Burlesque dancer and performance artist Obskyura was featured at the first incarnation of Dr. Sketchy's Toronto. When we relaunched the Toronto branch this year, Obskyura came highly recommended by former organizer Brett. We gave her a theme: over the top, pop star decadence. We gave her a red velvet chair and a hot pink AK-47. The rest was all her.
Photos are courtesy of Jeffrey Adam Danyleyko.
Back at the mic was Bianca Boom Boom as the evening's emcee. She took the pop star theme and shone bright like a sequin.
Obskyura entered the room in big, red hair and a shiny, skintight outfit to match. She has no problem drawing eyes on her.
For the first art contest, the theme was Best Botched Plastic Surgery. For this contest, we look inspiration from Obskyura's performance art piece Kkunt Factory Presents: Timeless Luxury. If you've got a couple minutes (and your boss isn't hovering over your shoulder), click the link!
The contest entries were a cornucopia of cartoonishly large asses, trout pouts and lopsided implants. The horror!
Making her first costume change, Obskyura returned to pose in a pink Bollywood look - a costume that simultaneously had a lot of, and very little, fabric.
For the second art contest, the theme was Give Obskyura a Celebrity Best Friend. Her new best friends included Christopher Walken, Lassie, Neil Diamond, and the winning entry, Mini Me.
After intermission, Obskyura slipped into a risqué black fringe ensemble. This was the first time a model wore a costume this revealing, so we had to check in with the bar to make sure we weren't breaking their rules. Ashley the bartender answered, 'it's fine. We have naked events all the time. We have a naked event coming up on Sunday.' Whew! (Check out Round's website for more barely clothed fun.)
Capping off the night, we had our favourite of all art contests, Model's Pick. These sketches below are by Francis Foster (ink) and Pam Rose (pencil).
Thank you to everyone for a fun night! We'll be back on Friday, December 5th for naughty Nutcracker night with Pastel Supernova and Kage Wolfe.
Dr. Sketchy's Toronto is held the first Friday of the month at Round venue, 152A Augusta Avenue, Toronto Canada.
