Art by Robert McGinnis and Brano Hlavac

by Violet Blue on August 5, 2010

One of the main things people notice when they visit my apartment here in San Francisco is my gigantic book collection (bookcases overflowing), and that my walls are covered in erotic art (and vintage magic posters). My tastes in erotic art really got refined when I did coolhunting for Fleshbot, and that’s when I started collecting: my first piece was a limited edition John John Jesse that once made an ex-boyfriend’s conservative Christian parents quite quiet once they realized the scenario depicted in the bold illustration. (“The All Nighter”)

Today I came across two artists that I wish I could add to my collection: Robert McGinnis (above) and Brano Hlavac (below). Some of you may recognize McGinnis as the illustrator of the original James Bond novels; he was a very prolific pulp paperback artist who apparently specialized in super-stylish scenes of scantily-clad babes. From a different era, Hlavac is an award-winning modern Slovakian artist who has won a ton of awards, and I’m excited to have found him.

* This LiveJournal post puts together some of Robert McGinnis’ sexiest book covers. (community.livejournal.com)

* This post on Vectroave has some of Brano Hlavac’s hottest pieces. (vectroave.com)

Violet Blue

The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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{ 4 comments }

1 Mike August 8, 2010 at 9:04 pm

Those are both just gorgeous. I hope you can post more! Or at least, maybe talk about some of your favorites in postings.

2 Sirkut August 7, 2010 at 4:28 pm

I do!
Love the art selected in this post.

3 violet August 6, 2010 at 12:55 am

thank you so much! I’m never sure if anyone else loves this as much as I do.

4 Bluegumbo August 5, 2010 at 9:49 pm

very very cool …I really enjoy your art articles …

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