Nightmares and Dreamscapes IV

Nightmares and Dreamscapes IV

JAGUAR

     It may be a simple image but one of great significance to me. Some time ago I had this recurring dream in which I transformed into a jaguar. The jaguar is my favourite feline. That dream is a favourite too.

Nightmares and Dreamscapes III

Nightmares and Dreamscapes III

AXE Magic

     AXE Commercials. A little bit of body spray and girls will be all over you. Sadly it doesn't work like that. Whan the End of the World AXE was at its peak I had a dream in which by using that AXE fragrance I attracted a black bug that became my pet. When I acknowledged that the bug only hung out with me because of the deodorant I threw it to it yelling 'There you have your damn AXE' and killed it accidentally.

Nightmares and Dreamscapes II

Nightmares and Dreamscapes II

Odien

     This goes back to when Thor hit the theaters. I had a dream in which I went to Asgard to request an audience before Odin. After quite the struggle they let me through but I didn't get an interview with a man à la Hopkins but with a mixture between Odie (of Garfield fame) and the norse ruler.

Nightmares and Dreamscapes I

Prologue

     There is a time in all artists' lives in which his dream is stalked by strange and bizarre visions of the world he lives in. The following compilation of imagery will show a window to the psyche of art for art itself.

     They are drawings of dreams I've had.

Nightmares and Dreamscapes I

Pícale

     Have you ever seen the Telmex "Pícale" spots ? Ever since the constant media bombarding in both cinema and television of "Las Orquídeas" and "Los Rivas" I've had this dream. I am the host of a contest TV show like "Wheel of Fortune". In the dream a super-evolved mosquito is the one turning the wheel and its award is to "picar" (bite) the "pícale" guy.

6

     If three is a magic number, six must be doubly magical. It's been six months since I began writing this blog and to celebrate... today's entry will be the recognition of having begun six months ago. No more. No less. And of course that has nothing to do with the brutal amount of work I've had lately... that kind of work that makes you...

Mad

     ... and wanting some... some... some...

Blood

Rule of Three

     It's like saying: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice... BEETLEJUICE !

     Good things come in threes. So do bad things. And even things that are neither good nor bad.

     Three is a magic number.

     So to complete the triad here is another homage, even though it does not partake in the story of the animations from the two previous blog entries. To know the why of this particular piece there is this page... and in this link you can watch the animation in its original aspect ratio (700 x 600 px).

Homage Part II

     This and the previous blog entry are an homage to:

1) Predator, the iconic film by John Campbell McTiernan, Jr. with the great performances of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Shane Black, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, Elpidia Carrillo and Kevin Peter Hall (also known as --in order --major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, George Dillon, Blain Cooper, Rick Hawkins, Mac Eliot, Billy Sole, Jorge "Poncho" Ramírez, Anna and the Predator).

2) A series of animations called "Madness Combat" by Matthew "Matt" D. Jolly, also known as Krinkels. This part of the homage was really because I wanted to make some money on account of a contest, but it must account to something, right ?

     And in a lesser manner (meaning, a little throughout both animations and in the final part of the second one) an homage to:

1) Sin City, both Frank Miller' graphic novel and Robert Rodríguez' adaptation (who would then go on to produce Predators --or Predator 3 --, a sequel that could have easily been an action short of between five and fifteen minutes).

2) Alien, Sir Ridley Scott's piece. Performing Sigourney Weaver (in her first lead role), Tom Skerrit, Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton and Bolaji Badejo (who are --again, in order --Ellen Ripley, captain Dallas, Lambert, Ash, Kane, Parker, Brett and the Alien).

3) Aliens, the refreshing sequel (contrary to Predator 2) directed by James Francis Cameron and with the acting capabilities of Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen, Al Matthews,  William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, Bill Paxton, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Daniel Kash and Paul Reiser (or Ellen Ripley, corporal Dwayne Hicks, Newt, Bishop, sargeant Al Apone, liutenant William Gorman, privates Jenette Vasquez, William Hudson, Mark Drake, Ricco Frost, Tim Crowe, Trevor Wierzbowski, Daniel Spunkmeyer and Carter Burke).