Tickle artists #146: interview with Menhtbtickled

Contents

1 1) Do you want to tell us something about yourself and your art?
2 2) What techniques do you use to draw? Do you have a favorite artist that inspires you?
3 3) How much was the passion for drawing born in you? And the one for the tickle?
4 4) What are the tickling scenarios that you prefer to draw?
5 5) What are the aspects of tickling that you intend to represent with your art? Example: the laughing, the wriggling, the relationship between tickler and ticklee?
6 6) Online there are countless photos and videos of tickling sessions. In your opinion, what do illustrations offer more than images of real life?
7 7) In your opinion, what makes tickling so interesting for fans of this phenomenon?
8 8) What are your works of which you are most proud?
9 9) Do you have any particular artistic goals for the future?
10 10) Do you think AIs will end up enriching or impoverishing the art of tickling representations?
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1) Do you want to tell us something about yourself and your art?

The old tricky question! Hi, I’m Redfort, I’m a 36 year old Brazilian gay bear who has a huge older male foot kink and quite often draws those kinds of guys and their old paws in some bondage and tickling situations.

2) What techniques do you use to draw? Do you have a favorite artist that inspires you?

In my previous works I mostly used Adobe Illustrator but lately I’ve been mixing Procreate and Photoshop. And the good ol’ pencil and paper. I don’t think I have one favorite tickle artist nowadays but I admire some. To name a few: Etienne, Belasco, Palanca, Franco Saudelli, BAC, Zeepz and Cado.

3) How much was the passion for drawing born in you? And the one for the tickle?

I’m not sure if it can be quantified. I have been drawing since I was a kid and it kept growing over my teen years. It’s my “real” job today. I started sketching tickle scenes when I was in college and the kink was starting to grow on me. I always had a foot fetish since I was a kid but the tickle fetish came after.

4) What are the tickling scenarios that you prefer to draw?

Feet focused tickling in ankle stocks. Drawing the feet and the victim’s laughing face is my favorite part of the artwork, so, this scenario allows me to have more fun.

5) What are the aspects of tickling that you intend to represent with your art? Example: the laughing, the wriggling, the relationship between tickler and ticklee?

Feet and toes movements and texture, wrinkly and calloused big and wide feet, specially toe tied feet. Laughing, sometimes milking and edging added on the mix. And to show the kind of ticklee I love the most: older mature daddy bears, the kind no one would imagine they’re ticklish and wouldn’t be easily convinced to be on those scenarios. I draw mostly the tickling situations and ticklees I couldn’t find easily in real life or in the tickle fetish pornscape.

6) Online there are countless photos and videos of tickling sessions. In your opinion, what do illustrations offer more than images of real life?

I guess I accidentally answered this question in the previous question. Some kinds of ticklees and situations are hard to find on the internet, some are so fictional that it would be hard for a studio to make it in real life. Illustrations help to visualize specific fantasies that’s only in our minds.

7) In your opinion, what makes tickling so interesting for fans of this phenomenon?

I see tickle torture as self control break. A means to lose control, to give the control of one’s body reactions to another person. Tickling forces you to squirm, scream and laugh loud (and getting hard) even if you try hard to keep your cool. With bondage added, it makes you feel vulnerable. And there is the foot fetish as well. I guess that’s why people have tickling as a fetish (that’s why I do).

8) What are your works of which you are most proud?

I guess I’ve been proud of my latest works. I changed the software I use to Procreate and be practicing a lot with some brushes and enjoying the results.

9) Do you have any particular artistic goals for the future?

For the NSFW side of my illustration work, I don’t know. I want to keep it as a hobby and not turn it into a job. I want to keep it funny, kinky and enjoyable.

10) Do you think AIs will end up enriching or impoverishing the art of tickling representations?

It has the potential to enrich but, to me, it’s impoverishing, and polluting feeds. There is an overwhelming amount of AI generated fetish stuff that comes out so poorly or so obvious it’s AI that it lowers the value to me, and lowers the value of artists who started using it for their gain. I enjoy seeing the hand of the artist in the works, there is a large difference. One comes out hot, the other comes out bland. And, of course, there are also a lot of complex ethical, environmental and social issues with the use of AI that worries me a lot but I won’t stress them here.