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Tree of Life
Published: 2011-04-30 12:44:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 49865; Favourites: 1600; Downloads: 0
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An ancient and wise tree who has stood the test of time, Its branches and roots protect and nurture all forms of lifeRotring pens and ink 50 x 60 cm
aprox 30 hours to complete. (prob a bit more as my time keeping skills are a bit lax)
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Comments: 411
Hold on, 30 hours straight? Dude, that's like MONSTER.
I really wanted to do a critique, but members only. :\
Anyways, I'm a little confused about the lighting of this piece. Under good shade trees, which I assume yours is, there is aways a marked difference between the shadow within and the light outside. I can see this at the bottom edge of the leaves. It looks sorta like a camera that's set with a small aperture. The light outside is blinding.
However, as you travel up the tree, it does not get darker, as one could expect, but rather lighter. Is this due to those small whitish clumps of leaves? Are they giving off light? You see, if they had been flowers, this would be self-explanatory (I have no problem whatsoever accepting glowing flowers, weird, huh?) but those clumps look just like leaves.
I'm sorry if I haven't been very helpful, or if my critique wasn't very clear, but my final note is thus: the deeper you go into a tree, the darker it should get.
Amazing work and congrats on the DD!
(Also, I saw the apple and the old man's face in there.)
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Thank you for your comments, I can see where you are coming from about the lighting and in the case of normal trees that would be correct, however I didn't want to made the tree too dark and overwhelming so I kept it lighter.looking back at it now I might tackle it differently
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Dude, who ever said you were drawing a normal tree?
Anyways, peace out.
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can you say WOAH!!!!!!! amazing.....
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Oh my gosh. This is beautiful beyond words! Congrats!
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I feel so honoured to of got one!
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I hope one day, to be found just as worthy!
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OMG This is fantastic! I've seen a lot of Tree of Life artwork but yours is by far the best. Hats off to you!
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Thank you so much, I could pay homage to tree of life over and over and still come up with different pictures. I have a great respect for trees
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Trees have always been very important to me but I'm just now realizing exactly how important. Their way of communicating with us is extraordinary and profound but quite subtle. Or maybe it's better to say that it requires a certain sensitivity, a willingness to be vulnerable and open.
I cringe when I see how the trees in Texas are mutilated to make way for power lines
Recently I read in a book by Mantak Chia a form of the microcosmic orbit meditation which includes a tree . How cool!
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O.O i'm at a loss for words. This is outstanding work! Such detail and realism!
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oh my gosh you have no idea how much i love this! you literally brought a new "twist" to the Celtic knot!
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Well I am very glad you like it! I love all celtic work
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yay for hiberno-saxon art! (lol ap art history geek)
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Dude, this must have taken you FOREVER!!
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Well not quite forever lol about 30 hours or so
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A number of people have mentioned that likeness, I am going to have to look and see what Yggdrasil looks like!
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Ahaha. It looks very similar to it! Yggdrasil - The World Tree. Anyways, lovely work!
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The incredible amount of detail on this is almost unbelievable it looks like it took forever to do but despite that I feel like it is a little overwhelming and heavy feeling. If you focus on one area at a time though it has amazing beauty.
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I appreciate your comments 
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it looks awsome!! I thought i saw a guy in the middle
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Thanks! There might be one lurking in there
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It's like one of those pictures where you have to search for things; like, there's a fairie, oh and there, another one. Each time I look at it I discover something more..
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well there are a fair few on this picture to keep you going
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