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Published: 2005-08-29 20:36:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 28916; Favourites: 389; Downloads: 1940
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Here, in what seems to be my continuing quest to repurpose the t-shirt designs I did at Saga Shirts ([link] ), I've spun out a new celtic knotwork mandala image based on my knotty skull and crossbones design.Pirates, or poison? Maybe a graveyard marker that tells no tales, but might contain something more interesting than bones. A verdigrised doorway to a bocor's house in Tim Powers' "On Stranger Tides"? An absinthe label that makes no bones about it? You'll have to decide. I'm on the porch with some lemonade, after this one.
Harrrrr.
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I love this print! I want to buy one then tattoo it on my back.
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That is beyond cool. Is there any possible way I could get your permission to let me have that tatooed?
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This is really cool, I also check out your t-shirt like which is pretty sweet as well!
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Ive been looking at all you other work and i am simply astonished at all of you pieces. MUCH respect to you. I couldnt even begin to imagine me ever being able to do such things. Awesome.
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Its pretty awesome, and you mentioned On strander tides, great book.
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My inner pirate says "Yarrrrrr!" This is just beautiful hon
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Your ability to use the celtic knotwork and make something like this is incredible! Keep it up!
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Hi! One of your deviations is featured in my journal on the theme of "skull & crossbones." 
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That is definatly gonna be what my first tattoo looks like. Awsome work dude.
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THAT is stunning work of art! Seriously, really creative to combine celtic knotwork and the age old image of skull and crossbones. All those details really make you look and examine the picture, perhaps in hope of finding a hidden meaning or clue of something greater from it. I know that I propably won't find anything, but it's always fun and exiting to look for it.
Uh, I really could stare at those knots for hours and get lost in their maze. This is truly awesome, perhaps just because you can't be sure of it's meaning. To warn, to mark certain spot, to be a key to something...
I think I'll fave this one and stare at it for a little longer, perhaps I get something out of it, maybe not a location of treasure chest, but you can't never know...
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This is awesome. I was just wondering how I could have missed an artist of your caliber in the celtic field, but now I remember your work. I bought an 'actually, this is rocket science' mug for my rocket scientist friend a few years back. I love that you are doing such playful contemporary work in the celtic idiom.
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Awsome knot work! Love all your Celtic art stuff 
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i love this master. wonderful composition.
fav.
greez
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Beautiful work, especially in the details, lighting, and textures.
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I've kept this one in my message centre for a while now so I can keep coming back to stare at the detail you've put into it. I also like how you can 'feel' the materials - like the metal for example. It looks realistic enough to touch!
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If I had a castle, tha would so be on one of the important doors...
Awesome design! I hate doing mandalas, but Iabsolutly love looking at them, and this is deffinitly one of the best I have seen in a long long time.
*big thumbs up*
=^.^=
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Well, I started at the beginning, and continued to the end, and then... stopped.
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I think I was misquoting the White King from Alice in Wonderland.
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now this one is just cool. if it's not a DD already, it darn well should be.
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Yep, I do sort of seem to be leaning that way lately. I'm sure the pendulum will swing back before long, and I'm not talking about the Vincent Price kind, either 
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hahahaha, i LOVE Vincent Price! My son is named Vincent and i know he was one of the reasons i went with that name...
i really like what you're doing! I does appear to me however, that on a whole you're more interested in sci-fi than celtic
mysticism...so are you (like) Wiccan or is it just fun to do knotwork?
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I'd be an agnostic if I was that certain of anything
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Gorgeous! I love it! must... save.. pennies for a print
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Awesome as usual!
You so rock
-Cassie (who will be linking to as much of your stuff as I can... are you going to allow your CP stuff to be affiliate-able by the way?)
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You just keeping raising the bar each time. Kudos!
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Wow, this looks very, very awesome! Kindof has a sci-fi tribal look.
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If the romans hadn't invaded the Celtic Empire perhaps we would have seen a few shisr with a jolly roger like this as well.
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