The Joy Ballad

Archan Nair

The Joy Ballad

One of my favourite artoworks.
I could take out all my feelings and thoughts I had when i was a child, and even now I have most of them.

Photography of the boy is by my friend Parris Whittingham.

Theme : DREAMS

PRINT AVAILABLE!

The Joy Ballad belongs to the following groups:

Dream and Fantasy Art (photo manipulation, 3d, painting and digital painting) and Fashion and Editorial Photography
The Joy Ballad by Archan Nair
The Joy Ballad by Archan Nair
  • kipishiux

    kipishiux

    absolutely cool! the photo is used in similar tutorial in one british art magazine.

  • Jazzyjane

    Jazzyjane

    This is gorgeous… whimsical

  • Amanda Modra

    Amanda Modra

    this is awesome
    absolutely love it

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellafounder

    this is so remarkable – just an overall amazing image!

  • AdamDonnelly

    AdamDonnelly

    This is so good! Great concept, executed brilliantly. Truly amazing!

  • Firedrake

    Firedrake

    Love that little fish!

  • Irene  Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    Brilliant work Archan.

  • Lindsay Blamey

    Lindsay Blamey

    Awesome – What a wonderful style you have developed.. GREAT WORK!

  • meaganjorgensen

    meaganjorgensen

    HAHA what a cutie! great image!

  • seventeen

    seventeen

    This is truly magical.

  • Cheri  McEachin

    Cheri McEachin

    This is great

  • braidy

    braidy

    this is absolutely stunning:)

  • Von McKnelly

    Von McKnelly

    Fantastic image and message…
    Never grow up is what I say!

  • Peta Ridley

    Peta Ridley

    Oh my god this is so good! Love it….x

  • Belinda Leopold

    Belinda Leopold

    WOW WOW WOW!!!!!

  • ktowers

    ktowers

    awesome

  • lacitrouille

    lacitrouille

    Wonderful composition.

  • Micki Ferguson

    Micki Ferguson

    tells a great story all by itself.

  • Jessica  Tremp

    Jessica Tremp

    so cool

  • Damien Mason

    Damien Masoncommunity host

    Hey, this is kickarse :D

  • JudyBJ

    JudyBJ

    Splendid portrait and lovely PS work

  • Pauline

    Pauline

    wooooowww this is awsome!

  • Lila Alias

    Lila Alias

    this is brilliant! gorgeous work!

  • cherokee

    cherokee

    what a lovely piece of work.

  • Paul Louis Villani

    Paul Louis Vil...

    Absolutely superb! :D

  • Ishtar Olivera

    Ishtar Olivera

    This is great!!!

  • sykes

    sykes

    really really nice

  • Nvision Ink

    Nvision Ink

    That kid has a cool hair cut! Great image!

  • Ram Castillo

    Ram Castillo

    i want his vest! :)

  • Dylan & Sarah Mazziotti

    Dylan & Sarah ...

    Reminds me of a HP (Hewlett-Packard) commercial.

  • David Haviland

    David Haviland

    Way cool.

  • Amanda Cole

    Amanda Cole

    this is Awesome! love the colours and design!!

  • kreesor

    kreesor

    Fantastic.

  • natapee

    natapee

    awesome imagine.

  • Magda Beda

    Magda Beda

    this is so awsome! I LOVE IT!

  • MiniMumma

    MiniMumma

    I love this so much!!! Looks like it should be an album cover for Andre 3000 or Black Eyed Peas… He’s such a little spunk!

  • Sashy

    Sashy

    what a fabulous photo!

  • Maya -

    Maya -

    Awesome image! Congrats on being on home page.

  • Kathryn Potempski

    Kathryn Potempski

    Absolutely fantastic a real credit to your talents well done ,amazing photo brilliant finish and a wonderful composition ,great team work congrats on the home page.

  • glenzilla

    glenzilla

    well done

  • Priscilla Rodriguez

    Priscilla Rodr...

    omg. spectacular!!

  • atomikboy

    atomikboy

    Incredible!!!

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Clever representation of a child’s imagination! Congrats on making homepage!

  • Shane Elliott

    Shane Elliott

    That is awesome

  • PNFdeb

    PNFdeb

    creative and one precious child….excellent a joy to look at

  • fruitofpassion

    fruitofpassion

    I absolutely love this photo/creation! I LOVE IT, the look on the boy’s face, his hair, his outfit, the angle, the additions to the photo, the vibrant colors… I LOVE IT!

  • Nuh Sarche

    Nuh Sarche

    wonderful!!!!

  • SusanC

    SusanC

    what a clever idea!! It would be brilliant to do this about your own child and their likes and loves and thoughts…teenagers would love to express themselves in this way :)

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler

    this is such a magical image.

  • waitin' for rain

    waitin' for rain

    he is soooooo cute !
    awesome colors

  • tibuprofen

    tibuprofen

    this is just amazing !

  • deahna

    deahna

    what an amazingly witty image. I love it!

  • Kiwikiwi

    Kiwikiwi

    This is a wonderful image – well done.

  • Jason Haggerty

    Jason Haggerty

    Ha, yeah I buy Computer Arts Magazine too

  • Archan Nair replied

    the computer arts magazine had a tutorial by justin, in which he used this boys image. the photography is done by my friend parris. we made this artwork for an exhibition in new york. the tutorial in computer arts is different and done by justin maller. cheers!

  • Norah

    Norah

    Exceptionnally exceptionnal!
    Great great picture

  • Daniel Rayfield

    Daniel Rayfieldcommunity host

    The Dof makes this look outstanding…. love it √√√

  • Melissa Contreras

    Melissa Contreras

    Sooo Cool!!! Nice work!!

  • Christian Hartung

    Christian Hartung

    this is absouletly amazing, i love it and the imagination is great. well done

  • Hannah Nicholas

    Hannah Nicholas

    Wow. Fantastic piece of artwork. Great stuff.

  • Pavlina

    Pavlina

    very cute

  • delphoto

    delphoto

    you’ve got it, one of the best pieces of art I’ve seen in a long time

  • Chrisso

    Chrisso

    cheeky :)

  • Herkissable

    Herkissable

    Really gorgeous and the little boys face is devine!!

  • sugarbear

    sugarbear

    Very cool!

  • Liesl Yvette Wilson

    Liesl Yvette W...

    Great piece. Seeing something different every time I look! Love the expression on the kiddys face.

  • webart

    webart

    Sweet!

  • PhotoFox

    PhotoFox

    This is the best picture I have seen on Red Bubble so far!! EXCELLENT!!

  • chelsgus

    chelsgus

    Photo of this little boy was used for a tute in UK mag Computer Arts.
    Your friend is doing well.

  • Margot Saffer

    Margot Saffer

    oh man that is too sweet.
    of course you have them now, else you’d never create like you do

  • Franklin Lindsey

    Franklin Lindsey

    You have a marvelous talent, I am humbled at your recent kind remarks on one of my photographs, because you have a truly artistic portfolio here, thanks.

  • Travis Seale

    Travis Seale

    This picture is so awesome. I love everything about it.

  • elliewinds

    elliewinds

    LOVE this! well done.

  • Matthew Scotland

    Matthew Scotland

    wonderfu; wonderful work

  • Mya Nouson

    Mya Nouson

    So inspired!

  • LisaR

    LisaR

    Fantastic!

  • Lara  Luz

    Lara Luz

    what a great work, well done.

  • Chloe Flathers

    Chloe Flathers

    Wow brilliant work! You are so talented.

  • CateTownsend

    CateTownsend

    Outstanding

  • Sarah Moore

    Sarah Moore

    Very very cool!

  • DeviatedHearts
  • BiSawyerCollins

    BiSawyerCollins

    awesome!

  • nlr8

    nlr8

    A computer arts classic! ha

    Loving your spin on it though.

    Great piece!

  • Maharba

    Maharba

    This caught my eye from the front page because it describes a lot about how I am and how a lot of people are. Those little ideas and thoughts are always fighting for survival. Super image.

  • ashterdam

    ashterdam

    that is so trippy! well done!

  • emapearl

    emapearl

    this is fantastic :) i love it!!! it’s perfect. :)

  • CATNIPMEOW

    CATNIPMEOW

    Whimsical and so very fun !!!

  • Prasad

    Prasad

    Fantastic work and wonderful title, Archan

  • MDossat

    MDossat

    Very cool image.

  • Allison Lane

    Allison Lane

    Absolutely stunning image.

  • sra58

    sra58

    great image and congrats on home page appearance.
    sharon a.

  • kolamist

    kolamist

    i love it!

  • Ant Vaughan

    Ant Vaughan

    Sublime! Great treatment…I look at my kids I see this except they have War of Warcraft figures…maybe do a series of different subjects think different things? Congrats on the deserved feature!

  • Kenny Gulley Jr.

    Kenny Gulley Jr.

    most awesome!

  • Specular

    Specular

    Fantastic work, really bold, but not too ‘in your face’ just flows, perfect :)

  • Elaine Harriott

    Elaine Harriott

    Beautiful work – excellent! I love the expression you’ve captured and the element of fantasy.
    Congrats being on the homepage with this brilliant artwork!!

  • amarica

    amarica

    Wow, fantastic image. Congratulations on making the Home Page.

  • Bread

    Bread

    Tight

  • Hannah Nicholas

    Hannah Nicholas

    Amazing!!

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153

    Gorgeous image Archan.

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    Congratulations on having this excellent work on the Redbubble Home Page!
    (US) 06 Aug 2008 (US)
    Excellent photo, and you put excellent illustration with him. All the dreams of childhood and possibilities of adulthood are there for him. LOL, love the candy-cane in his ear!

  • RoxyLust

    RoxyLust

    very kl :) xxx

  • SaCrile

    SaCrile

    really cool!

  • kreesor

    kreesor

    I know I commented before, but I had to come back and favorite this image. It is OUTSTANDING!!

  • pryere

    pryere

    Truly wonderful.

  • josiem

    josiem

    wow!!! incredible creation!!!!

  • Jordan Clarke

    Jordan Clarke

    awesome! would love to see this in the Graphic Arts group

  • Madison Ellis

    Madison Ellis

    Love this!

  • kateabell

    kateabell

    I feel like this could be a self portrait of my head. (except l’m not a boy…ha!) It is so great to see such creativity here in this image- it truly is exactly how l think of my childhood…. or yesterday. he he thanks for the feeling of happipness l experience when l look at this image time and time again.

  • Ani Corless

    Ani Corless

    stunning~

  • John Way Wang

    John Way Wang

    What a wonderful image! I love his big eyes, hair cut (same as mine for the last 2 months) and all the chirpy colourful objects.
    On this wheel of dharma day (19 Nov) when all well wishing is said to be multiplied 10 million times, I expand the playful energy of your image to wish you and all ever more flowing ease, sparkling joy & outrageous abundance! : )

  • KGpurple

    KGpurple

    Fantastic! :D i love this, what a cool idea!

  • cammiecakes

    cammiecakes

    Awww I love this, great shot. Cute kid.

  • SwaggDesigns

    SwaggDesigns

    Amazing work!

  • georgieb

    georgieb

    that face is just priceless and i love what you’ve done with him. not too overdone! love it.

  • sami al-haj

    sami al-haj

    nice nice nice.

  • Nick Torres

    Nick Torres

    I think i saw this on deviant art a while ago, love it!

  • Fiona Christensen

    Fiona Christensen

    Brilliant art!!!! love this and it is so true.!

  • Casey Herman

    Casey Herman

    Cute photo … but don’t you just hate the mother who tries to save money by cutting junior’s hair by herself?? Stick to the cooking, woman, and pay for a barber to do the job properly, haha! (Unless it’s supposed to outpunk punk!)

  • Casey Herman

    Casey Herman

    And that last comment ISN’T meant to be misogynist … my sister-in-law (who probably won’t ever read this, I hope, haha!!) used to do the same for her young son. I shamed her into ceasing and desisting from giving her young son bowl haircuts. Can’t think of what a bowl haircut is? Use your head!

  • Anji Johnston

    Anji Johnston

    So much wonderful detail – Love this!

  • sweetmelissa

    sweetmelissa

    this is vibrant and fun and the little boy is simply adorable well captured expression in his face and eyes..

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