The Long Road Out

Illo Friday "Cars"

| Published Sunday, May 27, 2007 by Jane.

Bertie, an angry little car

Not the most stimulating topic.
I thought of all the people I knew who like cars, I don't particularly, as I don't drive.
Many people give their cars names, and personalise them.
I have to admit some cars I've know where the owner gave it a name were very aply named, especially the tempermental ones......or is that just the mental ones??
When you look at some cars head on, they seem to suggest faces, don't they.

When I was a teenager, a friend Eric had a car that we all called the vampire, as when anyone new got in it, their blood was shed.

Nothing serious, I remember the first time I got in it, I reached into my bag and cut myself on an open staple in a magazine, Tracey my friend caught her nail in the fabric of the seat and it tore down to the quick, drawing blood.

It was a thirsty car.

Illo Friday "Signs" #2

| Published Sunday, May 20, 2007 by Jane.

Digital Signs
Paper collage altered in photoshop.

I do readings for people, tarot mostly but in this image I am trying to convey how the process of a reading works and how important the signs within your body/mind are and how they are brought into play during a reading.
Yes you look to the cards, but also you look inwardly and listen to the signs coming from your body.

Sometimes it's like a stream of consciousness.
A wash of images that you see in your minds eye and it's up to the experience of the reader to interpret them.
Sometimes you get a feeling a body sensation, sometimes even pain, and you put your awareness into it and it seems to open out and more images/information flows.

When you've been reading for a few years you get to watch for the signs within and the tarot cards become secondary to a reading.

Illustration Friday "Signs"

| Published Saturday, May 19, 2007 by Jane.

Signs (& Portents?)
Paper collage
This is a great topic for IF.
I have so many ideas I may have to submit more than one!

As soon as I saw what the topic was I thought of signs as indirect ways of communication.
The subliminal way we reveal ourselves with little gestures, tics and slips of the tongue.
In this collage the figure is feeling bleak and outside of human existance, looking inward for a sign that life will be good once again.

From "outside" the sign comes and he only has to lift his head to see hope.
Haven't we all done this at some time...waited for a sign that change will come and we will find our way once again?

In this collage I wanted to use as few paper elements as possible to create the mood and to communicate the message. So there are only 4 pieces here, the background, the figure, the hand and the leaf.

Illo Friday: Citrus

| Published Saturday, May 12, 2007 by Jane.

Assassin:

Code Name: CITRUS

Sharp, exotic and does her thing with a zing!

Sorry but couldn't be doing with that orange & lemon stuff!

So I thought "Citrus" was a good name for a female spy, agent, or assassin.

| Published Sunday, May 06, 2007 by Jane.

Icon II

Digital collage
This is one I did a while ago, can't remember where I posted it.
I thought I'd put it on this blog but no.....since I changed the way comments are viewed I seem to have lost them all!
Well all last years are gone, out there in cyberspace.