I want to get your juices flowing, by means of these pictures, and so I shall pick some of them.
This is rather strange building!
And this is a rooster on skates!
Weird one……
And now this is weird…..
And this is really strange!
So, up till now have you found anything that turns you on?
Strange cloud formation!
And to finish off….. a really weird one.
So, have these images turned you on in any way!
I have come across an extremely unusual artist in the last few days, a most extraordinary artist, whose work appeals to me! His work has attracted to me in the most unusual fashion.
So, let us see his work and then go on about it.
He goes about his work in the most unusual way…. As you can see. He says in his website that he gets inspiration from his wandering mind….. He says it all in his website.
Redmer Hoekstra (1982) graduated from the Art Academy in Zwolle as a visual artist and illustrator in 2009. “I’ve always loved alienation and fantasizing, daydreaming. As a child I had all kinds of theories about how the world worked. At the Academy I was able to rediscover this and process this in to my work. How things work is a fascination of mine and in many drawings you can find this. I open up appliances and objects and freely change what is inside. Often a subject gets a completely different feeling or meaning.
I play with form, meaning and function, while new combinations arise.
Often surprising, strange and funny but also with a strange kind of logic, a fantastic and surreal world.
I find my inspiration riding the train or on the road, where my mind can float through the landscape and new connections between things appear. A philosophical view of the world and myself. Who am I? What is my reality and how do I get to decide how it looks and works? They are pen drawings on paper. I work with fine liners . By shading I create light and space, which gives a drawing life. It is important to draw as realistically as possible, to make the alienation most powerful. It’s a laborious and almost artisanal technique . A drawing on average takes 32 to 40 hours.
So all that remains is to illustrate this blog with his work……..
So, there you have it…. His artistic endeavours.
His art is attractive, and I love it, the weirdness of it, and the unusual way he goes about his artwork, drawing it as opposed to using lithography or etching attracts me too.
It remains only to post his website…… That way you will be able to get in touch with him, or – even -buy some of his artwork! https://www.redmerhoekstra.nl/
So, there you have it!
There is the first image……. Really strange!
And here is another one!
And here is another one!!!
And her is yet another one…. This is a big catch!
And yet another one!
A strange road!!!!
And yet another one!
So, there we have it! A couple of images for you to use, if you wish!
Optical illusions work, there is no getting away from that. They confuse us, and get in the way of our comprehending things – laughably really.
To set us off, here is a classic image.
We have all seen these……..
These are “classic” optical illusions, and thus well known, but we have a selection of ones that you will probably never have seen before.
This one is well considered to confuse everyone!
This one is a well known illusion…..
And this is also a well known illusion, if you look carefully, it is simply a face upside down, printed like that. Easy really.
This one is a well known illusion, find the baby……..
And this one is a normal room, but with all sorts of lines on the walls and floors……
And this is a well known one….. You can duplicate it with a simply set of scissors…….
So, these are what I will write and show you today. If what I have shown you sparks any ideas, please let me know.
This is really odd!
This one is really an odd thing, and to give you an idea of what is to come……….
Now this is really weird!
This one was really strange, and worrying! And it was a great success, believe it or not.
And now for the famous one!
This, believe it or not was a real success….
One of these things, is a real woman!
Believe it or not, this album was a real success.
This one was a real failure… sadly.
And this one was also a real success….
But the lead singer was dead, which didn’t help……. Even if they were a great band, which they were, apparently.
Now this one was plain rude!!!!!
Nothing further to be said about it.
Now this one defies logic!
So, these are all actual LP covers, and the defy reason.
Well, we have so many images for you to play with, though these ones are probably copyright.
All these images are reality distorted, which is quite fun!
So, here they are for you to play with.
This is a wonderful idea!
The disappearing road…….
An amusing idea……
Autumn activity…..
Now this is an idea!
An impossible idea…….
How to make an unpleasant day into a pleasant one.
Now this is an idea!
I hope that these images will spark off an idea in you…… But perhaps they will give you an idea for images that you will think of for yourself…. But in any event they are really weird ideas, and that is enough.
I have decided to put more images up for you to use for whatever you want…. By the way, these are copyright free images, so you may use them as you want. So here they are…….
Here is a farmer….. I have no idea why they took this photo, but it is a great study
A sad study of an old man, use it with your imagination.
Another worker.
And now for history!
A soldier from the USA’s civil war.
Abraham Lincoln in the flesh.
A negro family…… in the time of the civil war
An armless soldier from the American civil war……
So, here is a collection of images that you may use freely, and I hope that they are of use to you.
This is a bunch of photos that you can use freely for whatever purpose you want. In other words, they are copyright free.
You may use them in whatever way you want.
So, there they are……….
And next……….
And the next one…..
A farmer……..
A diver…… I think…..
A close up of an elephant……
A curious photo of a giraffe…. Very odd..
An angle sitting in a bus…. Really odd….
So, here you have it…. A collection of odd images that you will be free to use in whatever way you want…..
This one is rather morosely called Not Swimmings!
This image rather says it all, this artist is a morose fellow, at least in his artwork, and his drawings are amazingly depressing, and rather beautiful in their own way.
Not only does he draw amzingly horrid creatures, (which he does!!!) but he also draws all sorts of gentle artworks, which I will show you now…..
A feeling woman.
As you can see, he is able to communicate in a number of ways…. For us, he is interesting as a character illustrator, in other words, a strange maker of art.
Here is a typical example of his work………..
And here is a drawing called “Old Maid”…. Pretty well sums it up methinks.
And to give another idea about his capabilities…. Here is a completely different one. Called Dark Princess… Not sure what that means, but what the hell………
A science fiction woman
And here is yet two others of his creatures…….
Two horrid creatures
And to give another idea of what this talented painter can do…….
A digital image…..
And another one of these!
Another digital image…..
All in all, he is a very talented and various artist, capable of many different styles, and one of whom I rather like….. If you like him as well, give me a comment below and I will answer you.
And to finish off, here is a link to his blog and an interview….
Blog: https://seegmillerart.com/
Interview: https://www.painterartist.com/en/pages/interviews/don-seegmiller/
Here you will find a number of images that will appeal to you – at least, I hope so!
They are a collection of strange and weird images that should spark a creative stream in you……. Gathered from the internet from a number of places, these photos should spark a creative spark in you…. Well, at least they did for me.
So, here are these photos, and I hope that you will be able to use them in some way.
Strange men on street……
Strange man.
What a HUGE beard, and I know what I am talking about…. I have a beard.
Strange young man
What can I say about this?
Anyway, here are a collection of very strange images for you to play with.
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