I saw that Maxim was having a contest called Maxim's Finest, so I just thought "what the hell, I have nothing to lose" and decided to enter the competition. I ended up placing 6th in my group, which was actually a pretty big accomplishment for me considering I literally beat hundreds of other girls, and I was still in the top 10 girls of my group!
One particular style that drew me in was vintage and pinup photography, akin to the style of Gil Elvgren's famed paintings of classically beautiful women. I've always been a lover of antiquities and times gone by, but the color, pulp, and femininity presented in the art of pinup were undeniably drawing me closer.
When I began vintage modeling, I knew very little of how to achieve retro styles, but I knew a lot about the mood and was able to make exaggerated faces that didn't look too over the top most times.
I currently have 25 tattoos and the number is going down which I love because it means I have more completed pieces! I started off thinking that all my tattoos needed to have meanings, and some of them for sure have deeper meanings than others, but once I realized that I was getting things I loved or admired was more than a good enough reason to get them. Some had meanings that are no longer relevant in my life and others I just liked the way they looked.
The representation of naked bodies in art goes back very long. Already in Antiquity, artists represented bodies in many ways, women in particular. Sculptures, paintings, many works are today very famous. Nowadays, I tend to believe that people are not comfortable, and are mixed as to qualify it as "art." For me nude art is to highlight the body, to show all its beauty. Emphasize the fact that each body is unique, with its own curves and lines.