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PhotoStudio, about ten hours.March 2008.
The French term odalisque derives from the Turkish-Ottoman word odalik, a female slave owned by a Muslim male as his legal concubine. The odalisque became a favorite theme of European artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as a symbol, in the European view, of Muslim sensuality.
Submitted to Piroro's Asian costume contest: [link]
Background story: Remember King Shahryar? That's Scheherazade's King, the one who liked stories. So much did he like the stories his wife was telling him that he didn't care much for the invitation Sultan Piroro had send him. "A bondage party? Again?" And as he had no intention of binding and gagging his wife, and deprive himself of her stories, he sent two of his harem slaves instead.
Five photo references for the bodypositions, the ties and the background.
There are several things I am not happy with, like the face and the hands (too big!) of the girl on the left.
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Β All Slave Girls should be so gently treated, their Masters would be the recipients of greater obedience. Don't believe me? Ever seen a girl in love wanting to do something for her Guy? Ever hear another girl say "I'd do anything for him,just anything".
Treat your girl right give her a reason to do what she's told.Β
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Β All Slave Girls have Great Butts otherwise who would bother taking them as a Slave Girl?
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I like the way the tops are designed to look fashionable and be designed for bondage. Looks like something that takes two slaves to put on, though.
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Well, they *were* slaves, so that figures!
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Glad to hear that you are impressed
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Wow, you're looking at oldies.
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Very good picture, mate.
Yeah, maybe left odalisque's hands are slightly oversized, but I don't think it's a real problem. The cartoonish style of your pic allows, in my opinion, a certain freedom in body proportions. Big hands are a charachteristics of some great comics artists. And the overall effect is more than fine.
BTW... nice background story, too.
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Thanks.
That reminds me: the next time Piroro organizes a party, you ought to consider to participate as well.
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great!I love it!
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Gracias por adelantado! Usted puede votar aquΓ: [link]
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Wonderful arrangement. All fits perfectly together. Background is great, the two bound beauties even greater. A really fine image!!!
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Thanks! It is a contest submission, you can vote for it here: [link] Or for one of the other 20+ drawings, if you prefer
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Yes, saw it, thanks very much. I counted this morning, I am in 5th or 6th place or so
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I wish you all the luck you deserve.
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Didn't win anything in the drawing contest.... But 1st place in the writing contest !!!
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Congratulations on your 1st place, but i do not understand why you didnΒ΄t win the drawing contest.
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No gags maybe? I thought myself that EcEu would win, it was the most original one. Maullar's picture is technically perfect but a bit boring.
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IΒ΄ve watched certain contests by now but never got an idea why this piece won and that piece was more or less ignored...
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both poses fit very well together. the sheet and skirt is nice drapped and flows around their bodies. Although the ropes on the right girl dont stand out that clear against her richly decorated bra.
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Yeah, I tried several colours for the ropes. Nothing worked really well.
The draped clothing was the motivation for the pic, I am glad you like it.
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This is really cool, i voted for this on the Piroro's party ^^ I think it stands out because it's not Chinese or Japanese
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Thanks, that's very nice of you !
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it's a cool drawing 
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it's a very beautiful piece. The simple, neat, and yet very effective bondage works really well. Everytime i hear the word 'odalisque' i get reminded of art history when i studied the piece 'la grande odalisque' which actually was a painting of a turkish harem woman. I can see what you mean with the left woman's face, the easy way to fix it would be to adjust her eye lid tone to the rest of her face that is in the shadow. I like the addition of the hagia sophia in the back, the blue to black transition connects the figures to the foreground very nicely.
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Very nice composition there. The hands are not that shocking though... Call it emphasis...^^
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Emphasis? Didn't know that was Latin for "big hands"
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Yes, but the image overall is quite striking, and very worthy of praise. The silhouette of the Islamic-style building in the background (Hagia Sophia?) alone against the blue darkening sky is very enticing, and the costumes and balance of the two figures is enjoyable, especially given their coloration. I like it. A lot.
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Yes, the building is the Hagia Sophia, the only one I could find that I could black out and still recognize as Arabic. Thanks for all the praise.
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Thanks! Hey, don't forget to vote for me
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Thanks very much!
PS Your signature is very nice. I googled for it, but without luck. Did you make it up yourself?
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Ha j'ai oubliΓ© que tu parle francais. En fait ma signature viens d'un joke dans un game de gamma world et le mΓ©lange d'une tΓ©lΓ©-serie au QuΓ©bec qui s'appelle ''Dans une galaxie pret de chez vous''. Dans la serie pour se moquer de Star trek au lieu de dire ''la ou l'homme n'ai jamais allΓ©'', il disent '' La ou la main de l'homme n'a jamais mis le pied''. Ainsi lors d'une parite de gamma un NPC nous a demandΓ© ou nous allions cette alors que j'ai repondu ''La ou la main de la vigne n'a jamais mis le pied'' vue que mon partenaire Γ©tait un vigne. Je sais que si une personne n'a jamais jouΓ© a Gamma World on ne comprend pas la joke.
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Congratulations! Well made, and researched, too! This is definitely going to get a vote from me.
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Hey, thanks in advance!
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Yes, especially since those European painters had lots of very romantic ideas like that, most of them wrong
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