Another Roger Benson recolouring job - well, colourising job really. I created the rubbery-looking
polythene dress some time ago, but it took an entire day getting the girl
figure into it. I hope it was worth it - let me know what you think!
It’s still unfinished by the way - just a sketched out idea at the moment
- and there is going to be some words added at some point. The colourised girl figure was part of something I knocked up for my own amusement and also
practise and to test out different techniques when I was working with
Roger Benson, manipulating some of his artwork and creating what I call
‘new Bensons‘. The woman figure is another of Bension's I did a version of and I just cleaned it up a bit and stuck it in this pic here to give it some kind of context. Ditto with the polythene or latex (you decide - which would YOU prefer? Why not drop me a line and tell me) dress; which you'll have seen before - right here!
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I like it except I do not agree on stockings for a girl that should be kept in childhood and socks.
Latex, love the insert - whats the story behind this?
It is a really well executed image. Well done. It just hints at what has been put on the hapless girl underneath the plastic infantile onesie that she is forced to wear. I cannot wait to see some of the more stories that you are so skilled at producing, with all the control and forced rejuvenation themes you have floating through your creative mind......
Hi.
Do not like stockings and theses shoes.
Should be in socks obviously
WOW! Thanks for all that adoration there, Anonymous (please, please, please make up a name – so much more personal somehow than 'Anonymous', even though completely bogus; as is my own pen name of course.) So – it looks like you prefer plastic as the fabric. I wonder - would that be of the crinkly type or something a little 'rubbery' and soft like polythene; a bit like a suit bag or the sort of thing stuff comes packaged in, only thicker and a whole LOT stronger? I don't see it as an 'infantile onesie' – although I like the 'infantile' tag, because it certainly has that going for it. Rather, I envisage it as something based on a so-called 'tamper-proof protective garment' of the sort sometimes handed out to the more severely affected dementia patients in residential care homes, but of course somewhat adapted and singularly specialised to suit certain more nefarious purposes of a largely disciplinary nature; namely that of 'instilling proper moral values' – to quote someone I've read in the past – and help manage and make more pliable 'recalcitrant young female' patients undergoing certain types of 'rehabilitation' (read – re-education) in a secure residential care environment.... Phew – that's a mouthful!
Hi there the other 'Anonymous' who suggests latex (do you see now why I am forever advocating inventing some sort of moniker beyond using 'Anonymous'?). Many thanks for your input. Yeah, I considered latex, which I used to like the idea of at one stage, but personally nowadays prefer to think of strong but soft PVC or polythene (I think PVC gives the wrong impression for some reason - not the effect I am looking for) a little rubbery perhaps, but definitely slightly see-through (which seems important – to my mind at least.) But saying all that, when it comes to story-line development I could make it latex if enough folk seem to prefer that (perhaps I should set up one of those poll things like I was running for Roger Benson a couple of years back when I was working along with him on various images of his, revamping, updating and so on). On the other hand I'm not at all sure that the qualities of latex - its elasticity and so on - would fit with the way the garment hangs on the girl's frame in the image. So – should I set up a poll on this (and other related issues)? Would there be any interest do you think?
Hi Bruno - and thanks very much for your input. First let me apologise for the delay between you commenting and your comment / comments actually appearing here on the blog. This is solely due to the action of certain parties in repeatedly 'spamming' the comments section of posts with dubious commercial links advocating diet products and so on or linking to religious commentary of various forms forcing me down the route of refereeing comments before publication. Now, it turns out this is a difficult procedure to carry out from my smartphone (some WiFi networks I use when away from home won't even allow me to access my blogs etc.) and my laptop currently has issues connecting to the 'net - and since I'm away from home most weekends there is a particularly long delay seeing comments sent in leading up to – and during – the weekend period. Right! Enough of that! So – socks verses stockings. Well, for myself, I'd prefer to see bare feet (any preferences in that area, folks?) but from a perfectly practical standpoint vis-à-vis the production of these images – and in particular the figures – a lot of the present set of images owe their origin and inspiration to work I did with Roger Benson and thus I was (am to some degree) hamstrung by the available cannon of his work. For example this image was produced from elements (the two figures) taken from two of his originals to produce a third 'Benson' to which I added the dress and swapped the original Benson-drawn hairbrush with the cane the mature figure now brandishes – and which I find more suitable given the institutional context I was envisioning here. Now obviously the stockings and suspender belt are completely at odds with the latter vision...Or are they??? Hmmm? What can this Toyntanen chap be getting at??? You're probably thinking (I DO hope so!)
I absolutely LOVE that rubber-looking dress with the diagnosis on the front. Would love to see it described as rubber. Also would love to see some variations on the theme please. TWO large plugs that have to be inserted when worn (back and front), also full length arms and sleeves and perhaps an humiliating hat, large sissy bonnet with protruding front or hood.
Robin
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