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I Drew October Scenes To Cope With Insomnia
I Drew October Scenes To Cope With Insomnia
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I Drew October Scenes To Cope With Insomnia

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A few years ago, during the month of October, I sketched a little couple on a small piece of paper. Almost like doodling, the drawing took life and I named it “Love”. A few days later, while awake in the late hours of the night, I started another scene…and named it “Lure”. Enjoying the “L” theme, and how drawing was better thank lying awake in bed, I decided to call them scenes 1, and 2…and decided I needed 10 of them, all to be completed in the month of October. I am a big fan of Edward Gorey and Edgar Allan Poe, who clearly influenced my drawings.

On the night of the 31st of October, I finished the last scene I had set out to complete: “Lair”.

All 10 scenes were done. Here they are, my “October Scenes”.

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    Scene II -“Lure”

    Scene III – “Link”

    Scene IV – “Lullaby”

    Scene V – “Loyalty”

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    Scene VI – “Lunacy”

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    Scene VII – “Ludic”

    Scene VIII – “Lyrical”

    Scene IX – “Ludicrous”

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    Scene X – “Lair”

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    Scene I – “Love”

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    gisele teixeira

    gisele teixeira

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    I am an elementary teacher and I love every minute of it. I am lucky to be part of a wonderful and supportive school community. My husband and I are both educators and we have two wonderful sons.

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    gisele teixeira

    gisele teixeira

    Author, Community member

    I am an elementary teacher and I love every minute of it. I am lucky to be part of a wonderful and supportive school community. My husband and I are both educators and we have two wonderful sons.

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    Raina Arberry
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These were very cool especially the names of each giving context to deeper meanings

    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you Raina! I'm glad you like them :) Yeah, there's a lot more to each than what shows on a first glance :)

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    María B. Kaiser
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love them!! I wish they were in a book. I'd buy it. :) <3

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    Caroline Hennig
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love these magical, mysterious, wonderfully detailed, apt October scenes. The characters are so lively and distinctive in a fascinating sequence of events. Certainly an amazing way to deal with sleeplessness!

    Caroline Hennig
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The phone screen didn't do these drawings justice. I had to look at each amazing scene on the desktop computer to appreciate the wonderful elaborate details, of expression, environment, poetry, humor, meaning and mystery. Perfect October art.

    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Caroline, Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed and looked at them on the big screen :) Yeah, I remember finishing many of these in the middle of the night, but I was having fun. (and going blind from the teeny details I included :)

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    Dani Donovan
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are wonderfully dark and whimsical! I'm also a fan of Gorey. Have you checked out John Kenn Mortensen? Love his book "Sticky Monsters".

    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha. I have several books illustrated by him...guilty as charged. Now I want the ones with the work on John Kenn Mortensen.

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    Raina Arberry
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These were very cool especially the names of each giving context to deeper meanings

    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you Raina! I'm glad you like them :) Yeah, there's a lot more to each than what shows on a first glance :)

    Load More Replies...
    María B. Kaiser
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love them!! I wish they were in a book. I'd buy it. :) <3

    ADVERTISEMENT
    Caroline Hennig
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love these magical, mysterious, wonderfully detailed, apt October scenes. The characters are so lively and distinctive in a fascinating sequence of events. Certainly an amazing way to deal with sleeplessness!

    Caroline Hennig
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The phone screen didn't do these drawings justice. I had to look at each amazing scene on the desktop computer to appreciate the wonderful elaborate details, of expression, environment, poetry, humor, meaning and mystery. Perfect October art.

    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Caroline, Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed and looked at them on the big screen :) Yeah, I remember finishing many of these in the middle of the night, but I was having fun. (and going blind from the teeny details I included :)

    Load More Replies...
    Dani Donovan
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are wonderfully dark and whimsical! I'm also a fan of Gorey. Have you checked out John Kenn Mortensen? Love his book "Sticky Monsters".

    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha. I have several books illustrated by him...guilty as charged. Now I want the ones with the work on John Kenn Mortensen.

    Load More Replies...
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