Something got lost in translation...

...when they made this Teletubby zentai.

For the purposes of comparison:

I am going to shut up about zentai now....

But as you saw the sketches I thought you might like to see the one I finished. It is my dark tribute to Valentine's day. Which is, when you think about it, kind of a morbid Saint's day anyway....

Sketchbook

For a change of pace I thought you might like to see some of my sketchbook items, after my post about zentai. I'd explain what they are about but I think for any given picture it is either fairly self-evident or rather inexplicable even to me.

zentai

What is it with zentai blogs?

Okay, step back for those who need it. A zentai is a leotard like garment that covers the entire body from top to toe--including the face. It was developed for dance and bluescreen work to make the whole body one uniform color.

Zentais are popular as fetish wear because they totally encase the body, a kind of symbolic bondage and/or submission. Which is cool, although not something I entirely get. I can't even stand to wear turtlenecks.

But blogs are purely visual. Putting the viewer in the role of encaser, not encasee. The zentai can look fascinating, artistic, but it englyphs the human body and literally objectifies the woman. In a zentai a woman looks like an anime character, or a doll.

Which is okay, actually. In fact it's totally fine if that is what she wants to do. And the women behind blogs like aurora fetish are clearly in control of everything they do.

It just isn't for me.