OHT - visual art - please help

[Enoon]

If you've taken a look at the OHT handbook, you've seen there are a lot of images in it. Most of them I just took from google images so we cannot use them officially to publish this. Hence I made a list of all the images that I need for the project. I am relying on artists and hobby-fotographers to help me out.

If you have somethign that fits the following list just post it here. Please only post your own pictures or ones you have FULL ownership / rights to. Please don't use incriminating pictures, pictures of you, etc.

CHAPTER 1
HYPERSPACE

1) footer image over width of whole page of different entheogens (e.g. blotters, mushrooms, cannabis, cacti, caapi, etc.)DONE

2) Picture of fried eggs for "this is your brain on drugs) DONE

3) picture explaining how a chemical synapse works DONE

4) picture or artwork that is related to schizophrenia or schizophrenic breaks DONE

5) Picture or artwork that has something to do with frequency or repeated use. I used an imageo of a calendar with several days crossed out. Perhaps someone has a better idea? DONE

6) Image of pills that could be extacy DONE

7) Image that is somehow related to LD50 - used a scientist with mice as the original picture. Anyone have something like this? DONE

8] Artwork that has something to do with the brain and marijuana DONE

SETTING

1) picture that has something to do with the law or getting arrested. Handcuffs or something like that maybe DONE

2) image about personal safety - a caution or warning sign concerning accidents or something like that. DONE

3) a stop sign DONE

SITTER

1) picture of a ceremony or a group tripping DONE

2) binoculars or something similar - indicating vigilance DONE

3) a "no driving" or "no car" sign DONE

4) two people talking to each other or something that indicates comunication and talking after the experience DONE (used one of my old paintings)

5) a phone symbol DONE

6) an image to explain the dosing sitter (someone taking a blotter or a pill?)

7) picture about TRUST - I used the guy throwing knives at the woman on the round board. I'd love to keep the pic but it's not mine... DONE

8] some artwork in banner form to fill a bit of space


CHAPTER 2
EXPLORING HYPERSPACE

1) & 2) images of exploration - someone looking at the stars, an old map for navigation, indiana jones/tomb raider style stuff... DONE

3) image of letting go rather than resisting / Ego death DONE

4) image about self reflection, seeing stuff in a new light

5) image of investigating nature - I like the idea of a magnifying glass and some kind of flower or creature behind it. DONE

6) picture of a rave, of burning man or some kind of psychedelic festival DONE

7) banner sized picture related to exploration

8] NDE related image

9) entity contact / aliens DONE

10) & 11) music and psychedelics DONE

12) psychedelic art DONE

13) fractal pattern, maybe something natural but not necessarily

14) a nice picture of someone playing the guitar - mabe a close up of the strings and the hands DONE

MINDSET

1) person looking in the mirror DONE

2) person contemplating DONE

3) image about changing ones world view (I used a sketch of gallileo)

4) image of feeling tired or exhausted DONE

5) social stigmata DONE

6) image concerning work and how work and pschedelics generally shouldn't be mixed... (I used an image of a traffic signal saying "40 min to end of workzone" DONE

7) image about choices - good and bad ones

8] image about balance DONE


CHAPTER 3
RESPONSIBLE SAFE

1) Safety symbol

2) The charts that I used are from bunkpolice.org and I'm not sure we can use them... I suppose I should ask about this (wrote them a mail but so far no answer)

3) Various Pictures of the different reagents in their bottles or used on subtances - someone on this forum has got to have tried this kind of stuff, so take pictures! DONE

6) I think the TLC pics I used are from endlessness' post, but I'm not sure they are all ok to use. Trav, or anyone who does TLC, a few nice fotos would be good DONE

7) A picture of a UV-vis machine DONE

8] A Gas Chromatography / Mass spec spectrum or something of the likes

9) Picture of some kind of active acacia plant DONE

10) A picture of a traditional brew - make it as traditional as possible - if it's out in the woods in a hand-made pot, all the better. DONE

PROBLEM MANAGEMENT

1) Image/artwork of someone with problems, a bad trip, etc. This can be a rough sketch, a painting or a foto.

2) Image that is somehow related to bad judgement or acting in a way that is detrimental to your health/safety

3) Image of an emergency sign, or something that is very clearly related to (medical) emergencies DONE

4) Emergency phone DONE

5)Image of someone calling Emergency service?

CHAPTER 4
EQUIPMENT

1) picture of testing kits or a TLC kit DONE

2) Picture of a GVG, a bong or other utensils used to administer various entheogens. If you could get a pic with several things on it, all the better. DONE

3) A picture of different juices and ginger for taking entheogens with bad tastes or that cause nausea DONE

GETTING THE MOST

1) Image of exploring hyperspace at your own pace, being ready, being brave or something like this. DONE

2) Image of letting go, or letting the trip take you where it may DONE

3) Person in fetal position, bad trip DONE

4) Sigmund Freud, everything is a reflection of ourselves - can someone come up with a good image for this? DONE

5) Image of being grounded. (I have a picture of a tree but it's very ugly)

CHAPTER 5
GETTING STARTED

1) A picture about starting - a game board, a starting line of a running competition or anything you can think of DONE

2) A picture of various entheogens. can also be a work of art a bit abstract but recognizable DONE

3) Picture of a nice and calm psychedelic setting that would be good for first timers. DONE

4) Company DONE

5) Picture of measuring out a dose

OUTLOOK

1) Picture of some entheogen-related books in a book-shelf. I know there must be a lot of you out there that have five or six of them at least. so grab your cam and take that picture... DONE

2) picture of activism for legalization of MJ or whatever, or a picture of a psychedelic conference

3) Image of critical thinking

4) Logo of the Entheogenic university

 

[Enoon]

phone for the sitter chapter

and emergency phone for the problem-management

 

[cyb]

I'm posting up a mockup of the front cover...
Just to show the layout at the moment and I have just thrown in some pictures that can be exchanged to whatever is appropriate.
It's in .qxp Quark form at the moment so this image is just a screenshot.

I like it's simplicity. I conveys the feeling of a course book without being overly complex.
(like the concept of the book...simple as black and white)

It can morph to whatever the consenus requires...

 

[Enoon]

Nice job. I would suggest keeping the first two pics and exchanging the last one for perhaps something where a person could be seen - but using the same kind of effects / the same style as with the extraction pic. A meditating person would probably fit the frame the best but I'm not sure it would be the best thing to represent the coures... it' your call.

I really like the cover though!

 

[Guyomech]

A number of the illustrations mentioned above in Enoon's list seem like they may end up being fairly interesting (such as the image of a psychedelic conference- imagine a row if silhouetted audience heads looking at some crazy trippy stuff)... Once all the book illustrations are done it might just make sense to choose three of the more interesting ones to drop into the cover.

Like the layout quite a bit overall.

 

[Enoon]

to speed things up a bit I will follow Vodsels suggestion and try to get some images from wikimedia commons in - at least the ones that have good licenses. I will mark those in the list above with a yellow DONE. If anyone from here has a contribution, I will favor that over the wikimedia image, because I think this is a community project and this should be reflected in the artwork showing in it as well.

Feel free to jump in any time

 

[Guyomech]

Just for a sense of reference, do you have a timeframe that you're hoping to have all the images by?

 

[Enoon]

the sooner the better. I will have to put work on this project on pause (or reduce greatly) come the beginning of May, due to work, so if we could get as much done as possible by then would be great.

 

[dreamer042]

Hopefully this first one can suffice for your ecstasy photo.

Top: 100mg MDMA (Molly) capsule
Middle Left: One of the infamous Pokeball presses
Middle Right: A chunk of MDMA crystal known as Moonrocks
Bottom: A couple random ecstacy pills the stamp is the Ecko Rhino

Also a few Burning Man shots from 2007:
Esplanade
Parade path
Lamplighters and an incomplete man
Rainbow
Fire conclave
Burning Man
Temple

Feel free to use any of my 2012 shots as well:

Black Rock City 2012 - Welcome discussion - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus

I'm sure I can knock a few more out as well but there's a start

 

[Enoon]

excellent! many thanks!

 

[antrocles]

here ya go, nooner! a few pics of the healing room as requested. i love this project!!

L&G

 

[Enoon]

THanks alot for the help so far everyone!

The things I'm really struggling with finding on wiki-commons are probably the ones the community can help me with the most, especially those into art.

I need some images that represent Near Death Eperiences, Out of Body Experiences and Ego Death. If you have something that is remotely related or could be interpreted as something like this, please please post!!!!!

thanks!

 

[cyb]

I need some images that represent Near Death Eperiences, Out of Body Experiences and Ego Death. If you have something that is remotely related or could be interpreted as something like this, please please post!!!!!

Hey Enoon
I found a wonderful image floating on the web (thereby royalty free imo)...I have heavily effected it and changed it from the original to resemble something dreamlike and ethereal...
I hope it is of some use...
cyb

 

[Global]

Man, would I like to travel in your house, antrocles :shock:

 

[The Traveler]

I found a wonderful image floating on the web (thereby royalty free imo)...

By default we have to assume that all images on the internet are copyrighted unless it is specifically stated that they may be used for purposes like ours.

For the OHT we have to make sure that 100% of all images used are royalty free or else we might find ourselves in deep copyright trouble after printing thousands of this book. Even ONE image that contains copyrighted material can screw our project.

We cannot take any chances with copyright.


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[The Traveler]

3) picture explaining how a chemical synapse works

Form Wikimedia commons:

1) picture that has something to do with the law or getting arrested. Handcuffs or something like that maybe

From Wikimedia Commons:

 

[Enoon]

Thanks guys. Yeah we have to be really careful with the copy-right thing. I don't even know if I'm doing it right. I wish I could have some kind of lawyer go through it. I've a List of Figures that attributes each image to an author, sometimes a source (like Wikimedia Commons) and a license if applicable. I give the links to the license legal code as well.

I'm still missing permission on four images: two are form members here that I've sent a PM to and two are from bunkpolice that so far have not responded. We might have to make those graphics ourselves

There's one I'm a bit unsure about - the one from the Vollenweider-paper. I give the references directly under the image, but I'm not sure I'm actually allowed to use it. Does anyone know anything about this? Do I have to ask for permission for this image?

 

[Enoon]

UPDATE:
The following images are still missing:

1) an image to explain the dosing sitter (someone taking a blotter or a pill?)

2) NDE related image

3) The color charts that I used are from bunkpolice.org found here They have allowed me to use the image


4) A Gas Chromatography / Mass spec spectrum or something of the likes

5) Image/artwork of someone with problems, a bad trip, etc. This can be a rough sketch, a painting or a foto. DONE


6) picture of activism for legalization of MJ or whatever, or a picture of a psychedelic conference

7) Image of critical thinking or someone reading a book ?




1, 2, 3, and 5 are the most important ones. The other ones I can leave out without it being too disturbing with walls of text etc.

The text is almost finished. Getting the pictures done means being able to hand it out for proof-reads and then actually publishing it on the open-web and real life.

 

[Mr.Peabody]

Are those all of the pictures you need? Dang! I meant to do some for you.

I was thinking for the final one, on critical thinking, I could go with a cliche. It would be the old "brain storm" except I could could make it super over the top.

On #5, would a charcoal sketch of a dude running scared be good?

 

[Enoon]

yes to #5

To situate you on the other image: the critical thinking image is meant to be in the section about how to be critical of any resources when learning about entheogens - since it's your health that's at stake. I talk about how you should use various resources and check with scientific evidence if applicable and available, and not just trust blindly what some blogger claims to be true. So with that in mind, feel free to be creative

It's ok if it's simple. But if you want to make something elaborate I'm happy as well.