A Beautiful Lie

A Beautiful Lie by Craig Shillington
A Beautiful Lie by Craig Shillington

A Beautiful Lie

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Watch an AMV to this song HERE


Lie awake in bed at night and
think about your life
do you want to be different
Try to let go of the truth
the battles of your youth
cause this is just a game

It’s a beautiful lie
it’s a perfect denial
such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful beautiful lie it makes me

It’s time to forget about the past
to wash away what happened last
Hide behind an empty face
don’t ask too much the same
cause this is just a game

It’s a beautiful lie
it’s a perfect denial
such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful beautiful lie it makes me

Everyone is looking at me
I’m running round in circles angry
A quiet desperation’s building higher
I’ve got to remember this is just a game

It’s a beautiful lie
it’s a perfect denial
such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful beautiful lie it makes me


30 Seconds To Mars

A Beautiful Lie belongs to the following groups:

Minimalism
  • WitheringMoon

    WitheringMoon, 10 months ago

    Fabulous – rather dark for you Craig! I love it, just the type of style i like.
    Well done Mr, staight to my fav’s!!!

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins, 10 months ago

    fantastic!

  • Lost Lost

    Lost Lost, 10 months ago

    Too good! Great comp, tones and negative space :) This will be a big hit, and hopefully a big seller!

  • Sharon Hammond

    Sharon Hammond, 10 months ago

    It’s a hit with me. A stunner Craig

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    {{{{{hugs}}}}} Thanks Kelly. ;) Hey, go back in my portfolio a bit, there is some pretty damn dark stuff back there. ;) Oops. I guess ya gotta let it out somehow eh :) It’s all good :) VBS

  • Rhana Griffin

    Rhana Griffin, 10 months ago

    Gobsmacked. First time on RB for me.

  • Sarah Moore

    Sarah Moore, 10 months ago

    Its fantastic love it love it love it!

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS G’day Nicole :) :) Thank you :)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Awwwwww :) Thanks for that Pehpsi :) You can be my good luck charm mate ;) :) VBS

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Thanks so much Sharon :) VBS

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Rhana …. that is a pretty big thing to say ;) {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}} Thank you dear :) VBS

  • Mugsy

    Mugsy, 10 months ago

    Love the colour and simplicity!

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Hehehe Thank you Thank you Thank you, Sarah ;) VBS

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Thanks Mugsy :D:D

  • Craig Goldsmith

    Craig Goldsmith, 10 months ago

    Awesome Craig, blown away almost speachless, almost! Fantastic stuff!

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    WOW!!! VBS From you that is a huge Compliment Craig!! Thank you so much :) :) VBS

  • Michael Douglass

    Michael Douglass, 10 months ago

    Craig this is terrific! Love the treatment, and such a minimalist image, they sit perfectly in the frame, great work!

  • John Hurle

    John Hurle, 10 months ago

    Fantastic image…....!!

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS Thanks Kalb. :) I hope you are all packed mate!! ;) VBS

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Thanks so much John :) VBS

  • gordontant

    gordontant, 10 months ago

    Nice one Craig,

    having the birds just at the bottom and that great expanse pure genius

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Hey there Gordan :) Thanks mate. I have had this photo for a while now and wanted to do something special with it :) VBS

  • Elaine van Dyk

    Elaine van Dyk, 10 months ago

    A really fantastic image, Craig. Just great! I love the whole space thing, and the shaded areas of that space, with just the little birds in the spotlight.

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns, 10 months ago

    Amazing shot. Its brilliant with the compostion and the lighting. Spectacular.
    Like always!!

  • Natalie Manuel

    Natalie Manuel, 10 months ago

    Great shot!

  • sandra56

    sandra56, 10 months ago

    This is awesome, lovely shot

  • Janelle

    Janelle, 10 months ago

    WOW this is soo different Craig.. great work!! =o)

  • Victor(Vic) Bezrukov(stran9e)

    Victor(Vic) Be..., 10 months ago

    i love the empty space !

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Thanks Jeff :) It isn’t what I first had in mind for this one but my flight of fancy took me in this direction and now I am glad ;) VBS

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}} Hello Natalie :) :) VBS Thanks :)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS Thank you so much Sandra :D

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    :) I should show you the original Janelle. ;) It’s … ummmmm …. different ;)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Thanks Victor :)

  • minoanphotography

    minoanphotography, 10 months ago

    that is one of the most beautiful pictures ive seen in a while. Thumbs up!

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    WOW!! Very complimentary M!!! Thanks so much! :)

  • Jessica Tremp

    Jessica Tremp, 10 months ago

    Craig, this is really gorgeous, love the use of negative space…

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    {{{{hugs}}}}} Hello there Jess :) VBS Thank you :)

  • Loredana Crupi

    Loredana Crupi, 10 months ago

    WOW Craig…this one creates quite an impact. Brilliant. :-)

  • Deri Dority

    Deri Dority, 10 months ago

    Beautiful. Incredible use of negative space.

  • StacyLee

    StacyLee, 10 months ago

    Craig, this is my favorite of what you’ve done so far. Excellent work!

  • Catalin Soare

    Catalin Soare, 10 months ago

    Beautiful work

  • studiofascino

    studiofascino, 10 months ago

    very cool,great comp

  • missmunchy

    missmunchy, 10 months ago

    I love how tiny they are in aspect to the rest of the photo!

  • NervousNellie

    NervousNellie, 10 months ago

    I love this, great work!

  • cdwork

    cdwork, 10 months ago

    The negative space is restful on the eye and I love the way you added light to the birds.

  • Lachlan Kent

    Lachlan Kent, 10 months ago

    So very very cool! Awesome work on this craig; and just so aesthetically pleasing.

  • Laura Marsh

    Laura Marsh, 10 months ago

    great composition

  • Tiffany Dryburgh

    Tiffany Dryburgh, 10 months ago

    What can I say that hasn’t been said?! So let’s just leave it at ‘brilliant’!

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS Thanks Guys :) :)

    WOW Stacy!! VBS {{{hugs}}}

    Ahhhh Cdwork … you have a good eye (or did you download the pic and look more closely at it?)

    Hehe WOW Tiffany …. Brilliant eh? ;) Okay .. .I’ll take that ;) :P Wooohoooo :)

  • Gustav Nordlund

    Gustav Nordlund, 10 months ago

    Wonderful work Craig, nice composition and great colors.

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS G’day there Gustav :) Thanks for that mate :)

  • WMHaywood

    WMHaywood, 10 months ago

    ditto to what everyone else said Craig…just wonderful work you do :)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS Thanks so much W and welcome to Bubbleland :) VBS

  • Nicholas Averre

    Nicholas Averre, 10 months ago

    This is such a creative image. Wonderrful work Craig!!

  • Coralie Casey

    Coralie Casey, 10 months ago

    Congratulations on the sale Craig….this is an awesome shot.

  • berndt2

    berndt2, 10 months ago

    Very nicely done!

  • jerry  alcantara

    jerry alcantara, 10 months ago

    very cool ! nice one

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS Thanks so much Nicholas :D

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Awwww Thanks Coralie :) Still feels awesome :) I love that people love my work too :) It’s an amazing feeling :)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    Thanks Berndt VBS

  • Mike Rees

    Mike Rees, 10 months ago

    Love your composition Craig :D

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    G’day Mike :) Thank you :)

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellaworks here, 10 months ago

    This is one of your best Craig – just beautiful, love the use of space!!!

  • illicit

    illicit, 10 months ago

    Craig this is truly divine so simple so so so bloody perfect… XXX

  • velveteagle

    velveteagle, 10 months ago

    I was attracted to this right away. Great work Craig

  • Pete Chennell

    Pete Chennell, 10 months ago

    love it

  • GODD

    GODD, 10 months ago

    THIS IS SIMPLY LOVELY!

  • Dani Di Cesare

    Dani Di Cesare, 10 months ago

    Simple. I love this style

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio, 10 months ago

    Great photo Craig, the background is eerie, I love the color.

  • sxpnz

    sxpnz, 10 months ago

    love the simplicity

  • Steven Sandner

    Steven Sandner, 10 months ago

    Simplistic & beautiful! i love the earthy tones, nice work mate!

  • thelightseeker

    thelightseeker, 10 months ago

    Found out this image, only now and… GREAT photo! Fabulous treatment!

  • lance leopold

    lance leopold, 10 months ago

    It’s good,Craig,but i would like it if it wasn’t,it’s got birds init!!!

  • marieancolie

    marieancolie, 10 months ago

    Craig !!! I did not see this one ….. Oh golly gosh.. where is my head. ??

    I love the photo and so the song.. Very well done.
    Hope you are better and better.

    Good to have linked it to Flickr .. Love to do this view in black from them.

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu, 10 months ago

    quite amazing/thanks for sharing this one

  • RDavison

    RDavison, 10 months ago

    beautiful restraint!

  • nick board

    nick board, 10 months ago

    Had to click on the thumbnail, to see what was going on, glad I did, prizewinner.

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington, 10 months ago

    VBS Thanks guys :) Looks like this is a fav with most of you :) VBS

    Paul, I LOVE your new Red Nose mate ;) Great idea :)

    Hahaha Lance. ;) I’ll know how to please you from now on mate ;)

    Thanks Marie. :) Yes, the view on Black from Flickr is Handy eh :) :) Shhhhh

  • Holly Werner

    Holly Werner, 10 months ago

    Love this one. Well done.

  • Douzy

    Douzy, 9 months ago

    Absolutely brilliant, LOVE IT

  • jegustavsen

    jegustavsen, 9 months ago

    So peacefully unique…

  • Lys .

    Lys ., 8 months ago

    i love the song. i love the composition. i love the simplicity. perfect. just amazing.

  • JLHopgood

    JLHopgood, 6 months ago

    Wonderfully done. Simplistic yet very captivating, which is all it needs sometimes.

  • jaycee

    jaycee, 3 months ago

    I am totally in love with this picture :)

  • Dorothy Venter

    Dorothy Venter, 2 months ago

    Lovely!

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington in reply to Lys .’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thank you Lys :)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington in reply to JLHopgood’s comment, 2 months ago

    {{{{hugs}}}} This one was the hardest photo I have ever worked on to be honest Jo. ;) I guess it shows eh :)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington in reply to Dorothy Venter’s comment, 2 months ago

    VBS Thanks Dorothy :)

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted, 2 months ago

    This is really beautiful Craig. I adore the colours and the minimalism of the image. Really lovely =)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington in reply to jemimalovesbigted’s comment, 2 months ago

    :D VBS

  • midzing

    midzing, 2 months ago

    beautiful Craig,,, well done

  • Lynsye Lowy

    Lynsye Lowy, about 1 month ago

    Love your take on the song!!! :) I could atare for hours. What a great band…I have a painting to this as well

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