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JohannesVIII β The Celestial Beasts
Published: 2011-09-20 20:53:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2729; Favourites: 133; Downloads: 46
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More than a year ago (2010, 1st of June) I had a spectacular, vivid dream.My dream friend M. Tambourine Man told me about mythical creatures living in gigantic caves underground. Later, they appeared in town and started to walk through the whole city, going through the buildings slowly, their insides moving and glowing with vivid lights.
It was breathtaking.
I've been trying to paint them for an entire year and finally, it started to look close to what I saw in the dream, if not totally accurate.
They never showed up again.
A2, acrylic and felt-tip pens on canvas (I'm pretty sure the bright colors will fade away quickly... -_-)
A bit of contrast added to the photo with Photoshop.
Music
Weightless (Mike Oldfield) [link]
The last three days, Nova (Shine a light on me (VNV Nation) helped me a lot to finish it. [link]
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Sounds like a magnificent dream :0 Nice picture
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Majestic and beautiful. Also nice beasties.
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No, truly. You just have to believe and they will come to you again. I see beings not of this place too.
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This is really interesting and unusual! I love this piece of work!
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Tes couleurs sont vraiment magnifiques O.o Tu as vraiment du talent !
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Γa ressemble au grand dieux de la nature dans la princesse mononokΓ© !! J'adore !! totalement fabuleux !
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This is beautiful. I've had some strange dreams also and your painting really speaks to me. I'm glad you kept trying even though it wasn't easy to capture that original vision.
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I'm glad you like it.
My first try is more than a year old [link] (the third drawing)
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Joli β₯ Ca me fait beaucoup penser au Dieu de MononokΓ©
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Il y a un air de famille.
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Arf, ben chui pas la seule aparemment XD (j'viens de lire les autres commentaires)
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Mr. Tambourine Man is a sort of dream guide your subconscious built for you, right?
Dreams fascinate me. In my opinion, it proves that we can experience very vivid things without the use of our physical bodies and five senses.
Great imagery!
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Well, I suppose. He appears from time to time to explain stuff or to guide me somewhere. Sometimes he's a sort of young wizard, or a guy with a hat which covers his eyes, or a guy with blue hair. He's usually dressed in white or light grey. He's young; I think he's a bit younger than me.
I love dreams. It's also proof you don't need drugs to see trippy things.
Thanks!
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Dream guides.
I wonder if he's just a manifestation of your inner self like the rest of dreamscape, or an outsider who just likes to help.
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You've captured your dream state very well! They are beautiful, majestic, and alien.
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Thank you!
Well I still wasn't able to recreate the movement, they look pretty static.
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They look fine to me!
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What a weird dream ! But your artwork is incredible as usual !
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Deams are weird, even if you can get the image, you will never be able to get the colors, they are more vivid in dreams than anything!
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reminds me of the great forest spirit from princess mononoke 
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The "little one" is taller than a 10-floor building
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like I said, ADORABLE
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I know first hand how hard it can be to draw scenes from dreams.
Despite not actually experiencing your dream myself, this just might give me something like it.
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Sometimes I wish it was possible to put dreams on film - or at least, take photos of them.
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