Thread: Draw Your Dreams

Now... this drawing isn't completely finished, (it still needs a lot of work) but i thought I would post it here anyway.




The drawing of the cat (in fact the whole thing) is not entirely accurate, but I drew it as well as I could.

By the way, I'm sorry the image is so grayish. I was trying to give the image a purple tinge, while still showing the exact colours, (like in my dream) but all it did was dull the picture.

That's pretty damn good, lol.

Wow, that's really nice indescribable.
Look like the cat is wanting to pounce out of the computer screen at me.

Nice work, indescribable. That cat, especially, looks great.

Thanks.
I appreciate the nice comments.

I'm still disappointed that I couldn't get it to look just like my dream. It was all tinged purple, and the edges of everything were very bright, but it's like I could also see it normally at the same time!

I was very lucky with the cat though. That part I thankfully did NOT have to draw from memory. (I'm very bad at drawing certain things from memory.)
It just so happened that when I fell asleep I had been reading my book about cats, and I ended up dreaming of this cat that had been on the cover.

Soo... yeah. Really I cheated. (But I did not trace it.)

That's an awesome picture, indescribable! I've also had a number of dreams that have a color overlay, usually a kind of russet-brown.

THat is nice. It certainly captures the feeling of a dream.

Not the best, but I forced myself to finish it anyways.


Swallowed Whole
Clarity: 4/10
Importance: 5/10
Sleep: Nap
There is weird stuff happening, and some guy who seems like an insane zealot priest is trying to convince everyone that everything is OK.

Behind the priest, a pool sized hole opens up, lined with a set of large rectangular teeth. The priest is ecstatic, like he's in the presence of his God or something.

I pull out a pistol and shoot him several times. The priest falls backwards into the pit, and is swallowed up by the giant teeth. Then the whole thing shrinks into nothing, like it was never there.

The Claw
Clarity: 4/10
Importance: 6/10
Sleep: Poor

I climb out a basement window into a hole in the front of it. I try to climb out, but there is only a narrow crack through the earth high above me. I can see daylight through the crack above me as I'm trapped underground.

For some reason I'm unable to pull myself out frontwards, and can only pull myself up sideways. But the crack is too narrow to fit through sideways. I need to widen it.

I start thinking about how I'm going to widen the crevice, and find tht I'm holding some metal claws in my hand. I begin hacking away at the earth. It's both effective and fun!

That picture is generally what the claws looked like. But it was way more balanced than that picture suggests. It was a really nice weapon, and it felt really good flailing it around.

I see myself from behind, sitting cross legged in a spot light surrounded by darkness. Embedded into my back are three sets of two rings running down my spine. I am hunched over, as if straining to resist a strong force, and there are chains attached to the rings. Two slits on my back, form a T so the chains are able to pull away my flesh like flaps. Below my flesh, my spine and ribs are exposed but they appear as if made from a shiny black metal. near the bottom of the opening, Tentacles made from the same black metal are worming their way out, aiding in pulling the flesh aside so that they can escape.

This is an unfinished sketch of the dream intended as a design for a painting. The painting will be titled, "The Metamorphoses.'

Wow I'm glad I don't have dreams like yours! o_O Really good drawing though!

Nice Xaquaria. That really makes my drawings look like a pile of crap. I'll have to get some proper pencils this week.

Originally Posted by jaketheoriginal

i find it strange sometimes, just before i drift off to sleep, i get brilliant ideas for drawings and sadly i usually forget them by the morning.

That's Hypnagogic imagery. I find those are impossible to remember unless I force myself to get up and write them down. But you're right, it does produce nice clear, stable images.

I wish I would draw what I see in my dreams cuz oftentimes it's breathtaking. My latest reccuring vision is of me during my ascension. I don't know if it has deeper meaning, but it's very spectacular. Just sharing

Originally Posted by The Cusp

I'll have to get some proper pencils this week.

No offense or anything, but a good artist can do just as good art with virtually any pencil (that is, just as good with one #2 than with a set of 10) and a bad artist won't get suddenly better with good pencils. Furthermore, if you are not shading, better pencils will not help. I notice your pencils are mostly line drawings. In line drawings, the pencil is not important at all. Even if you are shading, numbered pencils really do not help that much. Sure, they may make an amazing artist have an easier time and may even make his work easier, but it really does not change the work that much. Do not go out and buy better stuff in hopes of improving your art, is basically what I am saying. Just as buying top of the line skis does not make you a good skier.

Geez, art snobs. This should be a busy, fun thread. Why is it so dead? I obviously didn't put much time into my drawings. I'd go into detail about what different pencils I prefer and how I use them, but I just don't have time for much drawing right now.

don't worry--- I'll post a drawing!

The very beginnings of one of my dream drawings.

Indescribable..that looks like it's shaping up to be very nice! Certainly conveys feeling. Hope to see the finished one soon

Cool, indescribable! It looks very nice and dreamlike

This is a spider that was in a dream I had a few weeks ago. It fell from the sky in a jelly egg sack that popped when it hit the ground. It had what looked like a saw blade on it back.



this one isn't too terribly detailed, but basically an energy was coming down from the sky and spiraling through the clouds/pulling them with it. It touched down onto people standing in a soccer field and filled them with light. I don't know if it was pulling them up or possessing them or draining their energy or what because I fled quickly after this happened.

Originally Posted by mongreloctopus

a rented dog watching my mom surf in a giant dog-suit.

that is hilarious!

Sorry, my computer didn't post the pics. They are on the next page.