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Mimi, when you say "I originally wanted to find out how to draw" do you mean as an extension of your work in painting, or specific ideas about female muscle art?

I can discuss my approach to drawing until my fingers fall off.  I just need an opening. 🙂

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Tazzie looks awesome in that shot.  Then again, she's one of a relative few women who I think look very attractive even at their most contest-ready.

I understand why judges look for ultra-shredded conditioning – it lets them be lazy, as they don't have to use as much judgement or thought to decide who has built the best body – instead, they can concentrate on who has the least bodyfat – IMO a much easier decision.  Sorry, but that's the way I feel.  I have often daydreamed about what my judging criteria would be if I founded a new contest, and they would be mainly shape, proportion and symmetry, with conditioning only to highlight the muscles.  I would deduct marks for excess vascularity and unattractive facial effects, i.e. pinched cheeks.

I see it as an evolution of bodybuilding contests.  At some point a contestant turned in a body that was better defined that the others and got high marks, and the rest of the competition decided to push the limits.  I do not have a problem with the "ripped and cut" look from an aesthetic standpoint, as that is a subjective thing.  I do feel that contests should move more in the direction you suggest for health reasons– many bodybuilders (both men and women) go to such extremes in order to create such an ultra-ripped appearance that it can become dangerous.  They have already dieted until they're at remarkably low fat levels, then they work hard to reduce their water levels, which can also reduce the presence of some minerals and nutrients.  It's ironic that when many bodybuilders are in contest shape (when they look their most amazing) they may be at their most unhealthy.  I don't think that we should be rewarding that.

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The more I look at photos of her, the more I'm convinced she's my dream woman. 8)

A party girl who can leg press a Cadillac?  Yes please! 🙂

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Unless I am mistaken, Saradas is a for-pay site that displays artwork and pictures of muscular females.  They've been accused in the past of profiting from copyrighted works without notifying the copyright holders, as they are supposed to.  If I remember from posts I've seen here, they're the reason that some artists (Gettar being one of them) have been adding watermarks to their deviantArt submissions.

Others can clarify or correct this.

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She appears to be somewhere in between in that clip and the recent photos posted here.  IMO she looks very good in the shape she's in, in those.

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Like berry bonds.  He NEVER going to be found guilty on those prejury charges.  The Feds broke and/or bent so many rules to get him they will not have enough evidence to convict him any how.

I agree, although this is mostly about the way the judicial system (specifically, the Grand Jury system) works.  Most of the time, as in this instance, witnesses are granted immunity from prosecution so long as their testimony is truthful.  Because the GJ system is stacked against the accused (only the prosecution gets to make their full case, as this is a process for securing indictments, not verdicts), if a witness lies it can be a severe blow to the prosecution.  So they take perjury EXTREMELY seriously in a GJ setting.  Particularly this one, where the testimony was supposed to be kept confidential (which, given the fact that it got leaked, also could work in Bonds' favor).

Basically, if you lie during grand jury proceedings, the state or federal prosecutor in charge will come after you with everything they've got.  They have to, really, in order to protect that system, which is critical for taking cases to trial.  If you make the GJ system seem unreliable it can really hurt the justice system, so they protect it zealously.  In Bonds' case, I think his testimony blindsided them, and they did a sloppy job in dealing with it, and so they're in a situation where they really have to go after him for perjury, even though their case is very weak.

As for Smith, I doubt she'll drag the case out.  If she's got a smart attorney she will work out some sort of plea deal and serve no time.  I would expect probation and possibly community service.  I doubt she'll keep her job, but don't know enough about it to say for certain.  Then again my knowledge of the legal system is spotty at best, so take this with a large pinch of salt.

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That's impressive, I like it!

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Definitely off-season. Their faces don't look so sunken and hard. Plus, their muscles take on a much curvier, pleasing shape.

This is pretty much the exact same answer I would give.

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Maidens 2009 artwork, the first of what I intend to be many.

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That is a very cute image on his front page, and it's right under a banner for Amaz0ns!

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