Canadian special effects artist, Remy, was arrested on 29th October, is facing serious criminal charges for corruption of morality and might even get jail time because his website dedicated to his art is judged too extreme.

To help publicise Remy’s situation and to find out how to contribute to his legal fund financially or simply offer him your support, please become a fan of his Facebook page and spread the word. To read the page in English, click on the Read More link at the bottom of the Personal Interests section.

I don’t want to talk about my personal feelings on the subject of criminalising art in an increasingly sterile global society because this would turn from a few paragraphs in a blog to a thousand page essay, but suffice to say Remy’s situation makes my blood boil.

Remy’s work can also be seen on deviantART and on his business website.

Spread the word through the wonder of online information sharing, social bookmarking and other such clicky things : Digg . StumbleUpon . Reddit

Sublime Rush is a magazine for independent artists, rock stars, photographers, writers, models, webmasters, mistresses, illustrators, performers, body modders, designers, musicians, tech addicts, directors, social butterflies, film-makers, publishers, pin-ups, record labels, fashionistas, distributors, promoters and digital media glitterati, to showcase your creative passion and inspire a global audience with eyes, ears and minds wide open.

Sublime Rush is exclusively web-published and the first issue, released mid-October 09, has had almost 30,000 unique pageviews from readers all over the world. You can get more information and read the magazine online at the official website, SublimeRush.com, follow us on Twitter, keep up with us on Facebook and MySpace, and submit individual images for inclusion through the Sublime Rush group on Flickr.

So you’ve read issue 001, hooked up with Sublime Rush online and now you’d like to contribute YOUR work to issue 002, where it will be seen by a whole heap (technical terminology) of people? Here’s how…

Providing that you are OVER 18, you are welcome to contribute just about any kind of independent art-, culture- and entertainment-based content, as long as it is YOUR work and that it doesn’t contain derogatory or threatening statements about individuals or groups, or encourage attacks on any person or group of people for any reason.

You should already have started promoting your own work before you ask Sublime Rush or anyone else to promote you, and you should send links to at least one (preferably more than one) place online where your work can be seen and identified as yours.

If you plan to submit photographs that you didn’t take as part of your contribution (for example, models or bands), you absolutely must have permission from the photographer, and you must provide crediting information including the photographer’s name, website and email address. Artists whose work has been submitted by someone else to illustrate a contribution will be contacted!

We do ask that contributions be made up of finished pieces of work, preferably as part of a collection or existing project or venture. You must be willing to talk about yourself and your work too – it’s YOUR work, so you should have something to say about it!

If you would like to submit just one image without any further details, a great way to do this is through the official Sublime Rush Flickr group.

Depending on the level of interest and the amount of available time when the magazine is being put together, it may not be possible to contact unsuccessful applicants. Please be aware that magazines are often built around features, themes and concepts, so while not all contributions will be relevant at the time when they are first offered, some may be more appropriate for future issues.

At this stage in the magazine’s development, work for Sublime Rush is undertaken on a voluntary basis.

To submit your work for consideration, please email Tanya at mail@sublimerush.com

THE CONTENT DEADLINE FOR ISSUE 002 IS 30TH NOVEMBER 2009.
THE MAGAZINE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 2010.

Models: AJ and Sasha
Make-up and styling: Starving Artists Creative Services
Direction: Lucie @ Starving Artists

Also posted on: deviantART, Flickr, MySpace, LiveJournal and AltDiva
See more on: ViolentlyBeautiful.com, Flickr and Fotki
Buy prints from: Fotki and deviantART

Model: Morrigan

Also posted on: deviantART, Flickr, AltDiva, LiveJournal and MySpace.
Buy prints from: Fotki and deviantART

The calendars are…

Beauty: Fashion and Expressive Portraiture
Lust: Fetish, Nude and Alt Glamour Photography
Fear: Atmospheric Bloodless Horror Photography
Evil: Graphic and Gory Horror Photography

In the midst of the launch of Sublime Rush, everything else was put on the back-burner for a bit, but now my life, work and brain have returned to normal(ish) and I’d like to show you some of the pictures Kitty and I created in the studio recently.

That one involves super-cute heart-shaped pasties covered with rhinestones (from Ann Summers) and you can find it on Flickr and deviantART, and prints are available from Fotki and deviantART.

That one is a preview of a set we shot for Zivity, and you can find it on Flickr and deviantART, and buy prints from Fotki and deviantART. The Zivity set isn’t up yet but I’ll post here as soon as it goes live. In the meantime, if you’re on Zivity or are going to join, come find me and say hi. My username there is (surprisingly enough) RockstarVanity.

That one is a preview of the Morning Haze set, now viewable on ViolentlyBeautiful.com. You can get a print of that picture here, in Fotki. There’s a whole heap more alt glamour and modern pin-up prints in this folder on Fotki.

These tasty bits were also posted on AltDiva, LiveJournal and MySpace.

On Saturday 17th October, there was a meeting of twisted minds in the #HorrorMacabrePhoto room in the deviantART chat network. A panel of talented horror photographers encouraged the eager audience to poke around inside their braaaaaaaaaains and look for useful information amidst the squishy bits…

If you couldn’t make it to the chat, or are wondering what the hell all this deviantART business is about (go to deviantART.com and sign up NOW!), the chat log is posted HERE, in a slightly streamlined format to make it easier for you to get your teeth into.

Om nom nom.

Tastes like chicken.

Sublime Rush, the project which has been consuming my mind and my time lately, has FINALLY been released to the big wide world on the world wide web. In case you’ve missed my recent rambling on the subject, Sublime Rush is an independent arts, culture and entertainment magazine and the door is always open to fans, friends, creative content submissions and new readers.

From the website, SublimeRush.com, you can read the magazine online, register with the mailing list to get your hands on the mag before anyone else (plus see special subscriber-only content) and find out how to contribute YOUR work to future issues. You can also come and play at MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.

Any and all help with pimping the project – mentions in blogs, links on MySpace profiles, page promoting on Facebook, tweeting on Twitter etc – in these early days is massively appreciated. I’ve submitted SublimeRush.com and this blog entry to the following social bookmarking sites where you can add your clicks and love to help introduce the magazine to even more new readers…

- SublimeRush.com on Digg
- Blog entry on Digg
- SublimeRush.com on Reddit
- Blog entry on Reddit
- You can also Stumble the website and blog entry, if Stumbling is your thing.

Big huge hugs and thanks to the people who made issue 001 awesome…AnaBelle, Keith Caputo, Paul at Coolworld Photography, Jeff Koromi, Joshua Hoffine, Leyla Rose, Susan McKivergan, Danielle McKay at deviantART, Kate White, Kristen Santel AKA Hannah Bel, Teari Vaughn S at Electric Jungle Studios and Unsigned Rock TV, Jo Vallance at Room Thirteen, The Resistance, Micropenis, Alex Kelly, Christer Eckermann AKA Ecker00, Trppl Johnson at ABRA Tribe, Theodore Mander at NeveaH Jewelry, Lorna Currie and Fourthletter.

The magazine has already had almost 20,000 unique pageviews since it went live two days ago and I am so beyond excited. Every time I think about it, I feel all bubbly and hyper. And yes, issue 002 is underway already!

Also posted at: LiveJournal, MySpace, AltDiva, deviantART news and my deviantART journal.

I’ve just uploaded a pre-release preview of issue 001 of Sublime Rush magazine, with a full table of contents so you can get a taste of what’s to come in the first issue.

Go to SublimeRush.com and check it out. You can register with the mailing list there as well, and you can find Sublime Rush on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter as well.

(I am very very excited!)

Lolitachick, Cherry Loco, Sasha de Buyl-Pisco and Lucie, styled by Starving Artists Creative Services with hair-falls and hair accessories by Miss Needles.

ViolentlyBeautiful.com photoset: Dreaming Through Dawn.
Flickr sets: Cherry Loco, Lolitachick, Lucie and Sasha.
deviantART submissions: Lolitachick, Lucie and Sasha.
deviantART prints: Lolitachick, Lucie and Sasha.
More prints in the Fashion & Model Prints album on Fotki.
Also posted on: MySpace, AltDiva and LiveJournal.

Ally, Bomb and Dagmar for Miss Needles.

ViolentlyBeautiful.com photosets: Tripping On Neon and Off Duty.
See more on Flickr and deviantART.
Buy prints on Fotki and deviantART.
Also posted on: AltDiva, LiveJournal and MySpace

Model: AJ
Accessories: Miss Needles

Also posted on: Flickr, MySpace, LiveJournal and AltDiva
See more on: Flickr, deviantART, Fotki and ViolentlyBeautiful.com
Buy prints on: Fotki and deviantART

Story About The Boy documentary and rehearsal session
Location: The Depot, Edinburgh

Also posted on: Flickr
See more on: Flickr, MySpace, LiveJournal and AltDiva

For The Creativity Guide, a branch of Creativity Is Me.
See a larger version on Flickr

Model (images on left): Wild Card Kitty
Make-up and styling: By model
Lingerie: Cameo Intimates
Location: Alien Rock, Newhaven
Lighting tech and prop assistant: Fourthletter

Model (images on right): Anna
Make-up: Frances McPate
Accessories: Miss Needles

Cherry Loco (top right) for Hot Muffins Burlesque promo poster.

Also posted on: Flickr, MySpace, LiveJournal and AltDiva
See more on: Flickr

Self-portrait.

Also posted on: Flickr, deviantART, MySpace, LiveJournal and AltDiva
Buy prints from: Fotki and deviantART

Self-portrait.

Also posted on: deviantART, Flickr, MySpace, Livejournal and AltDiva
Buy prints from: Fotki and deviantART

Self-portraits, created for the My Personal Nightmare horror photography art challenge which I’m hosting on deviantART.com

Also posted on: Flickr [here, here, here and here], deviantART [here, here, here, here and here], AltDiva, LiveJournal and ViolentlyBeautiful.com
Buy prints from: Fotki [here, here, here and here] and deviantART [here, here, here, here and here]

Model: Shai

Also posted on: Flickr, deviantART and MySpace
Buy prints from: Fotki and deviantART