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Love Scene
Tags: Songs, Artist, Music, Blue Insights, Culture

Blast From The Musical Past

Love Scene

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Listen baby

Take one, baby lying on the bed, Exotic fantasies going through her head

Take two, I jump into my SL-6, I gotta make my way to the crib mad quick

Take three, I see my baby as I step inside, She’s starring at me with those bedroom eyes

Take four, Honey sipping on some chardonnay, The sex is even better when she’s feeling that way

All I wanna do right now is love her down, I don’t give a damn about who hears the sound, We’ll be in the groove until the sun comes up, Together we’ll get lost inside the love….

Let’s make a love scene, Steamy and blue, Erotic memories, For an audience of two, And we’ll make a love scene, Let the foreplay begin, And replay each moment, Again and again and again……

Take five, The jacuzzi is just about ready for us, We step into the water and you tremble at my touch

Take six, I see you getting steaming hot, Girl it ain’t just the bubbles that’s been hitting the spot

Take it all, Take it all till you get enough, Any way that you like is okay, Come and get my love……

Steamy sexy moving lyrical lines embedded within a love song simply in a class of it own. Performed by one of R & B’s all-time best singer/songwriters. Joe is a legend of his R&B genre. You can call on me at anytime and I can easily list a number of his hits songs I believe are simply amazing. You will appreciate this song much deeply when you drink from a fountain of love.

I’m still loving this song……

Check it out and have fun!
When I Looked into Your Eyes
By: Akhtar Mehmood
Tags: Eyes, Blue Insights, Love, Poetry

When I Looked into Your Eyes

Photo by Alexandru Zdrobău on Unsplash

When I looked into your eyes

I did not notice that the owner was cradling a cat in her lap when we walked in.

I did not notice the waiter reading the menu like a seasoned actor.

I did not notice that the napkin had slid to the floor.

I did not notice the old couple staring blankly at each other.

I did not notice the aroma of the lentil-curry soup.

I did not notice the clean curtains in the window.

I did not notice that the rice plate was squared.

I did not notice that French Sole Meunière had expressionless eyes.

I did not notice the old sailor lost in the haze of smoke from his pipe.

I did not notice that the fennel packs had Chinese lettering on them.

I did not notice the intoxicating whiff of Cabernet Sauvignon.

I did not notice that you had red lipstick on with flaming red pearl earrings.

I did not notice the streetlights coming on.

I did not notice people’s warm breath turning into steam when they walked out.

Because I did not want to wake up from the dream of being loved by you.
Mescaline
By: John Edward Marks, Jem
Tags: Covid 19, Blue Insights, Drugs, Coronavirus, Poetry

Photo by Mario Rodriguez on Unsplash

The extenuation of time into rhyme

The devil’s in the detail

A confusion of contusions, a microbial illusion,

A stretching out of meaning so that

As soon as sad-so-sad covid rears its ugly head

A crying game ensues, tears shed

Mood into an Aztec-under-the-volcano

Cacophony of rumblings of stars, bowels,

Owls’ uncertain stutterings of an undisguised

Conceit. Reckoning everything under heaven

Is calculable, neat, discrete. Mescaline begs

Us to differ. We must suffer the agonies

Of defeat. Throw off the mantle of disguise

Open our eyes to all the frail beauties of the world.
Breeze
By: David Rudder
Tags: Blue Insights, Breeze, Sea, Poetry, Spirituality

Breeze

Photo by Fernando Brasil on Unsplash

Voices in the wind softly calling

do you remember when we used to dance

and thread the light fantastic through treetops

and symbiotic meetings were perchance.

In between the pages of chapters

messages are written in the breeze

reflections refracted by sun and moonbeams

glowing in the stars and blossoming in the trees.

There are pauses in the hush of the evening

after midnight the air slows to a stroll

soft zephyrs seep lazily o’er the ocean

and magic spells melt into my soul.

The new breeze picks up in the morning

and stirs leaves and ripples the sea

I stand back and watch from my window

the moon dancing as I stand in her lee.

Out on the Bay breeze is generating

and moving young waves to the shore

splish splash and the clap of the breakers

then I hear her tip tap on my door.

I set sail and skip across waters

driven gently by the new breeze

I scud across waves in exultation

and weave my way through the broken seas.

I wake with a feeling of refreshment

sated by the breeze along the track

I’ve drifted through dreams in the nighttime

then in the morning I gently fly back.

©

David Rudder

24th December 2020

Thanks for reading.
That Santa
By: Priyanka Srivastava
Tags: Christmas, Blue Insights, Pandemic, Writing, Poetry

Photo by rawkkim on Unsplash

That Santa

she sent me a box of love

the warmth of which I could feel.

she knows my birthday

is just a regular day

she made it special for me.

this year we loved it a bit more

and felt a lot.

this December I learned

my sister can be a Santa from afar.
Loving You. Loving you is easy ‘Cos you’re…
Tags: Songs, Music, Blue Insights, Entertainment, Classic Songs

Kicker: Blast From The Musical Past

Loving You

Source: Associated Press

Loving you is easy ‘Cos you’re beautiful, Making love with you is all I wanna do, Loving you is more than just a dream come true, And everything that I do is out of loving you….

No one else can make me feel the colors that you bring, Stay with me while we grow old, And we will live each day in spring time, “Cos loving you has made my life so beautiful, And everyday of my life is filled with loving you….

Romantic, lovely and sensuous are some words to aptly describe some of the many powerful attributes packed into this song. I first heard it in the 90’s and there was nothing else I could do but to fall in love with it. This 1975 song remains her most famous. An amazing singer with incredible voice. Though she didn’t live long to get the amount of recognition she truly deserved, her incredible repertoire of songs enriched by her unique style, continue to speak volumes of how immensely talented a singer she was. Minnie Riperton. A rare musical gem!

I still can’t have enough of this song…..

So check it out and have fun!
I Broke My Own Heart
Tags: Poem, Blue Insights, Growth, Self, Apology

I Broke My Own Heart

Photo by Matteo Kutufa on Unsplash

Hey, it’s me.

I know this is late and you probably don’t need to hear it, but I need to say it. I’m so sorry for demanding an apology for the expectations I created for you, for me, and for us.

I cursed your name and begged God to end the pain I thought you caused.

But what did you actually do?

You held my hand,

not realizing that you were holding my world together,

You playfully traced swirls on the back of my hand

while I saw the word “forever” spill from your fingertips

You looked into my eyes

not knowing that I believed I was looking into our future,

You leaned in closer

and I fabricated the rest of our lives as my eyes closed

and you kissed me slowly

while I thought that you loved me.

so whose fault is it really?

If you didn’t know that each day I was falling

then how could I expect you to catch me?

In my mind we were a match made in heaven

but in the world we both lived in, the match would never be lit

So what does it say about me

that I held you

accountable for self-inflicted wounds

I prayed for you

to share the agony

even if it had to be caused by someone else

I really only wanted you to be happy

with me and believed

that if it wasn’t me then it was fake

I thought every smile you had

was one that you didn’t feel,

just like saying “cheese”

I heard good people say good things

about you and scoffed

because I believed I knew better

I thought they were all blinded

by some cunning, sinister persona

trapped in your head

but it was me.

I was blinded by the ache of rejection

and the sting of self pity and

granted myself the moral high ground somehow

It was me that was twisted

and my brain that was sick

Embarrassing to admit

but necessary to say,

I’m sorry

for the hate I secretly gave

and the curses I spewed in shadows,

those words were meant for me

but I aimed at you.
The Unwelcome Guest
By: Aditya Prabu
Tags: Creativity, Blue Insights, Coronavirus, Poetry

The Unwelcome Guest

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Dear Corona

Its almost a year now

Since you visited home

You’ve confused every single bird

And news about you spreads like wildfire on chromeey

Despite the expiration of your Visa

You still haven’t gone

You sit on almost every slice of Pizza

And act as if you’ve done nothing wrong

You’ve left our world in tatters

You’ve ripped our souls apart

Corona you weren’t welcome here for starters

When are you going to start taking responsibility for your part

Corona you are intolerable

Sorrowful and Horrible

You are not welcome any more

Please give this letter a read

Do not Ignore
“Right” Not “Might”
By: Rita Duponty
Tags: Blue Insights, Poems, Life, Bullying, Poetry

Height, weight, and might

do not make you “right.”

Slick Willy and those all

alike, along with fast

talkers, fast walkers,

slide around and over

what is “right.”

Do not dismay…

“Right” can be found

when you listen for its

sound.

“Right” can be short and

sweet or an eloquent

speech.

“Right” rings true to

those honest in heart

who recognize

it from the start.

“Right” may come

in stages and all

ages.

“Right” is readily

heard by those seeking

truth in action and words.

but remember…

“Right” is not wrong.

© Rita Duponty, 2020
The Beauty of Our Days
By: Øivind H. Solheim
Tags: Books, Novel Writing, Beautiful Life, Blue Insights, Workshop

“We must take care of the beauty of the days.”

In the kitchen drawer, she has a secret notebook, a kind of journal where she writes about some of the small events in the everyday life.

She writes a few words if during the day she has talked to her mother on the phone, or if she has been out in the morning and had a coffee with a friend.

She also uses to write short notes about the weather, whether it is sun, wind or snow:

“Called mom. She was fine.” … “Good weather today, a little sun.” Or: “Cloudy, is it raining?” Or: “Snow today.” … “Wind in pine wood.” … “The snow melted. Rain.”

She almost always writes only a few words, telegram style. She does not quite know with herself exactly why she is doing this. When she thinks about it once in a while, after she has written a few words for today, she mostly thinks that it is good that it has been done. An everyday ritual, to keep the weekdays in place.
From Afar
By: Rita Duponty
Tags: Blue Insights, Poems, Poems On Medium, Poetry

If I could hang upon a star,

I would cast my eyes upon

you from afar.

In the silence of the night

I would light your path

so clearly in sight.

Behind the clouds I would

always sparkle for you,

faithful and true.

May I always be to you

like a star, close by,

but looking from afar.

© Rita Duponty, 2020
Spectre
By: Patrick M. Ohana
Tags: War, Monoku, Blue Insights, AI, Poetry

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Canary in a Coal Mine
Tags: Blue Insights, Canary In A Coal Mine, Mental Health, Slave, Poetry

Canary in a Coal Mine

Photo by Ojaswi Pratap Singh on Unsplash

I am a slave

My life is not my own

It is what keeps others safe

Deep inside the underground

A place where my brethren lay

Other slaves, that came before me.

My presence here is an early grave

I am suffocating in this tight space

Trapped in a little bird’s cage

I am a canary, in a coal mine.

I sing my song, to entertain

I stop singing

When disaster strikes

So my masters can run away.

I guess that means

I was born to serve

Or better yet, born to die

Like a soldier of valor?

No far from,

No remembrance nor grand parades

For I am merely, just a slave.

Abducted from my home

Never to see it again

Brought to a land, shackled in chains

Forced to serve, till my death.

I am talented, I can sing

My destiny is on a stage

What I truly am is a star

Or maybe that is just a dream.

My dream,

A thought that stirs in my mind

When I think of what, I could have been

If I was not taken away from my home

And brought to a place, where I do not belong.

Perhaps if I had remained

I would have been able to fly, sore out in the open sky

Reaching the heights of my fantasies

No goal is unattainable

My wings will take me where no man can go

Where the sun rises and fades to dusk.

If I was not a slave, I might have been

Worth remembering and had a place among the stars.
The Beach
By: Ivette Cruz
Tags: Blue Insights, Haiku, Inspiration, Life, Poetry

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The Lights Of An Apartment
By: Daniel A. Teo
Tags: Thoughts, Imagine, Haiku, Blue Insights, Poetry

Fabrications of brick

sit hefty on previously land of ruined grass

give rise to a man-made elevator

for beings to spend the night’s darkness in.

In the cavern

sits hundred of rooms

with floors comprised of identical tiles

and beds placed at the same corner.

But when these beings turn on the lights

the rooms engulf themselves into different realms

and once similarities suddenly deviate from one another.

The rooms are hosts, offered a decision

to choose settings

whether be

the place for a couple’s proposal

a first date

a graduation party

a book club or

a crime scene.

And almost as if personified as actual entities:

they paint walls

with pink, alcohol, and tears and blood.

In the same infrastructure

scream laugher and wail

contrast into the same walls

that endure the lights of each room

set at different intensities, different brightness.
Heavenly Orifices
By: Patrick M. Ohana
Tags: Muse, Blue Insights, Senses, Love, Poetry

Photo by cains on Pixabay

Heavenly Orifices

I felt inebriated

by both her scent

and her taste

Listening to every sound she emitted

however imperceptible it may have seemed

I had to close my eyes in many instances

as her beauty demanded my eyes to see through her

whether I was deep inside her beauty

or outside looking like a fool

who lost all sense of bearing

Her hands helped me

when I appeared to be lost

guiding me ever so slowly

to each of her

heavenly

orifices

Patrick M. Ohana
Covid — 19 Destroyed and Rejuvenated Millions
By: Arpit Ravichandran
Tags: Life Lessons, Covid 19, Blue Insights, Society, Coronavirus

The symbiotic relationship between nature and human beings (read living things) is delicate but was increasingly disturbed due to exploitation by humans. Has the pandemic pressed a reset, a difficult question but certain that impacts are visible. Nations went to forced locked down and isolated themselves to contain the spread. While doing so, it has impacted the nature positively. Cities is India that were infamous for poor air qualities, averaged over 165µg/m3, has suddenly dropped below 60µg/m3. The waters have breathed anew with aquatic life visiting everywhere from Italy to Kolkata. Fatal animal collisions and other accidents have reduced by over 58%. Less fishing, experts say, has resulted in fish increasing their biomass with the herring almost doubling theirs.

But, like the two faced Harvey (Batman), Covid-19 in the environment has its own drawbacks. The amount of biomedical waste has increased by huge number with number now at 19 tonnes Covid-19 and 16 tonnes of non-Covid-19 waste per day. It also has created the perfect cover for illegal deforestation in the Amazon Rain forest and poaching in Africa. Many experts believe that investment will be slow, in green energy companies, post economic fallout in the world economy. Many people have turned to poaching in Africa, as they have no jobs or source of income, with a huge surge in black market prices for Rhino horns and Ivory post breakout of Covid-19. The mountains of food wastes are also rising with their decomposition releasing a lot of methane, a gas 28 to 36 more potent than CO2 at greenhouse emissions. The number of people with food/nutrition insecurity will also expand rapidly in the coming months, as authorities claim.
The Ocean Should Forever Hide Its Jewels
By: Ruchi Thalwal
Tags: Oceans, Environment, Life Lessons, Blue Insights, Poetry

The sparkling jewels of oceans

The notoriety of colorful splashes

Myriad of hues floating in own social circles

Or being majestic individual singular

My favorite is Dolphins

Those sweet innocent eyes

As if trying to communicate

something extraordinarily beautiful

Adorned by the ever-smiling face

Reminding us that everything is okay

The heartfelt real-life stories of them helping humans

Even when we destroy their precious habitat

The reefs, the flora, the variety of fauna

It is still unknown to humans

It is better that way

We of the curious mind

in the name of exploration will ruin it

The vastness, the unfathomable calmness of the ocean

Sometimes raging with its furious emotions

Humans dumping all the toxic waste

Thinking that somewhere magically

it will get recycled by its own

If for once the ocean spit even a little

May the godly acting humans

In the illusion of reigning over nature

Will get to taste its own deadly litter

It is a blessing that the sea has hidden its secrets

Not allowing humankind to enter its atmosphere

The depths of treasure in its belly

should always remain mysterious

if humans continue to be irresponsible.
Sleepless, I Lie
By: Somsubhra Banerjee
Tags: Longing, Thoughts, Blue Insights, Love, Poetry

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

FREE VERSE

Sleepless, I Lie

I lie sleepless, yearning, yearning for my beloved,

how can these eyes, ever, be filled with the potions of sleep,

when all they are filled with, are the memories of the beloved?

Ohh dear, why did you even wander away, away from me?

my heart, my feelings, you took them along, away, far away from me,

it gets difficult to drift even through the day, every day.

My cry of separation, does it reach your ears?

even the messenger bird, brings no tidings of you,

ohh beloved, please do not forget me.
Colors
By: Moni Vazquez
Tags: Colors, Blue Insights, Racism, Equality, Poetry

Oh what are you, human? Tell me.

Life gave you sight and look at you!

A beheaded chicken you’ve become.

Spinning blood and hitting walls.

Engaged in time, day and night

to separate by shades; by grades,

similar from… from what?

Oh right, by color you divide.

Your eyes can see this far, right here, not further.

Your heart blinded by fear, insecurity, unwilling to

see…

The million shades of life.

The gifts. Potentials. Endless paths

for you to find. To walk, to praise in joy,

to sing in choir with those you fear.

It’s shadows what you see…

Oh poor you are not, not even starting to

understand. Posing shades as gates you throw the keys

away…

To heaven on earth.

Closed doors within your mind. Just there.

The gates of life are open, now and always,

enter, find, smell, touch…

The color is but one.

If heart you were to use as sight,

you’d see the path of pain and fears

laid out on icy roads; thereon the steps you talk.

Oh what a shame for your potentials:

Dead. Frozen. Iced in ignorance yet burning

in hell and fire. Lonely, you, divide, you

alone…

Alone…

Life gave you shades to enhance,

to use and melt your tones. To play with hues

to fill with joy. Oh boy!

Limit no more, my blind old friend, the pool of life you’re given.
A Covid Christmas
By: Lexus Ndiwe
Tags: Cultural Prompt, Christmas, Blue Insights, Coronavirus, Writing Prompts

CULTURAL PROMPT- “WHAT DOES DECEMBER MEAN TO YOU?”

A Covid Christmas

Photo Credit: Olenka Sergienko for Pexels.

There are no hot chocolate-filled mugs, decorated with marshmallows and topped with thick whipped cream and cocoa powder drizzle this Christmas. The festive market treats that you and your friends once indulged in, are now memories of a Christmas past. Despite the paper lanterns and small-bulb lights scattered on plastic coated string, the glowing streetlights do little to raise your spirit.

Underneath the displays and thick winter chill are the scattered pedestrians. Social distancing has imposed barriers between you and the outside world. Your friend is now kept at arm’s length, as you talk over a morning two metre spaced jog for your daily exercise allowance. Your friend reveals the affair they are having with their co-worker, sparking later concern when they inform you over text that their lover received a positive test result. Panic ensues.

Staring at the sixty-four rolls of stacked toilet paper commanding your living room, you shudder in fear at the prospect of being a spreader. (Yes, you are one of those hoarders that people read about in newspapers, but you will not be featuring in one of those anytime soon. Besides, you had put effort into your collection, lining up two hours a day for the past week to gather the supplies.)

What about your elderly mother, who you dropped off some of your famous carrot surprise soup to this afternoon at her doorstep? What about your overly friendly neighbour, who eager to gain your attention, stepped a little too close for comfort, as they greeted you outside your house? And what about your ex-partner? Separating right before the lockdown, you did not have any time to prepare to move, and so you both had been trying this co-habiting thing. That night’s winter blues had led to a time of familiar passion, but as the next day seeped in, you were both back to your opposite ends of the house. Were all of these people, alongside the countless others that you had passed along your errand adventure now infected? What about your own health? Under your breath, you curse your friend and reach for your phone, ready to call all concerned.
The Quiet Christmas
By: Priyanka Srivastava
Tags: Cultural Prompt, Christmas, Blue Insights, Americanhaiku, Writing Prompts

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Flower crown
By: Alice Floris
Tags: Men, Blue Insights, Mental Health, Micropoetry, Psychology

Mental health has no gender. A poem to break the taboo that men should always remain strong.

If you like this, please take a look at my earlier work about mental health:
A Sufi Saint contemplates his imminent dissolution
By: John Edward Marks, Jem
Tags: Sufism, Blue Insights, Faith, Execution, Poetry

Photo by Andreas Brunn on Unsplash

Goodbye my Sufi friends and lovers

Nothing exists to connect you to me

Tayyar is honourable, full of good intent

I will rise from the trap of the world

I will not ask you to be my servant in paradise

You are my dancer, I am your poet, we laugh

Together on days when we taste the rain.

When you sew, I watch you and fall in love

Again I remember our first meeting

Amongst the sweet smell of the jasmine

In the rose garden where we couldn’t be

Seen or overheard. You were my perfumed

Idol. You are my window on eternity.

When Mansur Al-Hallaj was finally executed

For the blasphemy of being a Sufi, I knew

My time would soon come. Rulers do not

Forgive. So, on this tight night of bone-white

Light I do not think of my execution. The Day

Of Death will come regardless. They say

Do not buy wine from a foreigner but this wine

From Andalusia is so sweet and clear, it is like a mirror

Or a still lake, we see ourselves clear and calm.

Unmoved by ripples, we finally draw near kiss.

On this day of rumbling thunder and dark clouds,

Skies swirl and whorl on this day of days.

I am not an unbeliever but I know there are many

Truths. I was accused of paganism for reading the Greek.

Herodotus, the father of History, he did not seek to

Write only a Greek version of the Greco-Persian wars

He sought to help us all to learn from past conflicts.

For Herodotus attributes the causes of war

To both divine and human agents,

Causes he did not see as being mutually exclusive,

But rather as being mutually interconnected.

Will this day of rumbling never be done?

Be sure to testify, always, to the spirit of tomorrow

And kiss me again at this door of eternity,

Your hand shakes,

Djinns* are all around us. Listen to the wind.

We will not be separated long, my love.

* -djinn (Arabic: جن‎, jinn), a), are supernatural creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian and later Islamic mythology and theology.
One in a Million
By: Ivette Cruz
Tags: Self Improvement, Blue Insights, Inspiration, Self-awareness, Poetry

Couplet Poetry

One in a Million

Be the person

Who loves you the most

Look into your heart

The beauty you are

You are one

In a million stars
What a Muse
By: Patrick M. Ohana
Tags: Death, Muse, Blue Insights, Love, Poetry

Photo by kerut on Pixabay

What a Muse

What a muse

I love her to death

and she knows it

I suffer so much

till I finally see her

Counting the hours

the minutes

for the next few words

The life of a prick like me

ain’t as easy as it may seem

To love a muse is like to love death

I must love death too

I do

It’s the ultimate deliverance from life

Not all life is bearable or fair

Most life just ain’t

We are lucky

very lucky to be among the Medium crowd

Come on M

You lost it again

I’m sorry

I don’t sleep much

I’m lucky when I can squeeze four hours of sleep

from any day

To love a muse is to love death

but it’s worth it

since there’s always the slight chance

of her becoming one day

my second half

No half is better

They are equal like both my hands

on her perfect breasts

Patrick M. Ohana
Want to Make More Art? Draw Like You Study. 🏅
By: Zaira Khemani
Tags: Digital Drawing, Procreate, Drawing, Digital Art, Illustration

Want to Make More Art? Draw Like You Study. 🏅

If you are an artist who struggles with being productive, don’t worry. Let me tell you a secret to being the most accomplished artist you know: think back to your school days. It’s time to put all those effective study habits to work.

Delete All Distractions

When you settle in for a long and hard library session, you must be able to stay focused. You should expel any item that diverts your attention from work to play.

The same goes for drawing! You cannot get anything done if you consistently text your friends, take various Netflix hiatuses, or interfere in your cats’ playfight. To maximize your focus and boost productivity, isolate yourself in a quiet room where nothing and nobody can disturb you.

If you are attracted to TV interludes, make sure your TV lies across your house or apartment. If you always surf the internet, lock your phone in a drawer and place the key in a different room. If you merely do not feel like working, that is okay! Never force yourself to draw. Instead, take a brief break and get right back into your art.

Turn up the Tunes

Whether you love booming pop or soothing classical, playing music helps you work faster. Why? Because the rhythm automatically energizes you. Combine a few comfortable, relaxed songs into a playlist. Ensure that the music will not distract you from your work, though, so don’t choose songs that make you want to spring from your chair and start dancing!

I love the Spotify music app because it has a playlist called Lofi Beats. Whenever I’m going to draw, I use that album. Lofi is the best music for me, personally, because it calms me down and keeps me focused.

Learn, Research, Experiment

And of course, studying wouldn’t be studying without research and investigations. So how can you do that with drawing?

Studying art is just as valuable as actually creating it. Here are a few easy ways to learn all about drawing so you can enhance your skills:
2020聖誕快樂
By: Aileen Wu
Tags: 插畫, 育兒, 創作, Illustration, 繪本

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Art: Self Inflicted Pain. Surrealism is anything but friendly. In…
By: Stefano Cagnato
Tags: Design, Surrealism, Digital Art, Illustration, Art

Surrealism is anything but friendly. In Dalí, surrealism melts away our understanding of physical reality. Surrealism, at its core, aims to create a sense of disorientation-the world is moments away from falling apart.

In his artwork, David Sampar does the opposite. He creates what I’ll call a “friendly surrealism”: artwork that can feel disorienting but could also draw you in. When I first saw this piece, it reminded me of a textured, flat-design version of 90s graphic design.

There’s a clear sense of pain-the purple being is having his face smashed into a rugged surface. But there’s also indifference; the worst kind of reaction toward violence is apathy.

The purple being, whether it represents Mother Nature or Human Nature, seem to want to control, or re-orient the man and the woman lounging on his head. But it’s out of its control. Surrealism is at work both in the conceptual technique, but also in the meta-narrative of the piece.

The colors, the style, it all works together to create a picture of stasis, of friendliness. Under the surface, routine and dissatisfaction take over, and even a puppet master can’t fight mundanity.
Happy December 25th
Tags: Self Improvement, Art, Artist, Illustration

’Tis the season! I wish I could come slinging some Christmas themed drawings today after being swept up by the season but the truth is I don’t get into the Christmas spirit much. I’ll watch the movies with my parents and enjoy some lights but it doesn’t excite me much. I’m not a scrooge but I might be on the down low. I wouldn’t be the guy to not put up lights if I had my own place because I already have the idea that I will be the ‘keep the Christmas lights up year round’ guy. I got up early today but was up late last night doodling and listening to music.

I had a good time doing a handful of these line drawings on procreate, using random references. It was a night of short attention span so whipping out these was a small challenge and loads of fun. I like the elongated head and the way it fits into the composition in this one. The colors were just quickly added using the fill tool. This probably took 4 minutes and then I was off to the next drawing. The two I added here were my favorite. If I do more, I will pick my favorites and make them into stickers to throw at people. Wouldn’t that be special.

I also did a couple of really rough figure-ish drawings not using a reference photo in my sketchbook.

I sort of like the direction they went and I will keep this in mind for a bigger piece. I really haven’t bigger pieces unless for a school project. But now I am not in school. I must muster up the drive to do some. What do you think about this though? I think with a more detailed figure this could be a really cool piece. The lines coming down from the n*ps follow through and come down from the top going into the shoulder and then eye… I don’t know this could be something here. Some sort of framing around the chest and head and then maybe all the extremities could just be bone. I could do accurate human anatomy for the bones and have the figure be stretched and warped like this.

That’s all for today, enjoy the holidays!
Things I’m Trying Not to Trust (in 2021)
Tags: Self Improvement, 2021, Illustration, New Year, Trending

These are the things that i’m trying not to trust starting from now as my goals to achieve in 2021!
Bruce make-over part 2: Sulyàp edition
By: Mr. Bruce
Tags: Mascotte, Mrbruce, Illustration, Makeover, Tide

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Use of Illustration in 2020
Tags: Message, Free, Covid 19, Design, Illustration

in year 2020 many unexpected things got happen. most of the people not using anything to communicate . only one thing is common messing .

many business fallen to the Covid-19 pandemic . some of them survived the storm . what you think what is major reason of fallen of this companies .

many expert at business insider or Bloomberg think that . that not adapted the technology . so got the track to way of out.

using right kind of communication materiel make your communication easy for the sending message to the audience.

now from NGO to government bodies all are using graphical illustration for the poster design to digital ads creation. motion design ads on youtube to video message on Facebook.

if you looking for the illustration then you will affluently going on google to find a site where illustration is available for free. after search on google you will going to find a result like this.

google result

this how illustration making change in the way message sent to public .

message regarding front-line health workers

Many other organization also used illustration for public health care awareness in covid-19 situation. like social distancing norms are strictly not followed in any county but government have educated people about the social distancing.

CDC poster for social distancing.

you can find such type of free illustration on website online many of graphic designer made this possible that every organization have good design . get such design on freepik, undraw.co and free stock images on the unsplash and pexels.com
Zerocalcare: se la campagna di crowdfunding usa illustrazioni d’autore!
By: Produzioni Dal Basso
Tags: Zerocalcare, Crowdfunding, Produzioni Dal Basso, Illustration

in The Business of Content
Download adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator 2021 for free
By: Shihab Shaharia
Tags: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Illustration

Download adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator 2021 for free

If you are a creative person (Works with Graphics design, Logo design, VFX, etc.) then adobe’s creative cloud is your one-stop solution.

Adobe’s products are worth the money. In this blog post, we are talking about Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. We will go through a short pricing detail here.

Pricing Details

Creative Cloud Subscription (Includes all Creative Cloud apps) — 52.99$ (USD)

Adobe Photoshop — 20.99$ (USD)

Adobe Illustrator — 20.99$ (USD)

If you don’t have a regular source of income then it’s really had to afford the subscription. Though it’s an awesome deal.

If you can’t afford the subscription then there are some other ways to do that. You can use some nulled or cracked version of the app. But sometimes it’s not safe and I’m not likely to support this. But if you are ready to take a risk and have your limitation then you should use them and save you a pretty good amount of money.
Making Anything is Good
Tags: Self Improvement, Art, Illustration

Last night I was able to make two pieces, after a few days of not being able to. When I say I was not able to, I mean I couldn’t muster up the energy to focus on making a drawing that required my attention for longer than 30 seconds. Moments like that are when I was doing those small sketches you saw yesterday. It was a self imposed block that kept me from being able to focus for too long but regardless, I feel I got passed it. Instead of staring at a blank letter sized white piece of paper when I am feeling uninspired, turning to doodling is a better option because it keeps my mind and hand active. Finding quick shapes and darks is the name of the game for the doodles. The doodles were a great warmup for me to be able to get back into slightly bigger pieces. The 2 drawings I did last night satisfied me as I finished them but I am not that fond of them today. The line work is decent but on the top drawing, I did nothing to stray away from the reference photo (I cannot locate where I found it, I will be better about that in the future), which makes this a boring copy of another work of art. The drawing I did after this at least combines two reference photos (top is a screenshot from Sound of Metal, bottom is from Instagram). I am pleased with the bottom face and the chaotic line work up top but it doesn’t hit how I want it to. It needs more freely added lines. I was too stiff to accomplish what I set out for. I am also going easy on my Micron pens because they all seem to be running out of ink and I am not ready to buy more. If I wasn’t going easy on my pens I would have colored the beanie black. Below I’ll drop the two colored versions of these drawings which were done on procreate. I am not excited about the coloring on these guys right now but I will most likely be changing them in the future. The final versions will end up on my instagram.
Everything I Wish I Knew When I first used Procreate.
By: Tristram Tolliday
Tags: Procreate, Apple Pencil, iPad, Graphic Design, Illustration

Everything I Wish I Knew When I first used Procreate.

Since getting my iPad Pro, I have been a big fan of Procreate, its where I do all of my illustration now, it’s so clean and smart, but there is some assumed knowledge that should be in some sort of tour (or maybe there was and I skipped it 🤷‍♂).

Typography

Who’d have known you can add text to your document in Procreate, it’s tucked away in the add menu, but is super powerful, and lets you import custom fonts, and do all the usual text trickery you would expect.

Colour Picking from your document

Using your finger, hold it on your Artboard where you want to pick a colour. A round colour picker will appear and let you select, at this point you can drag around to get the right colour.

Fill a space using the picker

If you drag a colour from the top corner of procreate it will fill the area you drop on with your chosen colour. If you hold before dropping, you can change the threshold of where you are dropping the colour.

If your pen isn't tracking after a while, check the nib

Sometimes the nib slowly unscrews so it doesn't track your movement, or only sometimes tracks creating dashes. Simply twist the nib back in place, and crack on as you were.

Easy switch from Pen to Eraser

Simply double tap the side of your pen to swap between Pen and Eraser mode, you can stop this in the iPad Settings if you don’t want this behaviour

Draw a perfect circle, shape or line.

Hold your pen in place after drawing a shape or line and Procreate will magically create the perfect version of your shape, while still allowing you to edit it a little more after, plus it will keep your brush texture while doing it.

Merge your layers with a pinch

If your layers are getting out of control, you can smush them together easily, simply use two fingers and ‘pinch’ the top and bottom layers you want to merge together. All layers in between (and including)the two you have picked will be combined into a single layer.

What did I miss?

What features do you wish you knew when you first started illustrating with Procreate?
Pepper and Sesame Seed Oil
By: You-Yeon Lee
Tags: Korea, Drawing, Illustration, Sketch, Seoul

This store is called ‘Pepper and Sesame Seed Oil.’ Love how they named their store in such a genuine manner, the very combination of typography and vivid colors everywhere.
How to Find Drawing Ideas 🚿
By: Zaira Khemani
Tags: Digital Drawing, Procreate, Drawing, Digital Art, Illustration

How to Find Drawing Ideas 🚿

I have my iPad and stylus waiting to strike. I am armed with a coffee and my Spotify tunes. Now I need to touch my pencil to the screen — but wait. What should I draw?

Long story short: been there, done that. Here are my top tips to keep you inspired with fresh ideas.

Shower Thoughts

I always find it strange how my brain floods with genius ideas as soon as I step into the shower. However, there is a way to utilize this extraordinary phenomenon.

Next time you take a shower or bath, try to remember as many ideas as you can. If this doesn’t work, you can write down all your thoughts as soon as you dry off.

Whenever you need a drawing prompt, refer to your notes. Some of my best drawings started with a crazy shower concept!

A Peaceful Stroll

Even if you don’t have a dog, walking around your neighborhood is a quality pastime. Why? You gain access to crisp air, rejuvenating sunlight, and salubrious exercise. Oh, and you can discover an entire jackpot of drawing inspiration. Allow me to explain.

When you take a quiet walk through nature, your mind is still racing with thoughts. As you absorb the surroundings, you might find yourself getting inspired by the wildlife around you. You’ll start translating the sights and sounds into ideas in your brain.

After the perambulation, you may even draw something like this:

Avoid the Internet

Last but not least, I will say something you may not want to hear — the internet is not a place for your idea hunt. I’ve already impressed this upon you in a previous article. The truth is, Googling inspiration is simply an excuse that we invent so we can put off our work.

Instead, take your mind off the screen and into the world around you. Go to a park, reminisce about your childhood, or turn your emotions into a masterpiece. When it comes to what to draw, anything is possible.
Beatrix Potter’s Contribution to Children’s Literature between Reality and Narrative Representation
By: University Of Florence
Tags: Childrens Books, Beatrix Potter, Illustration, Childhood, Female Emancipation

Beatrix Potter’s Contribution to Children’s Literature between Reality and Narrative Representation

Chiara Lepri, Università di Roma Tre

The Woman and the Cultural Context

Alison Lurie, one of the best-known scholars of children’s literature on the interna-tional scene, writes that in the early Twentieth century “a woman escaped from prison with the help of a rabbit. It was not a modern prison, with facilities for education and rec-reation and a chance for parole, but a tall, dark, stuffy Victorian house; and the prisoner, who had been confined there for most of her thirty-six years, was under sentence for life”.

The reference is to today’s famous British illustrator and writer Beatrix Potter, whose life choices were distinguished in times when a woman who belonged to good English society was asked only to be a wife and mother or to quell her own artistic ambitions in the private sector and that, on the other hand, for a long time she firmly refused to adhere to this cliché to dedicate herself primarily to her passions; Peter is the rabbit, the light-hearted rodent in a jacket and shoes, an icon of the small anthropomorphic animal that still has so much attraction on children.

Lurie’s incipit is acute, because talking about Beatrix Potter as an author for children does not only require a critical and comparative work on her artistic and literary work, nowadays recognized as a classic of literature for children, but also an unavoidable mass exercise focused on the existence of a woman whose testimony of life and whose writings (both public and private) let emerge “the conflict between binding social expectations, full of prescriptive codes of conduct, and aspirations” which, to use the Carmela Covato’s words, “give voice to the contrast between feelings, emotions and rules, telling training stories not traceable in official treaties”.

Particularly in this case, therefore, the investigation of literary testimony requires a reflection that also considers the personal history of the author who becomes the model of an emancipatory path undertaken and conducted consistently throughout the course of her life, in the name of realization of a lifestyle, in a balance (precarious, not simple, not taken for granted: think of her poor health during childhood and youth and the conflicts with her parents) between instinctual instances, representations, social practices and desire for affirmation in a field closed to women.The result is a work that for these reasons also becomes an emblem of another culture, open to difference, custodian of a different, multiple and hybridized knowledge which finds its natural and happy expression in children’s literature.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/ssf-11232

Read Full Text: https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/sf/article/view/11232
Design Trends 2020: Tipografia & Illustrazioni
By: Gabrielle Barcos Galli
Tags: Typography, Visual Design, Trends, Illustration, Tide

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Design Trends 2020: Typography & Illustration Styles
By: Gabrielle Barcos Galli
Tags: Typography, Visual Design, Trends, Illustration, UI

Ready for the third part of the retrospective series Design Trends 2020?

In this series of articles, we’ve been going through the Design Trends that shined the most this year, talking about digital and graphic design.

If you’ve missed the first two parts of the series, we already approached the top Visual Design trends other than Color Schemes & Visual Effects. Make sure you don’t miss it!

Now, it’s time to explore the typography and illustration styles that were trendy this year. Shall we?
El consejo de un ilustrador para irrumpir en el mundo de los productos digitales
Tags: Apps, Digital Product Design, Illustration, Digital Product, En Español

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The Missionaries: Chapter 1 — Initiation (Comic)
By: Swan Rose Studios
Tags: Supernatural, Mystery, Comics, Illustration, Fiction

The Missionaries is a story of four young South Africans set on stopping Walt Richter’s evil plans. After protagonists Izak, Johan, Jean, and Nina perform a life-saving good deed, they experience a mystical encounter with a being that’ll change their lives, and the lives of their friends Bongi, Tumi and Hannah, forever.

They embark on their most challenging journey ever — one of discovery and to outsmart Walt and his malevolent forces. A coming of age story of young people growing up in an ordinary world, with extraordinary happenings. Not only do they have to fight supernatural enemies, but also… the enemy within.

The brave group have their faith, strength and character tested, where greed and lust for power rule the day. Find out if good triumphs over evil in Chapter I: Initiation. Read it FREE below.

Want to find out what happens next? We’re Crowdfunding the production of Chapter 2 (the script is complete), with exceptional Tier Rewards offered, so please consider supporting the continued production of this uniquely South African story, with a supernatural edge. We really can’t wait to share the exciting plot developments with you. Crowdfunding Campaign.
Made By Mulani Om.
By: Om Mulani
Tags: 2d Art, Designer, Desgin, Illustration, Graphics

Made By Mulani Om. Young Graphic Designer. With Optimistic Mind. Studies in Higher Standard. Want to Work Now as Freelancer.