'Festering Sickness'

This piece was made with Gel-pen, biro, charcoal, poster paint and dead flies. I started it yesterday (or the day before yesterday, as it's 2:30 am now) as I couldn't sleep due to a bad cold. I hoped to capure an atmosphere that suggested the enclosed grogginess one feels when unwell, especially with messy illnesses like colds; with the burning throat, aches, headaches, mucus etc...

I was actually inspired to draw the dog-creature when reflecting upon a dream I had last year; a similar creature was included. It related to what I wanted to do pretty well, I think. Those flies were a pain to handle...if you notice, I broke off a wing from 2 of them by accident...plus, the large one in the middle was actually a wasp and completely fell apart when I touched it...

(A note: The flies were dead when I found them.)

Enjoy