/03/2009, -0/+9Have you tried getting a job lately?
- felman87, on 11/03/2009, -0/+8To be a male artist, indeed it does
- vercors, on 11/03/2009, -1/+9I did this in college. It really didn't pay a lot, but was good for beer money. Getting hard is really not an issue, as that's not what you're thinking about and it's damn cold in most art studios. Plus, the situation is not exactly a turn on. The biggest thing on your mind, especially during long poses (like 1 hour +), is that cramp in your calf or back. I'm surprised this merited an article in the Times. Where did they think art models came from?
- DaviDTC, on 11/03/2009, -2/+10They should pay me extra cause of all the clay they would save =/
- Myztry, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7Depends on how long you can hold the pose
- jamesdew, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7still sounds like a decent earner
- cuervoman914, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7nothing. they can draw it if they didnt get to it, or not draw it if they already did. its a lot tougher during winter months, though, because most of the buildings here are old and drafty as *****, think of shrinkage.
- 0tis, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6Well, here's hoping they draw quickly.
:( - lioozher, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6"Wait so you were a good catholic boy who got pissed about your GF seeing a stripper, but you can pose naked in front of 20 people...?"
You must not know about Saint Francis of Assissi :-)
I can't vouch for my sanity at the time. You gotta remember, her seeing the stripper came first and it caught me totally by surprise. The worst thing she ever admitted doing prior to that was taking some of her dad's cigarettes as a teenager and she got upset with me if I ever swore. Now I try to date women who are a little more open about their lives from the very beginning (you know, like how friends are), rather than the ones who hide anything that might scare a guy away until you're sleeping together and then -- out of some perverse lack of understanding of male psychology I'm guessing -- immediately barf up their darkest secrets. I'm guessing that they over-estimate the power of sexual attraction or else that the rest of you are some serious sex addicts. - KokomoNYC, on 11/03/2009, -2/+8Nickelback sucks.
- RAAFStupot, on 11/03/2009, -2/+8“There’s a difference between nude and nakedness,”
No there isn't.
You're in your birthday suit either way. - Pinkertinkle, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5so you dont even need a six pack?
- postitnote, on 11/03/2009, -2/+7Hold on a second... you can get paid for being naked? I've been doing this the whole time pro-boner!
- frieddonuts, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5ask them to keep the room nice and cold ahead of time
- zaferk, on 11/03/2009, -2/+7So I've always wondered with this....what happens if you suddenly get a woodie?
- BossKey, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4When you're an art student and have to draw or paint nude models, you find that you learn more and develop your anatomical rendering skills better from depicting a range of nude body types of everyday people...even though you might still very much prefer "ideal" bodies outside of class...
- fredrockbluff, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4Then you get fired.
- charlietuna, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3Isn't this a bit tame in the era of Bangbus Bukkake?
(you know you want to Google it) - TBombadil, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3where do I sign up?
- SteveLRowe, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4Old southern saying.
Naked means you don't have any clothes on. Necked means you don't have any clothes on and are up to something. - Hqrsie, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3I started doing this job last month at my college. It's interesting and helps me get over my fear of people. The biggest challenge is not laughing while doing it. The problem is there are so many funny things to think of:
"I was hoping for a moment of personal growth, but the room was chilly"
or
"I've accomplished something most models can only dream of doing....getting paid"
All considered the rewards far outbalance the stress. I get paid >$25/hr and have the best work uniform ever. - Corinthos, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Did it but here we got paid 50 an hour and you had to be at least a second year student and you could only do it once per semester. Maybe have more trouble finding people at my school. Its really boring and was the longest almost 2 hours of my life. The pose I was in was horrid. My ass fell asleep within 5 minutes it felt like an eternity because there was no way for me to tell the time until the teacher would blurt out things like every half hour and the last 15 minutes. Three of the people who were in the class were in my other classes also which I expected to be weird but no one ever brought it up.
Also most the art went up for sale in the department after grading. Sadly I wish i would have use my hundred towards buying one.
Also I beat it three times within two hours of going in because I was seriously worried about popping a stiffy. - fety, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Can you imagine holding a fart for that long? That would be my fear, and umm SHRINKAGE!
- BESTenemy, on 11/03/2009, -1/+3He applied to become window washer, but batman beat him to it.
- burningrobot, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2I'm an art student, and I have nothing but the deepest appreciation for our models. It's unfair though, because they're paid the school's minimum wage. Perhaps model shortages wouldn't be a problem if they actually paid model wages.
- taintedlove, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Bangbus is so 2001. You need a new reference point. We've been desensitized to other levels since then.
- willdelaney, on 11/03/2009, -1/+3Also remember that this guy probably isnt working nearly as much as you. He may only work 5-10 hours a week, if that. So whereas his hourly wage is higher, his weekly checks are most likely less than your average college job.
- RevLoki, on 11/03/2009, -1/+3You don't have to be a prostitute!
(Oh no no no no!)
You can say no to being a man-ho!
A male gigolo! - xander, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2who the ***** would want to see a digger naked?
- SilverBlade2k, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2I would do this sort of thing...if it was for photography and not for sitting in one pose for that length of time.
- sgfreak784, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1Use the Schwartz, Lone Starr! Use the Schwartz! (article's author)
- TBombadil, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1haha
- spookyttws, on 11/03/2009, -1/+2Psh, whose doesn't?
- diggadigga, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1I'm 100% sure I would get a boner
- linagee, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1That's what I was thinking. No prerequisites and little work? What about having a body that artists deem worthy to draw/sculpt?
- carolinax, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1hang around an art school and post a flier with your number on it. ...seriously.
- carolinax, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1nothing - more than likely you'll get embarrassed and it'll go away, or, you know, you're fired. XD
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