Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Nightmares

The idea of nightmares, you know, the ones where you're not sure you're asleep or not... and your eyes start playing tricks on you. It's surprising how your mind turns shapes into threatening things: a coat hanging up becomes a dark figure, objects appear to move... If you are having a nightmare and you realise this, occasionally you can control the dream and enjoy it. You just have to hope you are really dreaming!
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16 comments:

  1. Jenny Capon27 January 2010 at 18:12

    Hey Joe - this is super creepy - I love it! Your work's looking great. Jenny

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  2. Joe Beale27 January 2010 at 20:30

    Thanks Jenny, it's very nice to hear from you!!

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  3. illustration poetry28 January 2010 at 05:38

    i love this kinda nightmare :D lol
    you have impressed me!

    x

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  4. Joe Beale28 January 2010 at 14:54

    Haha, finally you are impressed!! I think you have somewhat gothic tastes- well, after all you are a witch! Good luck with your work... :-)

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  5. Andrew Finnie29 January 2010 at 05:17

    Nice stuff, great movement, and yes, very creepy, like old fashioned ghost stories in away, you know, when people used to believe in things...

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  6. Joe Beale29 January 2010 at 22:20

    Thanks Andrew! That was the effect I'd intended... It's kind of a shame that all the mystery and imagination has been lost, everything is explainable scientifically and coldly... So it's nice for us to try and rediscover that in some way.

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  7. Anonymous1 February 2010 at 10:25

    Creepy like that you can only see half of some characters coming out of the gloom, very London winter style!

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  8. Joe Beale1 February 2010 at 23:23

    Hi Guthrie, yeah...that's kind of what I was hoping to convey. After a while I am starting to go back to this kind of imagery and I'm enjoying it :-)

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  9. illustration poetry8 February 2010 at 10:25

    yeahaha :D thanks!
    how are you?
    what youve been up to?
    hope you're doin good ok!
    and be safe!!!! ;)))

    xo

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  10. Lucretia E. McGuff-Silverman9 February 2010 at 22:03

    I like your use of line and how all the characters are defined by their eyes. Plus, thanks for the insight on what birds dream about.

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  11. Joe Beale10 February 2010 at 17:56

    Haha, thanks Lucretia... :-)

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  12. Paola De Gaudio10 February 2010 at 19:09

    I think you have managed to balance horror and fun very well in this illustration. Yeas, it's creepy but it also makes me smile :)
    Thanks for your kind visit, Joe.

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  13. Cheryl15 February 2010 at 17:30

    I sometimes like looking around in the dark just before I fall asleep, the way familiar things turn strange...

    Love your illustration. It reminds me of of Maurice Sendak.

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  14. Joe Beale15 February 2010 at 21:47

    Paola, thanks. That's what I was hoping for, to give the image a bit of humour as well as it being a bit dark... :-)

    Cheryl, thanks for the encouraging comment, I suppose what you see depends on your imagination and what films you watched before you went to bed...

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  15. ArtSparker27 February 2010 at 04:09

    Gorgeous work

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  16. Joe Beale28 February 2010 at 18:33

    Thank you, Susan. Nice to hear from you again! Your appearance here prompted me to check out your blog, which I've not done for a little while. It's good to see that your posts are as exciting, imaginative and inspiring as ever.

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