Originally posted in the thread, 'Alice Kiss - Crux Legend' - http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/alice-kiss-crux-legend.6168/post-431429A Birthday Prezzie for Mali Hussain
A Birthday Prezzie for Mali Hussain
The latest Alice manip has been posted by Melissa in her thread, 'Sex Slaves', with the accompanying text -
The latest Alice manip has been posted by Melissa in her thread, 'Sex Slaves', with the accompanying text -
Mali Hussain is 80 today and his wife, possibly with an eye on his considerable estate and his heart problem, has taken him to the local slave market to buy him a sexy young slave for his birthday. Now isn’t that considerate of her. She’s even arranged for her very Westernised sister to come along and take a few photographs to remember the day by. The lady on the far left was a little shocked to see her not wearing a hijab but this is Khabadami 2019 after all! So here we are. Mali is posing with his little prezzie and his loving wife.
There are very few manips depicting Alice as a slave, the best known being those by Kamerijk which have been reviewed previously. Julie and Melissa's source is taken from the series, 'Emerald World', photographed by Alexey Bessarab and published by Amour Angels on 5 August 2010. As far as I am aware, this is the first occasion on which this series has yielded a complete figure of Alice for a manipulation. Julie and Melissa have transposed the entire figure as she appears in the original photo, and are to be congratulated on their creative interpretation of an attractive source image from this previously neglected series.
Alice stands with her arms raised, elbows out, pushing her hair behind her shoulders. The motif provided by her own hands is reflected in those of Mali Hussain, 'weighing' Alice's breasts. The visual rythm continues with a fifth hand further down, belonging to Mali's wife who is pulling down Alice's panties to expose her assets for the camera. This is a very neatly applied detail.
The placing of the central figures ensures that Alice takes centre stage for her photo call (a meta concept since both source and manip represent photo sessions.) And so the picture acquires a sense of depth from the physical engagement of the characters in contact with her - located behind her on either side whilst their hands are placed in front of her. The resulting immersion makes for a convincing scene, and this central group is framed by the female on the left and the photographer on the right, in a nicely balanced composition.
The hands theme is repeated in those of the photographer (holding what appears to be an indestructible 35mm SLR) and in the second slave, also with raised arms, hands behind her head, who looks a bit like Janina. I trust Melissa will correct me if I am wrong about these details.
At least six new characters have been manipulated into the foreground of this multi-figure composition. Such manipulations present greater challenges to the artist, in terms of consistent scale and lighting, the more figures are introduced. Having said that, Julie and Melissa are highly proficient manipulation artists with considerable experience of multi-figure themes. Despite the bright sunlight on the background figures, they have successfully resolved the lighting, colour and contrast issues in the foreground.
Melissa draws our attention to the contrasting themes within her picture - traditional Muslim attire and Western fashion, youth and old age, ancient and modern. Mali Hussain appears understandably delighted with his 80th birthday present. We note that his 80th celebration is referred to in the same sentence as his heart condition, and so we suspect his wife's motives in purchasing Alice, notwithstanding the fact that she makes an excellent choice, all things considered.
Well done, Julie and Melissa!