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One of the aspects that always intrigued me with bondage is the way it could often sculpt the woman into positions and forms that enhanced her natural lines and curves making them almost supernatural. As if they are freezing the fluid motion and elegant poses of a dancer and turning her into a work of art.I hope that one day it can lose the stigma of perverse objectification, so that it can be seen by others as I see it, for the beauty of it's potential.
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one of the most artistic strappado positions i've ever seen
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I tried to look up this character and couldn't find her. Is she your creation? I started a couloring already. Thanks for sharing!
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Love a device designed specifically restrain a women. Thank you. Very creative.
Lisa
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"Love a device designed specifically to restrain a woman."
...And I love a woman specifically designed to be restrained by a device
Thanks!
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Your Artist's Comment is incredibly deep and appealing.
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Lovely line art - very neatly done. Fantastic picture! Thank you for sharing!
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You know, I have agree with you, i have been fascinated how bondage causes women to be put in positions that show off curves and lines, like example a hogtie, causes the woman to arch her back showing a crescent curve. Its quite beautiful the way the human body can be an art form.
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"The stigma of perverse objectification" I don't think your work is like that... In my opinion women has many forms of beauty & this is one of it!
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Love the beauty in this piece. And as many have said, I'd love for the beauty of bondage to become more accepted in society someday. It really can be a beautiful, even *artistic* expression, as illustrated here.
The left side of my brain got to work on this one, incidentally. Physics-wise. Especially after WrenchMan's posts. Were it not for the crotch rope, this scenario in real life would be a mighty speedy way to achieve a double shoulder dislocation. Buuuuutttt... that crotch rope takes up most of the force here. Seems this would save her shoulders, if she's willing to feel like she's being cleaved in twain, instead.
The gears in my head are turning now. My welding equipment should get dusted off, methinks.
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One of the beautiful things about Fantasy Illustration is that Physics don't have to apply... you can balance a ballerina on the head of a pin while she's holding up a rhino with her pinky finger. But I try to keep things SOMEWHAT in the realm of reality, though, because it's also about what if the scenes WERE possible... (like "How would a tentacle REALLY behave!")
One of my dreams is to one day see a real life representation of one of my drawings come to life, so you and Wrenchman have got my OWN gears turning now. (By the way, anyone interested in trying, all my pics are fair game! Knock yourself out! ... well, not literally... let's be safe here. I cannot vouch for the safety of any of these devices and creatures, so you'd have to do so at your own risk!)
Just remember my statement at the end of the intros in my books- "No Damsels were harmed in the making of this book." Sooo, with that in mind.....
Legal disclaimer: Don't try this at home!
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"One of my dreams is to one day see a real life representation of one of my drawings come to life, so you and Wrenchman have got my OWN gears turning now."
If I ever do (and I very much plan to at *some* point), you have my promise that I'll post it on my profile here. I'll swing by to tap you on the shoulder so you can see it, too.
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i agree that bondage can be an art form in and of itself. awesome job <3
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I agree absolutely with the words, is a thought I think many people share, I'm a fan of your art, it also is inspiring me. continuously translating these beautiful pictures in the paper who generously share with us. Thanks for that.
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Crescent, stars.
If it has a red and white blackground, you have the personified flag of Singapore! [link]
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That's very cool! I hadn't noticed that. The flag, of course, is just missing the girl... for a minute I was ready to make travel arrangements! A country with a girl tied up on it's flag? I'm Hooooooommmmeee!!!
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Seeing her tiara and maybe thinking she is a superheroine adds another aspect that I enjoy, the concept of power restrained. I love how a powerful superheroine can be restrained and that she may be shocked that it happened as she is not used to losing.
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The Superheroine in peril is my favorite choice of damsel. It's the combination of the sexy costume, her being conquered despite her powers, her strength in the face of adversity, and the fact that she can take care of herself. You know that in any given story, she's going to get free, only to be captured another day! .... because, come on, she flies right into the face of danger. It's like she WANTS to get captured sometimes!
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I couldn't have said it better myself. Are you sure you're not a writer in addition to a great artist?
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Thanks... and I've been known to dabble in writing, on occassion... just for fun, though.
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Glad you agree and thank you!
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Very nicely done. And I agree with the sentiment.
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I like your description of bondage. This is truly how I see it too, like most bondage lovers and practitioners I guess. Revealing the inner beauty of a woman's body (any woman's body) is truly what it is all about. And about mutual trust too. Very far indeed from the unaware preconception of a vulgar and perverse objectification.
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One major problem is people mentally place sexual inclinations into two categories... the stuff that turns them on... and the stuff that's sick. If it doesn't excite them, it MUST be sick! So if bondage is NOT someone's cup of tea, they immediately label it with negative connotations because of the inherent dangers it portrays... but it IS those very dangers that are the thrill and the ultimate intimacy of trust that make it such a powerful sexual experience.
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You are right about the judgmental comments, although in the place I live (Paris), I find a great deal of tolerance towards most inclinations. As a matter of fact, even the fetish imagery is becoming more and more mainstream in fashion, adds, and even some TV shows. Mind you, this is a place where you can have a national culture-oriented TV network broadcast a 1-hour show on Shibari at an hour of large audience (9:00 pm).
However, I would add another thing to the elements of trust and intimacy you cited: the sheer aesthetic component of bondage. Sometimes it almost has a "haute couture" feel to it, where the search for subtle equilibrium and construction is directed towards one goal: transcending the beauty of the female form. I do not really know at this point if it is still a purely sexual experience or something else.
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I know many places throughout Europe are far more tolerant of fetish imagery ... There's a solid and growing fanbase (no pun intended) here in the U.S., including several well publicized conventions, so it IS becoming more mainstream. The aesthetic component you mentioned is what I was kind of addressing in the original statement, to a lesser extent... alluding to how the use of ropes, straps, chains, and the accompanying apparel can sculpt the woman beyond the normal shape of the female form.
And you're right, it IS far more than purely sexual... it includes deeper elements of power, control, and surrender that go beyond the simple categorization of sex.
I just wish the we'd catch up to you guys when it comes to these sorts of things ... I sometimes feel things are moving in the opposite direction. We're the country that flipped out because Janet Jackson's boob sorta flashed for a half second during the Super Bowl, prompting massive complaints, fines, and new legislation. You'd think if anyone under 18 saw a nipple they'd suddenly turn into a psychotic serial killer.
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That thing in the US with nudity is really disturbing indeed. I have been working with US partners for nearly 15 years, visiting the place several times a year, and it looks like things are indeed going worse in this regards. Yet at the same time, the tolerance towards the depiction of graphic violence on TV seems larger and larger. So in some people's mind now, it is less traumatic for a youngster to see a person eviscerated on a dissection table like in CSI than glimpsing a nipple in a commercial.
Makes no sense to me ...
On the other side, there are other elements of US society which I would gladly swap with ours.
I guess that knowing each other is the key to keeping the best of the two worlds !
Keep up the good work, your art is technically perfect, and at the same time both sexy and witty. Hats off !
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During the broadcast of Super Bowl XXXVIII, where Janet Jackson showed her breast for that instant, there was some sort of CSI commercial that showed a guy carrying a severed human leg, and also showed a decapitated human head as a veiled fellatio joke was said, and all THAT was fine!
Your comment reminded me of the old double standard that killing someone in real life is illegal, but showing it on TV is fine... On the other hand, having sex with someone in real life is legal, but showing it on TV is not.
I was also reminded of a time when they tried to ban adult bookstores from being anywhere near a church... Why? So that people could feel safe as they went to kneel before a sculpture of a half naked man strapped to a wooden apparatus through an unusual series of body piercings while they pretend to drink blood and eat flesh in bizarre cannibalistic rituals and not have to worry about seeing pictures of attractive women with their breasts exposed.
Life is all about perception.
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I LOVED your last paragraph !
When you come to think of it, it describes the situation very adequately.
Well ... hypocritical bigots come in all flavors, don't they ?
As long as freedom of speech and of artistic creation is secured in both our countries, we can still laugh about it. Let us hope it stays that way ...
Best wishes,
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Your work is excellent, thank you for sharing. Appreciation of bondage for its own sake and as an erotic art form is a gift for us to treasure. One day, it will become part of the mainstream, but in the meantime the trail will be blazed by those like you who dare to 'come out'.
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The good thing is with the internet, we are discovering the like-mindedness of those who share our fetishes... so they can be discussed, understood, and eventually accepted by at least SOME of the mainstream.
One of the things I've tried to do is to find the common thread of many of the peril based and restraint based fetishes to bring them together under a common umbrella of "Sensual Distress". And while every fetish I portray may not be everyone's cup of tea, I hope that they can at least be appreciated to some extent by others.
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Well said. Maybe the operative word here is 'sensual'. No matter what the content, there is an undercurrent of erotic sensuality. But this is a 'felt' sense which not everyone is equipped to relate to in a positive and loving way, thus leaving the material open to alternative, fear based, and much less wholesome interpretations.
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Very nice.
(rushes off to the wood shop to build one)
One design note. I would have put a hanging point for her shoulders out at the upper end. That is going to be very painful on her shoulder joints.......and quite quickly too.
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Thanks! And I love that you can see the necessary hanging points AND their painful implications. That's awesome! One of the reasons I enjoy the illustration side of the fetish is that we artists don't always have to be confined to things like "gravity" and "physics"... as some of my girls boobs will prove!
And "building" something only requires me to sharpen my pencil.
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Yes floating boobs.......
Now if we could only invent an anti-grav bra for real
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Hey, YOU'RE the WrenchMan! Get to work on that!
... and I'll take two
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when they start putting anti-grav on motorcycles......I'll figure out how to put it into a bra
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"Back to the Future" promised anti-grav skateboards by 2015! Four more years and our Utopian Floating Boob Society can finally become a reality!
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I don't want to wait
Can't we just fill em with helium?
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