Mind-blowing Celebrity Portraits Made from Scribbles

Mind-blowing Celebrity Portraits Made from Scribbles

by Vince Low
Many of us idly doodle on notepads to pass the time, but one artist has made scribbling an artform in its own right. Artist and illustrator Vince low, from Kuala Lumpur, creates artistic order from the chaos of pen lines to produce stunning portraits of famous faces.  His 'Faces' project began when, as head illustrator at advertising agency Grey, he created three portraits of famous dyslexics to create awareness for the disorder: Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein and John Lennon.

He decided to use the scribbled style for a personal project featuring other famous faces. Vince Low, creates detailed portraits of celebrities like Morgan Freeman, Leonardo Di Caprio and Jack Nicholson using only numerous overlapping swirling lines or scribbles.

Vince explains: 'It all started with an advertising campaign for the Dyslexia Association of Malaysia. In Malaysia, most people are not aware of dyslexia at all. The advertising campaign for the Dyslexia Association of Malaysia struck home with Vince as he is dyslexic himself.

 Source:   http://www.behance.net/gallery/Faces/8234027

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Tips to find peace of mind

Tips to find peace of mind

Inner peace is a state of mind.  It is a time when your body and mind are quiet and relaxed.  Inner peace allows you to have a quietness of mind.  To achieve inner peace you must learn to control feelings of trouble from stress and complete exhaustion from what goes on around you every day in the world.

Inner peace allows your body and mind to help keep obstacles out of your way.  It allows you to feel serenity even at times when stressful situations arise.  Your brain power controls all of the power of your being and if you can control the way you respond to certain situations, you can achieve inner peace.

When inner peace is achieved you will find you are more creative, intuitive and have a quietness of mind that will allow you to achieve more in your life.  You have the ability within you right now to achieve inner peace.  In this report we will discuss several ways for you to arrive at your own inner peace.

When you feel yourself becoming stressed why not try some of the following relaxation techniques to calm your mind and body.

1.  Take a relaxing drive to the country.  When you find a beautiful place pullover turn on some soothing music in your car and sit back and listen to the music. You can also take a folding chair with you so you can sit outside the car with the windows rolled down to hear the music.  Take a leisurely walk to the countryside and think only good thoughts.  Think of happy memories or times when you felt inner peace.

2.  Sit in a room by yourself in a comfortable chair.  If you have a fountain turn it on and listen to the water flow and focus on watching it.  If you do not have a fountain turn on soothing music and focus on a picture of a beautiful ocean or mountain scene and imagine yourself being there.

3.  Turn on some soothing music and lay flat on your back on your bed with your arms lying flat out to your side.  Bring your arms straight up towards the ceiling and touch your fingertips together.  

Now start moving your arms around as if they are floating.  As you move your arms around the floating, floating, picture yourself floating in the clouds and dancing around.  Repeat to yourself, I am relaxed and I am happy.  Do this for 10 to 20 minutes every day.

4.  Take a warm soothing bath.  Light plenty of aromatherapy candles turn on some soothing music and just lay back and relax.

5.  You can lie on your back on your bed and try to clear your mind of any thoughts.  A good method to clear your thoughts is to count from 600 backwards by fours.  By doing this your mind can not think of other thoughts.  Start at 600, 596, 592, 588, 584 etc..  Continue to do this until you get to zero.

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