Monster under the bed by alphalioness
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Technical first: I tried and tried but could not get the person to reflect in the mirror. So imagine that the mirror is reflecting the image of the woman on the bed and the poem will make more sense.
Background second: About 12 years ago I was suffering from severe depression...I'm much better now and haven't had a severe episode in years. But I was recently going through some files on my old computer and found this poem from that time and thought it would be interesting to create an image to accompany it. I submitted a variation of the image and the poem to the Halloween writing contest in October, but didn't win :( I enjoyed the attempt...I have been fiddling with the image off and on since to try to get it right...but as the above note states I just can't seem to get the reflection down. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
Now to the poem:
Monster
There is a monster under the bed.
I can feel it lurking, waiting, looking…
For a moment of inattention, a weakness to exploit.
Then it rolls over me,
Pulling me down and dragging me under.
Wrapping me in a cocoon
So I can't hear, taste or feel.
It feeds me pain,
Makes my nightmares real;
And reality a dream.
Until I am numb.
Physically too weak to escape.
Tired and broken down.
Drifting through my days,
Lost, apathetic, cruel,
Hopeless.
There is a monster under the bed,
Because I put it there.
And there it must stay,
Lurking, waiting, looking…
Comments (18)
nemesis74s Online Now!
I can understand all of it very well...❤️
eekdog
a mirror of darkness?
mifdesign
Delightful composition. Turn on the light and the monster would vanish.😊💝🥰
RodS
Delightful work, and a great poem also.
I used to have one under my bed, but he was a wuss.. He finally packed up and left when I turned 18.... 😂
Saby55
Beautiful composition on this image👍🙋♂️
MeInOhio
Nice work and good poem. Apply a polished aluminum shader to the mirror glass and it will reflect.
anitalee
Wonderful work and impactful
bugsnouveau
Lotsa fun
gaius
I know what you mean...some mornings when I look at me in the mirror, I see a monster !!! super image and nice poem. MeinOhio is right ; there's another solution if you have Photoshop or another program : you make the image turn left to right, erase what we can't see in the mirror, reduce transparency to 70,60...% add some blur effect...
Ken _Gilliland
well done!
madame
Beautiful image to illustrate a poem full of emotions... very well done !!
Gisela
Nice.
APlusDesign
Works well with the poem!
Some things to try for mirror surfaces that I found online - I usually find the default shiny metal shaders to work well:
-setting Base and Glossy Colour to white or grey, Metallicity to 1, and Glossy Roughness to 0 (or 0.1) -Silver Metal shader from the default resources. Turn the Glossy Roughness parameter down to a tiny fraction, or off altogether, unless you want an actual metal mirror with no glass. --. Apply the Nickel Shader to the mirror surface 2. Change Glossy Reflectivity to 1.0 3. Change Glossy Roughness to 0.01use one of the polished metal presets -Some of the issues I have with them are they tend to make everything in the reflection look too dark and/or highlights on surfaces in the reflection look overly bright. If I use a metal shader, I usually brighten the base color which reduces or eliminates the problem with the reflections being darkened too much.
midnight_stories
Very clever !!!
dochtersions
I can fully agree with your poem. As a child, before I dared to get into bed, I first had to look from myself under the bed. To dare to do this I had to make so much courage, I really thought I would see an angry spirit. Well, I think your image is really translated what you want to express with this, even if the mirror is dark. That is precisely why it fits better with the poem, at least for me. ;-)
caty77
I suspect the angle of your camera makes it's perhaps impossible to see the reflection in the mirror. Otherwise, if it's the reflection setting which isn't working, the light lightning the ceiling (and the under bed, the chin of your character...) is maybe also not enough.
I think we are many to, at a moment or another, image a monstre under the bed. But it can nothing against some light or "magical stuff" given by parents :)
fluffykatt
Your image is perfect for your poem. You did an excellent job writing your poem, I have written some poetry in the past but most of mine are of a positive nature since I am a dreamer.
Flint_Hawk
This is very emotional & well done! Good luck getting the reflection to work!