Original: The Emperor's Boy
Photoshop.
| I was trying to think of a subject
that would allow me to paint a beautiful, graceful male figure, and
as I was trying to settle on a pose, the backstory for The Emperor's
Boy formed itself in my head.
The boy depicted is something of a concubine. He is the Emperor's favourite courtesan, and he calls on him to dance when dark moods fall upon him. He gives him jewels and plies him with all the wine and sweets he could ever want, but make no mistake-- the boy is a slave. As such, he both hates and loves the Emperor, and when he is called to dance he does so without hesitation. His body is lithe, utter perfection as he performs for his master. Only his eyes tell of his true feelings. The boy is, after all, a bird in a
gilded cage. Technical Notes: There are currently two versions of this painting scattered across my art accounts, due to the fact that the previous version was a little too static. I had originally wanted to capture the Boy in motion, but the pose I settled on ended up looking quite static. The version you see above is the "corrected" form, while the original posted painting can be found at the bottom of the page. |
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