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Published: 2006-08-08 04:32:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 17256; Favourites: 183; Downloads: 661
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This is my wife's favorite of my ink drawings. It's one of the very few pieces of mine that have included flowers. Frankly, I don't like to draw or paint flowers. There are enough people in the world doing that. They seem to have a passion for flowers. I don't. I have a passion for beautiful, scantily-clad females and dark, corrupting evil. So, I draw them. But whaddya' know?! A picture showed up in my head with a beautiful, scantily-clad female, a dark, corrupting evil (check out the shape hidden in the tree), and some flowers! Lots of flowers! I was amazed.If you can't see the evil guy hidden in the tree-bark, comment below and I'll edit/add some pointers in here. He's not that hard to spot, I think...
Enjoy! --Faile35
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... Amazing. Especially making that women so beautiful without erasing. Wonderful job!
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My pleasure. I went very slowly...
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Beautiful. I love every part of it. That tree is very creepy, even without the face! By the way,.... flowers kick A$$! 
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"Predatory flowers"? I've had many "image-pops" of Venus Fly Traps, but other than that, and pitcher plants and the like, I was pretty unaware of flowers having any predatory inclinations. I really hate bugs, though, so I'm very much in favor of the plants consuming as many of the little suckers as possible... Thanks for the praise on this one, by the way.
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Yeah... I see them as predators (though not the kind that want to consume the insect). The methods which flowers have learned to use to attract insects through evolution are sometimes amazing. They have a few dirty tricks up their sleeves. A bit mischievous if you ask me.
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Awe, c'mon. You just like flowers 'cause your a girlie-girl! 
Actually, I'm all ears if you want to share with me some of your knowledge regarding flowers. If I could start to see more of this mischievous side to them, I might start drawing/painting them more. In that case, my mother would be so absolutely thrilled... until I started portraying insects as beautiful women being lured closer, closer...
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I honestly don't know all that much about flowers. I've watched various science programs about them, studied them briefly in college,... it just seemed that there was so much more to them than being pretty. Like a beautiful woman who might use her looks and sexuality to lure you into her grasp, or convince you to do something for her that you would not otherwise do, flowers seem to do the same thing to insects. Maybe you could draw one of these mischievous flowers luring in a woman,.... or a giant flower imitating the female body to lure in the guys. 
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My imagination is asleep right now, but it'll wake up with a vengeance (soon, I hope). A colorful flower threatening a beautiful woman certainly would grab its attention and produce image-pop. You can bet I will keep this in mind. It will fester and nag and smolder for a while, and then "BING!" I'll let you know.
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I hope you end up doing something with that image pop, because I'd love to see it.
"Dyun" is the Latin name for the town I grew up in. In 1329 it was called Dyun, 1393 Duyen, 1467-69 Dywyn, etc.
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I think your dog has great character, and, to be sure, neither of us intended to be offensive about his looks, size, or playful-in-a-viciously-intimidating nature...
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I wasn't offended by your description at all. Don't worry.
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Yeah,.... it is difficult to offend me, unless I know you're being an ass on purpose.
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No, I'm never a purposeful ass. Pompous, sometimes. Perverse, usually. An ass, constantly debatable. But never purposeful.
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Aren't nymphs supposed to take care of trees? XD She looks so lovely. And I can see him. Are his eyes glowing or is it his eyebrows? Of some sort?
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My intention was that his eyes were glowing. I've wondered if this tree is not so much evil as lustful or overly protective and covetous of her affections--his particular brand of evil is selfishness, maybe... Thanks.
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As usual this is great. I love the contrast between beauty/innocence and deep brooding evil. This immediately makes me think of the duality of mans nature - 99.9% beauty and fun .1% evil hiding in the shades waiting to pounce on the other 99.9%.
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Okay I'll change the percentages to 60% beauty and fun - 35% I don't care if I step on people (there is a specific word that would work wonderful here to bad I can't think of it) and 5% evil.
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i've never thought of a tree as a peeping tom.
she looks perfect, and all the ripples in the pond add a sense of movement, nice job
i feel like the evil tree is speaking to her, luring her towards him, a promise of something, whatever it is she desires, and as soon as she gets close enough, BAM! he sucks her into his evil bark, and she becomes a part of him, whilst he slowly drains the energy and life out of her. it's a plant that survives on the flesh of beautiful, scantily clad women
i almost started looking for other female shapes in the tree, in agonized positions, screaming out their last breath or something of the like.
the women had it coming, with all these dangerous situations you put them in
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Man, I LIKE your imagination! 
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peeping willow!
and you're welcome. your pictures bring out the best in my imagination
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the flowers look good
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That is so gorgeous. It's rich, dark and mysterious. I especially love her pose; it really adds to the evil character looming in the tree. And, yes, I can see him.
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Thank you! I think that I watched too many black and white movies as a kid--I like to milk the grays for all their worth...
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Lovely picture. I like how you hid the creature in the tree too. True, you wont spoy him right away unless your looking, but it illustrates a more subtle and stalking evil. I like the nymphs expression too. She looks as if she sences the danger, but isnt quite sure where to look.
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Thank you! After doing some fairly stark and shocking images, I wanted this one to be a bit more subtle, so I appreciate your viewpoint.
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I see him!
We made a Poison Ivy costume like that a few years ago for my wife!
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I assume you're talking about the nymph's leaf-tunic and not the evil tree--both costumes would be quite interesting if pulled off well, although I would probably be more partial to the nymph tunic if the woman wearing it was "fetching" enough... I'm glad you found something fun in this.
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Yes - the nymph's leaf tunic is what we did.
But I did see a guy in a tree outfit (on stilts, no less) at a
Halloween party on Pleasure Island at Disney World once!
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Well, both costumes sound like fun. If your wife was the nymph-like Poison Ivy, who were you? Boy Wonder?
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Here were our costumes... 1994. [link]
Based on this trading card... [link]
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Well, that's something interesting... Really nice work. I really like the concept, as well as the execution of it. The tree is great, and the evil guy is fairly noticeable, but not too obvious. The one thing that I don't quite like like is the nymph. Why? Well the tunic made of leafes seem a bit out of place. She's a nymph! Why would she even care with wearing anything? But that's only my opinion. Anyway, the whole picture is great, and now I have no other choice but to check out your gallery
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Thanks! In my gallery, you will find plenty of unclothed "nymphs" in perilous situations. It's a favorite theme of mine, apparently. I actually had something a bit less dire and more subtle in mind for this one, so she ended up clothed. Maybe she's about to bathe in the pool, but likes to wear clothes. Although I've met many beautiful, nymph-like women in my time, I'm not sure I know what goes through their mind--clothing tastes, included. In fact, I'm fairly certain I have not a damn clue what goes through the mind of most women, my wife included...
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Great inking amigo; that tree is off the hook!
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Thank you! I'm glad you like it.
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Thank you. Hoping to see some fruits soon on this vaunted Comic Con tree you've been talking about...
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If you're asking "Which Comic Con?" then I'm saying the one in San Diego you spoke of in this recent journal entry. [link]
If you're asking "Which tree?" then I'd just as soon see more Slave Ring stuff--I don't have a membership at the site in question, but I really like what you've put up here. Of course, I understand that it defeats the purpose of providing it for the site if you DO put too much of it here, so anything like it would be cool...
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AH! I misunderstood - you were commenting on my work, not vice-versa... 
Yeah, the 'Arcanum 101' was first in line of Comic-Con inspired work, and I still need to start another drawing that I intend to send along to a publisher I met at Con that publishes babes in stages of undress, as I'd like to get some work through them. As for the Bondage-comixxx work I do, the next pages are in development right now (but they're pretty hot stuff... still have to see what I can crop down to post on dA...).
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I do have a few images put up on a "secret" location that I could link you to if you are interested. Let me know and I'll "Note" you. In any case, I'm not the type to pass up an opportunity to see the art you specialize in--the facial expressions, body shapes, and figure positioning are all compelling, so I'll keep watching in interest. And I appreciate the highlights you send my way, too.
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Of COURSE, I'd love to see 'em... drop me an email or note, man! I could always forward a few things the same way, depending on what you want to see (The stuff commissioned by Roberts' website gets pretty raunchy, by some (ie, many
The work you do is equally inspirational to me - I wish I could fill the page (in b/w illus) the way you do. As it is I'm working on a very Cho/Schultz/Raymond -style drawing right now that I think is going to be a big step for me...
And, as always, thanks for the kind words.
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I'll Note you then.
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Wow! I love this picture. You are very talented. Putting that much detail into a drawing would drive me nuts...lol.
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