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17. Aichmophobia – Fear of needles or pointed objects (also Enetophobia and Balenephobia – fear of pins and needles).

Just heard the other day that Japans invented an injection (shot) against phobias, that can “shut down” the part of your brain, responsible for fears. But Poor Friday Bunny is still beyond the chance to get rid of his phobias.

Greetings for him and for you with Smokie – Needles and Pins.

One of my favorite illustrations indeed. It was intended at first as a draft for a friends’ project, but then it just went into my archives… and constantly on my desktop. It’s made in Adobe Flash.

Here it is for your desktop, too, available in two popular sizes:

1.6:1 (16:10) | download: 2560×1600 (also suitable for 1920×1200, 1680×1050, 1440×900, 1280×800, 1024×640)

1.33:1 (4:3) | download: 1600×1200 (also suitable for 1400×1050, 1280×960, 1152×864, 1024×768)

16. Homichlophobia – Fear of fog (also – Nebulaphobia).

I’ve got a list with favorite illustrators, but there is one that always manage to move me with her style, characters and colors. Monica Calvo’s artwork is a true source of inspiration and beauty.

Some of her illustrations were frequent guest on my desktop during the last few years, and this one never fails to cheer me up:

I do not know what kind of technique she uses, but the result is always adorable.

It may seem not related, but actually it is: Adobe Fireworks CS5 is already released.

Because I love this particular piece of software and I use it for quite a long time, I think I am able to recommend it to anyone who needs a great tool for web design and illustrations. I had the honor to be a beta-tester for this version and so it happens that I know for sure – it is really stable and full of surprises.

One of the new options was appealing to me – the Compound shapes. I wanted to try it immediately and start playing with some ideas, having Monica’s monsters before my eyes. That’s how my strange little creatures came out:

Well, at least they are brave – trying to scare away even the flies, which are famous of being impertinent and fearless…

15. Philophobia – Fear of falling in love or being in love.

I think these ones are also compatible:

Malaxophobia – Fear of love play (също и Sarmassophobia).

Erotophobia – Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.

Genophobia – Fear of sex.

It’s sad, but in fact you won’t believe how many people have these fears…

14. Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks (also Chronophobia – Fear of time).

(Lazy Bunny today, because I feel exhausted. I know one day some of the episodes will be remade.)

13. Ablutophobia – Fear of washing or bathing.

There are thousands of RSS icons out there and most of them are quite popular.
Last year at some time I was doodling and this thing came out:

That’s what I made for Easter:

(versions for download will be later added)

Part of the eggs this year:

It was about time to show this little mouse to you. I’ve made it almost two years ago, especially for Michel to illustrate his attitude to beer.

It’s sketched in Adobe Flash, with my lovely Wacom tablet.

Then I’ve changed and colored it and that was the result:

It’s a common guest on our desktops.

And just because I really like illustrations over photos (like these, for a good example), here is another favorite version of mine:

(The photo used here is fromFlickr and under CC license, sorry that I don’t remember the name of the author and don’t know where I keep the link anymore).