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The Power of the Mind
Published: 2006-05-06 02:26:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 43954; Favourites: 1340; Downloads: 6620
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"The power of the mind - I wish I could read your mind" was the concept I chose to look into for my latest Illustration course assignment. It's depicting how the world can be seen through a child's eyes. His innocence and imagination is what's protecting him from the harsh surroundings of reality.
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wow... i just thought that the kid had freaky powers... like he's changing the world to the way he wants it to look.... cause it looks like the bubble is getting bigger... just my thoughts on it. =]
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You're pretty much spot on there 
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I think most people live like that
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That reminds me of a poem that I read.... "Children's Eyes" is the title but I forget the author. Beautiful work, very colorful and sending a bold message.
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-friends with deathdog and suggested it right after she said she did.- I'm SO Glad you got accepted. it is an awesome artwork. I honestly think you could become a great book illustrator.
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Thats awesome
Not surprised at the DD at all, i lurf the concept and stuff
So obviously i shall fav
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Yer welcome
By the way, you seem to know wut yer doing, its very detailed o.O
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This piece is utterly fantastic...
I am in love with the concept...
This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Excellent work.
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Thanks a lot 
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I think Evanescene's "Imaginary" fits this picture like a glove.
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Ooo i love Evanescence! 
Oh wow, now that you mention it, the song really does go with it
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that.. is .. like... MY BEAR
Awesome picture overall.. I love the idea
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Hahaha, with the eye hanging out and all?
Thanks for the comment man!
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Everytime I look at this picture I am inspired again. Brilliant, brilliant work not only in technique but symbolism and meaning.
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its a nice concept and I can relate to it... and once you grow up, cold hard reality slaps you in the face
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even though.. i got slapped in the face with reality when i was about 10... blargh ...sucks
But this is a wonderfull pice! very emotive
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Aww, only 10? 
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So randomly, I was looking at the gravel and rubble in the picture and I saw a piece of it as a tiki face. I mean, it's completely irrational to see in there, but that's what my imagination created.
And then my mind was brought to the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland in the US. I know you might not have seen this thing, but it's fantastic. It's filled with robotic bird, flowers and tiki faces that sing and move. It's really great. And the audience is sitting among and beside and below all of it. I hope you get to see it if you haven't already. It's one of my favorite places to be.
Oh, and the picture is amazingly lovely and powerful. I love how the teddy bear's eye is falling out. It's a small touch that actually made me think quite a bit.
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Oh i'd love to go to Disneyland someday! It sounds awesome!
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This is...so creative! I love this squeeee.
The contrast is - awesome.
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this is so beautiful. in a twisted kind of way...but nevertheless, congrats on the dd. its truly deserved
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beautiful picture... very cynical worldview. i mean, to say that the only way one can see beauty in the world is through ignorance or imagination. or to say that there IS no true innocence or beauty in reality, but only in a certain naive perspective. perhaps this was not your intent, but that is what i took from it. the style and detail are amazing, as i'm sure you've been told all too many times... i just don't particularly agree with the meaning that i took from it.
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I dont agree either 
Ahh! It hurts my brain!
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I love psychological art! This is very interesting and I think everyone yearns for the innocence of childhood before we were able to recognize the evilness or disappointment of reality (in comparison with what we used to imagine). Makes me think about times long gone when I was able to believe if I wanted something bad enough, I could make it happen. I love the contrast of the imagination and the reality. This inspires me to do something with the same idea in mind. Great job!
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Great! It really means a lot to me to hear someone say my work has inspired them
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This is beautiful Sheridan, I have been thinking of things like this and just could not figure out how to make it come across, great portrayal I love it. +fav and I'm telling everyone. Peace
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i absolutely love this because its true
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Sadly
Thanks for the comment!
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Amazing details! And the colors and shades are superb!! I love the quiet feel...
it's funny the way I can "hear" the silence of this one...
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Boss effects, ma man.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Peace.
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Wow, what an amazing piece, definitely DD worthy
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That-is awesome. Especially in digital art (which is what I can't do well quite yet-well, with the software). You deserved that feature :3 I love how the boy, the doll and the teddy bear are in the globe-looking-thing while the world around them is destroyed ^^
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Beautiful. <3 I love the spot of color in the middle and the imagination behind it. =] Congrats on DD, you really deserved it! <3
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Its very cool this point of view
I guess you could say the child has "tuned out" and then " tuned in" ?
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Brilliant concept. Very well executed.
The beauty within
an unaffected child.
A child who knows nothing,
about the iniquity that lingers around them.
Refined innocence
not yet condemed by
society and the exceeding
brutality of this world.
A higher power,
the power of goodness and purity
that could only be found,
In the heart of a child.
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