Bondage art by Louis N (AI)

LouisN - Captive in Cage

 This inventive image of a captive restrained within a bell-like cage or frame was produced by an artist called LouisN. The frame clamps his legs (firmly indeed) in a wide spread, leaving him open to all kinds of possibilities. The scrolled decoration suggests a captor with an expressive taste in decor. 

 All titles in this article are mine 

 

LouisN - Captive Boxer in Steam Punk Restraint

This image from a videoette shows a boxer being beaten while trapped in an even more exotic restraint apparatus. One with design influences ranging from medieval Gothic and heavy metal to Victorian Steam Punk. In his plight he's probably too bewildered to appreciate such nuances.

 

LouisN - Bondage in Black

This leather scene is almost mundane by comparison, but the normal conventions for this genre are imaginatively adapted. For example the artist has substituted silky shorts for the usual leather, not tight either, but worn loose enough to stimulate the wearer. 

 

The outdoor setting introduces variables which are normally rigorously excluded from leather activities (except for the community's Summer Camps!). Namely, the threat of public discovery and adverse weather, an extra layer of uncertainty and potentially psychological and physical torment too.

 The leather apron worn by the master here makes an unexpected connection to recent mitchmen posts about Guys in Uniform (1975) and 'Leather Merchants' (Dolphin/Royale, 1961). 

 

LouisN - Bound and Gagged

The artist gives full rein to his preference for silky clothing in this fanciful re-imagining of a 'Bound and Gagged' magazine cover. In the UK, tracksuit bottoms like this were once widely associated with a certain type of unrefined, ill disciplined, young man, earthy qualities that are still irresistibly attractive to many gays. 

Such men also make appropriate subjects for those with an interest in correction. The high-tech chair used here makes a quirky combination with dungeon style restraint chains, but the heavy iron collar and fetters ought to give any hooligan pause for thought.  The electro mechanism suggested in this image is potentially extreme, as evidenced by the subject's profuse sweating. But it's dangerous in reality, strictly for fantasy, don't do it. 

Imaginary magazine covers like this are an interesting new genre of gay art entirely created by the AI revolution, I've featured examples by Remixing Reality at 'X' in the past. Paradoxically the real thing is rapidly disappearing as a result of the current technological tsunami.

The sepia, aged look of LouisN's simulation is a sad reminder that the much missed, original Bound and Gagged title ceased publication 21 years ago, in 2005.

 

LouisN - Track Suited Jogger Restrained

 

This videoette offers a less drastic but simpler and equally unconventional disciplinary mechanism for youthful bad behaviour. It majors on frustration with personally-focussed restraint that avoids the pitfall of allowing corrupting fraternisation with the other rogues in a conventional prison.

 

The silky pants show their erotic worth by giving glimpses of the groin contours within. There's also a curious alignment of this area with a diagonal bar in the background, creating a classic phallic extension. Did AI dream that up on its own? 

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LouisN -Soccer Player Restrained

 Unsurprisingly, this artist is also drawn to the tactile and visual qualities of flimsy, modern soccer kit. Like the tracksuit bottoms, this sporting connection offers ample excuses for restraint and punishment. The resemblance of this strip to that of the Argentine national side might prompt wry pleasure for some readers, following events in the recent World Cup. 

 

In this set-up, the usual gag ingredient is replaced by a complex, metal tube which seems to incorporate a valve. The flexible end leads to bottle which is presumably collecting the captive's drool, though not all of it. A chain attached to the bottom of the bottle suggests it can be raised and inverted to return the fluid, if the overseer deems it appropriate.

 

  The extensive, shibari style roping pulls the kit tight around the player's torso but leaves it loose, but erotically framed, at the crotch. A chain stretched across the captive's thighs provides a solid, back-up restraint.

 

 

LouisN - Soccer Player Worshipped

Ultimately, the attraction of silky fabrics lies in their flimsiness and sensuality to the touch and LouisN explores this in two memorable videos that I commend to you. This one shows a player gagged and spread-eagled on a tilted platform, dressed in all-white, Real Madrid kit. He is attended by a similarly dressed fan (or team-mate maybe) who teases and worships him. Apart from the obvious interest here, the captive's authentically chunky thighs are the highlight of this piece.

 

View Soccer Player Worshipped 

 

 

LouisN - Soccer Player Explored

 

There's a similar set-up here except that the restraint position is different and unsubtly directs our attention in a slightly different direction. A sensitive place that is teasingly approached, but never quite reached. Notice the stray fingertip lurking in this image taken from the video. 

 

In the end, the teasing seems to magically elevate the player under examination to heights of ecstasy. Not as technically accomplished as the previous example but no less arousing. 

 

 View Soccer Player Explored

 

 

LouisN - Cage Bondage

 

The artist's preoccupation with shiny material takes an unexpected direction here. I can't easily connect shiny, cargo pants with a real world situation, except stage performers - or pop stars perhaps, who I suppose do misbehave from time to time. He certainly has the look (to me) of a mischief-maker, but I may be unfairly stereotyping him. The shibari ropes pleasantly frame his attractive physique and (thrusting?) groin.

 

Containment within a metal frame is graphic and suggestive, but the restraint shown here does not take significant advantage of the 'tethering' opportunities except in the vertical direction. There is an element of mouth punishment as well as restraint, suggestive of bad language being the cause of his discomfort. The uncompromising, spiked metal collar works well with the gag. It makes a sinister, dark conjunction with the rope dangling above though. 

 

LouisN - Lashed Astride A Bench 1

 

More shiny pants here, highlighting this man's shapely backside but not offering much protection, although it's not actually the target. Shiny skin and swirling vapours in the background project the impression of hot punishment. 

 

 

LouisN - Lashed Astride A Bench 2

AI has not got the hang of depicting the fall of the lash yet, but there's a short video of this event you can view at the artist's website (link at foot of post)

LouisN - Spread-Eagled Captive

 

We're going outside for the next few images. A good-looking man chained inside a wooden frame like this is exposed to the best and the worst of the elements, not to mention anything his captor might throw at him. 

 

His shiny blue briefs seem a trifle incongruous, the black shorts in image 3 seem more 'in keeping' with this situation. He's looking down at them as though they don't belong to him, which could indicate an element of ritual and performance in the proceedings. The colour co-ordinated gag supports that interpretation, although I can't think of a witty or erotic reason for using the colour, royal blue. Maybe he's just amazed how nice they make him feel, reminding him of his manliness, ready to face his punishment.

 

 The captive restrained inside a square frame has echos of an image by Etienne/Stephen, and it's a device much used by Amalaric too. (More Amalaric at mitchmen blog).

 

 

LouisN - Jungle Captive

The artist temporarily abandons shiny fabrics here and lets his shibari (and the innate qualities of the captive) do the talking. He can't speak for himself at the moment! He's not alone in his predicament (see right-hand side) which suggests we are in sacrifice territory. Borne out by the carved column behind him.

 

Young lads are easy meat for this sort of thing, I'd like to see a more mature, white explorer put on the spot. One is in a forthcoming post. This is still a nice image though.  

 

 

LouisN - Captive In The Snow

This scenario is at the opposite end of the climatic scale, but the captive can't complain, one of his captors has even less on than he does, but I suppose he can scoot off to a cabin or waiting car at any time to warm up. 

 

In the video from which this comes, there's sensuality inflicted on the captive rather than violence, with the tugging of his pants more massage than menace. I like the scenario and arched torso, but a fabric fan will enjoy more the subtle attractions of the clothing choice.  

 

LouisN - Captive Jogger.

In from the cold but readied for suspension in bondage and sweating it already. This is the best of the lot for my money. A great looking man with a super bod. Immobilised in economical shibari his pride and joy has been packaged up impressively. So touchable.

 

I've christened him as a jogger, diverted from his morning run by an admirer, who bears him no ill-will, but just wants to breakfast on his sumptuous physique. He does so in the video, reproduced below, and there's more where that came from at LouisN at 'X'

 

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LouisN - Track suited Jogger Restrained

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Jovial Dragon 2 - Elias & Ushrev

 Read Part 1

 

Jovial Dragon - Torture Training

 

The first images in this post are extracts from the story of Elias and Ushrev, two agents who work together but are also lovers. They are recruited for a dangerous, secret mission to investigate 'The Silent Cold'. It's so dangerous that they have to be trained to withstand torture before they can start.

 

Jovial Dragon -Information Broker

The agents spend considerable time seeking information and leads from the street folk of the city. 

 

Jovial Dragon - Dungeon Distress

 

But, as their superiors seem to have anticipated, they are both captured by their sinister enemy. Stripped of their clothes, they face the evil of The Quiet Warden.

 

Jovial Dragon - Laboratory Lock-Up

 

Their interrogation is shared. It is protracted and terrifying. 

Finally, the Warden gives Elias a truth drug, and he remembers.....

 

Jovial Dragon - Bare Breakout

An equipment malfunction gives the guys a chance to escape.

Elias is reassured by the sight of Ushrev's ass leading him to safety. 

Jovial Dragon - Bathhouse bliss

 

With their mission complete, the two lovers can relax.

They probably have sex too. 

 

 

Jovial Dragon - Naughty List, Interesting Fun

As time goes by, it transpires that their time in captivity has awakened a secret desire in Ushrev. 

Elias decides he cannot deny him. 

 

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Other stimulating images by Jovial Dragon 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Captive 055

A naked man looks back in dismay,
as he is hustled away to begin a new life in service.

A series with a hint of Missionary Boys 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Wild West 048

An outlaw is brought to justice, taken by surprise in the way we always wanted when we were kids.

Jovial Dragon777 - Wild West029

A law man who knows the best way to apprehend an outlaw and gain a confession is by talking his own language. But it looks to me as if there is to be no plea bargaining before he gets his just deserts.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Wild West022

Facing justice in appropriate style -
in leather briefs that chafe as he goes to his punishment.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Western0044

 

Ranch hand caught in the liquor store.

Manly men, embarrassed by their interest in female panties, are a weird fantasy of mine. Of course, in the hypermasculine world of cowboys, he might face more than mere embarrassment. 

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Jovial Dragon777 posts at Deviant Art

AI art by JovialDragon777

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject A301

As his name implies, JovialDragon777 has a light-hearted approach to his fantastical situations. In his 'Subject' series, he documents the reactions of men, restrained to face unspecified trials. One involving what looks suspiciously like a hairdrier in the example above. This subject appears to have arrived on a trolley, which is seen folded down while he takes his turn on the cross. He's still standing on the trolley platform. 

The whole series has been given a subtle Christmassy flavour, which makes perfect sense in the context of publication during the festive season. However, linking to the season of goodwill will seem a cruel irony during the rest of the year. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject J209

The extensive cabling leaves little doubt about the agent of discomfort in this example. The purpose of these trials, ostensibly, is to select and develop a cadre of recruits able to undertake the most demanding of 'missions'. The poster on the wall, bluntly points out the criteria to the latest prospect who is in the process of failing his test miserably.

 This artist takes a great interest in styling, there seems to be a 'Jules Verne' flavour in the imagery here (as in Hollywood's interpretations of the great author). The Victorian-style, pseudo-scientific underpinning of the exercise is reflected in the assistant diligently making notes at the side. There's a corresponding, low-key element of steam punk in the background detail.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject G888

 This artist has eclectic tastes and his examinations deal with men of all ages, builds, and skin colours. This is one of my favourites, the strongest of stereotypes, most likely to succeed, you might think. The steel collar certainly fits his persona more than the other subjects here, but he too is about to be presented with his own nemesis. Possibly one not on the official test schedule.

The unusual restraint arrangement, utilising a tilted table, creates a sense of instability for the captive and his struggling makes him seem energetic and defiant, adding a great deal to his character and the drama. The scientific samples in the wall cabinets imply a cold, scientific motivation behind all this, but the behaviour of the lab staff is less objective.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject X001

There are presently 19 other pictures in the 'Subject' series in which the artist explores other, more exotic ways of testing a man's mettle. In this case, it's the Tentacled Graspmoor. The X-spread vulnerability of the subject as he 'faces' this challenge, suggests the creature's forte is not so much grasping as probing. 

 

The note taker seems more at risk than him in the image above, but I dare say that the experimenters have a way of drawing the creature to the intended quarry. Perhaps 'scenting' of the target is the purpose of the object in the lead technician's hand, which might otherwise be mistaken for a microphone or babies rattle.

 

Jovial Dragon777 -Autumn Crush 006

This artist's back-catalogue is loaded with the usual AI fare of beautiful, muscular men, but his 'Autumn Crush' series is a particularly arty and colourful collection. He makes these models work for their eyeball time, sometimes spicing their poses with humorous, erotic innuendo, as in the double spouted, tea/coffee pot above and the more ambiguous object in the image below.

Jovial Dragon777 - Autumn Crush 035

There's a delicious vulnerability and neediness in this man that is unexpected in one so remarkably handsome. We find him passively communing with nature and goodness knows what else. The pumpkin stalks seem to be waiting in line for their turn, or maybe it's just excitement. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 36

 Spacesubs is a delicious fantasy featuring men, often characterised as sports men, who have been abducted in a Jules Verne-style spacecraft and find themselves alone with a character dressed in a Venice Carnival mask and little else. Unreality, isolation with a mad man and fear of flying combine to make in a complex fright situation. His anxiety might also be related to being restrained with his sports top still on and nothing down below. It looks like he can rule out being ransomed.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 040

In much of Jovial Dragon's art, naughtiness is implied but not actually shown. This SpaceSub has clearly had sight of what is in store and it's not table-top soccer. A big, mature man, he's about to have his orbit extended. Unfortunately, the nearest help is thousands of miles away.  

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 017

 

More sinister possibilities are seeded here. The bizarrely masked captor gently touches his subject's back, but since he's dressed in leather fetish regalia, this approach doesn't suggest a cuddle party is pending (even if his leathers are brown).  

My captioned variant rules out the simply lascivious option.

 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 032

I particularly like this hunk, in a similar leather harness, diligently recording the bewilderment of a basketball player who has yet to discover the full range of discomforts available on this vessel.  You will observe that the other illustrations suggest there is a whole fleet of Vernsian spacecraft out there, waiting to pounce on subjects of interest.

  

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 011

In Xibalban Dreams, we see idealised men elaborately clad in ironmongery, roaming the mysterious ruins of their ancestors, now engulfed by the forest. Searching for the lost key, perhaps.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 07

 The 'noble savage' gets a bad press these days, but shorn of its derogatory colonial connotations, it's an ancestry any man could be proud of. Catastrophe may have overtaken his civilisation, but its crafting skills and impressive genes live on in this survivor.

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams040

 A device like this adorned some beefcake models in the 1950s as photographers sought a sleeker alternative to the dowdy, posing pouch. Their solution was clenched between the cheeks*, this one seems to rely on some other form of support. Possibly internal? A little impractical for the jungle, I would have thought. How would he cope if he was jumped by some sort of forest creature?

*See Royale Mechandising post for context 

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 Jovial Dragon777 posts at Deviant Art,
more of his work and a link next time 

The Art of Miloinvinculis

Miloinvinculis - Alien Hive

 I've been trailing a series of video clips by this artist in recent weeks (see Pirate Punishments). These show the (still developing) power of AI to create memorable, homoerotic film scenes which mainstream moviemakers dare not make, bringing niche gay fantasies to life, but without resorting to messy smut. This image is a good example, a still from a clip invoking the power of wetness and dripping 'substance', to underline the vulnerability of a chunky soldier who has somehow got himself stranded in an 'Alien Hive'. 

All the stills presented here come from clips, which you can view at the link given at the foot of this article. Most are quite brief, but add a bit extra to the story and often have a twist, right at the end. 

The old sixties film 'Mysterious Island' has a brief sequence in which a scantily clad cast-away is trapped by a giant bee in his honeycomb. Unlike the unfortunate above, he (a) is not tied up, (b) has a girl with him and (c) escapes almost immediately by melting the wax seal with a fire. Don't ask where he got the firewood and match from! Despite these shortcomings, I found that scene exciting (and frustrating!) when I stumbled on it. (I referenced this it previously here, in an article about the Art of Siproites, which features a giant scorpion chasing the hero into a similar, but botanical trap).   

The outcome of the 'Alien Hive' isn't specified by the artist (like all the best horror movies), 
but escape doesn't seem to be on the agenda.

 

Miloinvinculis - Bed Bondage 3

 Men tied to beds and struggling to escape are not an uncommon sight in our corner of the gay universe. AI to date has shown very limited power to depict bondage convincingly or capture the struggling effect. The spread eagle position is less of a challenge, but what the artist has done here is to provide a hunky subject and a stimulating, secondary predicament for him, wide open before a door, which is going to open at some point. To admit his captor, perhaps, who has been away, getting rid of a nosy cop. Home Alone should have been more like this! 

 

 

Nice Mistake (Video clip)

 

There's definitely a 'Home Alone' feel about this man's situation. His night visitor is so excited about the opportunity thrown up by his 'nice mistake', that he seems to overlook the logistical obstacles to taking full advantage of it. But, who can blame him for his over-eagerness? Fortunately, it appears that his hunky prey is too intimidated by his villainous appearance and aggression to offer any serious resistance. 

 

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Miloinvinculis - Caleb

'Caleb' is one of this artist's longer clips. We see him tied up in a van on his way to an uncertain fate. There's a lengthy bondage struggle in which the captive's body twists and turns, showing his heaving chest and the undulations and distortions of his muscles to great erotic effect. It's more effective in that respect than most of the real life bondage clips I've seen, where the models (understandably) usually lack any desire to escape, let alone the self awareness and flamboyance to act out a genuine escape attempt. Caleb's struggle is brought to an abrupt end when his captor returns with a taser (above), but it's fascinating and sexy while it lasts.

 

Miloinvinculis - At The Stake

 This is a great bondage image, with the neck restraint a fitting humiliation for such a big man. I won't go into the exact nature of his predicament, but there's a clue in the background. The resulting video clip is amazing, but graphic, so be warned.

 

Miloinvinculis - Captured POW's

The strength of this piece is the subtle plot development that happens in your mind as you look at it. The two, hyper-real hunks grab the eye immediately, men with faces, muscles and body hair to die for. Their dog tags and hands on their heads indicate they are POW's, but the handcuffs suggest that they are rather special prisoners. We can see that for ourselves, of course. 

 

There's something exciting about two buddies, who are in captivity together. Their identical underwear (sober black but pleasingly scanty) amplifies that sensation. Are their garments Government issue - or have they been provided by their captors, having relieved them of their uniforms?

Whichever the case, they are not soldiers any more. Just a names and numbers. 

These boys seem to be sitting on a mattress, not quite big enough to be a bed. Then you realise that the mattress is inside a metal box, and they are sitting on the front edge. The box is just big enough to accommodate them both, if not in comfort exactly. Their facial expressions suggest they have just discovered they are about to be sealed inside it. Prime specimens about to be transported to ......
Well, you can decide that!  

There is a video clip for this piece, but it doesn't add an awful lot to the snapshot.

 

Miloinvinculis - Bull Barn Milking 2

Industrial Milking is a popular topic at this blog, and 'Milo' makes an interesting contribution to the imagery of the technology with this piece. The exact mechanics of extraction look a bit sketchy, though. One senses this is more a prank on the side than part of a serious industrial enterprise. 

One man doesn't make a milking factory, no matter how productive he appears to be!

 

 

Miloinvinculis - Bull Barn Milking1

In this gentleman's case, the picture cropping draws a veil over the extraction mechanism, but you get the impression that it's more push than pull - unless there's some very clever gadgetry inside his trunks! That would account for his strained expression, of course. 

Nevertheless, these two donors would be more than acceptable recruits to the factory line. I could see this man's torso getting a good deal of personal attention from the staff. 

Such is the fate of 'Mark' in the next video mini clip....

 

Mark 1 Extra (video clip)
 

In the clip above, the very muscular Mark is seen struggling with his restraints until one of his minders descends on him and distracts him by proceeding to worship his pulsating body. The characterisation of the captor for me is worth the watch, with mighty shoulders and giant arm muscles, he's bursting out of his tight, white vest/tank top (see below).

 

 

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Mark's Body is Worshipped

Mark also has a starring role in a longer, mini-epic (9 mins) with similar imagery, but darker content. It's a tougher watch, but the outcome has a surprise twist that's worth waiting for. 

 

Miloinvinculis - Electro 5

This handsome pair of hunks get starring roles in one of Milo's most ambitious projects to date. Their predicament is a great 'getting to know you' situation - even for military buddies. There's a lengthy clip which shows them torn between attempts to pull apart and lapses into mutual consolation. Their grim dance is conducted with visibly indrawn breaths, heaving chests, aborted kisses and (occasionally) pulsating briefs before a sort of consummation is finally realised. 

However, the dark side to this artist's work surfaces when it turns out that the buddies romancing is just one aspect to their predicament, as implied by the title and, less obviously, by the metallic briefs they are dressed in. Separate clips show them being interrupted every time they show desire, with graphic electrical effects, body convulsions and even their bulges making responses.

 

 The 'US Water Sports Team' video (above) is one of my favourites, a little gem with lurking menace. It makes a decent stab (by AI standards) at showing a swimmer being tied up. That's a process that conventional films usually pass over entirely or else show in excruciating detail, fumbles and all. 

 

Creating an AI image or video doesn't involve actors, but the AI engine can be just as much of a diva, with ideas and boundaries of its own that can only be circumvented by patient repetition or trickery. 

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For more, visit Miloinvinculis at Deviant Art

See also my posts - Staked out 

 the Sailor Punishment series and  

The Strange Disappearance of Patrol 27 

all here at mitchmen