Cover illustration for my comic Robocity

The Dream Experience Description The Dream Experience is the use of hypnosis, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and other mindset tools combined with music and sound effects to create an enhanced subconscious change of perception to the listener’s normal reality. The system was developed by Dave Crane and released as a commercial entity on the Virgin EMI Arabia CD ‘Now That’s What I Call Hypnosis Vol 1’ and has been performed for tens of thousands of people in corporate events across the world over the last decade. You can listen to this audio at http://www.thelifedesignerstribe.com/Now/ Uses There are a number of motivational and self-improvement options for the system which are in line with the work of many hypnotherapists but the performance as a concert or audio sound recording allows the reach to be many people as well as individuals in their own time and environment. These include: Corporate organisations • Sales training • Positive visualization • Goal setting • HR enhancement • Team building • Stress management • Presentation skills • Career development • Better management Individuals • Life coaching • Relationship building (romance, family, friendships) • Improvised confidence and self-esteem. • Removal of phobias and fears • Overcoming childhood issues • Insomnia • Fertility • Weight loss • Stop smoking • Stress management • Learning a language • etc Sporting organizations • Team sports (football, soccer, rugby, baseball, basketball etc) • Individual events (golf, athletics, martial arts, extreme sports) Airlines • Fear of flying • Educational/enhancement options whilst in flight • Better sleep • Claustrophobia Travel Industry Visit any country and have any holiday experience before/after you buy the actual trip Military • Better leadership • Better confidence • Clearer thinking • Pain reduction • Better discipline Car industry • Better driving • Stress management • Road testing a car • Road rage Entertainment Industry Movies/TV shows • Every single movie could be accompanied by a dream experience of the film and/or its themes. This could be enjoyed as a concert or as an audio program to listen to at bed time. • You could enter the Matrix and have a virtual experience whilst you sleep. • These could also integrate the key music, dialogue and sound effects of the film either as a trailer, prologue, gaming experience or epilogue (follow up). • They could be used to test feedback before a launch, create viral interest, flesh out other alternative storylines or and greater ROI to the existing licensed merchandising. • The work could also be dubbed into different languages for use in foreign markets. • You could become Harry Potter, Iron Man, Superman, Batman or James Bond • There could be opportunities for product placement (it doesn’t have to be subliminal) Music • You could ‘attend’ a live concert • Have your own musical development coached by top entertainers (deceased or otherwise) • You could create a ‘juke box’ in your mind Gaming industry • You could extend every line of game to becoming a Dream Experience after the game has ended and sleep has begun) • You could put gamers into a trance whilst playing to enhance their immersion • You could sell alternative episodes and chapters at a fraction of the production cost. Education • You could create better results through night-time learning (languages, formulae, literature) • You could have a dream experience ‘walk through of historical events • You could have key characters in history ‘coaching’ the students • You can teach self-improvement • Make better exam results with higher fact retention, stress management and presentation skills • You could create better citizens • You can create better ‘thinking out of the box’ by enhancing their imagination • You can teach public speaking • You can allow easier career choices once they ‘experience that job for a day’. • Better sports and vocational results. • Easier education for teachers to deliver • Better integration across cultures, beliefs and countries Prisons • You can help to ‘reprogram offenders’ • You can speed up rehabilitation • There would be less violence within prisons once the dream experience was introduced Hospitals • You could perform ‘virtual operations’ (EG gastric band) • Pain control • Less drug dependency • Faster recovery • Many patients could be treated within their own home

alice in wonderland illustration

artwork made as a bookcover for the 3rd book in the yougian book series. this illustration can only be used for that book as the cover. All other uses must be discussed with me first and need permission from me.