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faile35 โ Nymph and Evil Tree
Published: 2006-08-08 04:32:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 17255; 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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Thank you! But, who says I'm not...? Nuts, I mean. 
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Wow I love this one!!!
Truly beautiful!
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Thank you! It's always nice to know one's work is appreciated. 
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Hehe of course! That's how mermaids come around.
You're welcome!
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I can see skulls hidden in the flowers
And I love the nymph
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Other people have said that about skulls in the flowers. I wouldn't doubt it; my subconscious has pulled that stunt before, much to my surprise and slight embarrassment when the hidden image turned out to be an obvious sexual reference... Thanks!
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With the flowers issue? Well, then I'm in good company...
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took me a few moments but i spotted the baddie in the tree... brings to mind Old Man Willow from LOTR (the book, not the movie). nice job on the posies too...
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Thank you, thank you! Some people spot "Mr. Sinister" right off, and others would never see him without some help. Old Man Willow was an interesting part of that series that Peter Jackson apparently couldn't work into the movies--it seems he tried to allude to it in the extended Two Towers when Merry and Pippin get swallowed up by a tree, but that's it. I still recall with clarity the Old Man Willow image from the Hildebrant Brothers calendar for LOTR and the Hobbit, which I liked.
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And I'm very glad! 
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Hehe!! I'm glad yer glad!!
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I think you really nailed this one. She looks so unaware of her impending doom. I think you might have a new career as a florist. A fav with your permission.
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Well, you definitely have my permission.
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Your choices or decisions in your art work are beyond reproach. Your choices of flowers in the back yard are questionable at best. U Bob
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But they're pretty, and they require so little care, and the kids have such fun with them--it's like you're own jungle safari, right outside the back door... --Faile35
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I can kinda guess why your wife likes this piece. It's very... nice. In tone and subject, it's much less suggestive than the many others in your gallery,
And it's probably why i don't quite like it as much,
PS: Full view it to see the bearded, perverted, evil man!
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Lovley as allways!
The nymph is adorable, she almost looks pasted into the drawing afterwards. I had trouble seeing the evil guy until I went into small view. Then he was easy to see, even after I went back to big view. Funny how eyes act sometimes.
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Thank you. Some folks see it better zoomed way in--you're right about eyes being funny.
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I like the nymphยดs costume and all those details
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Thanks! I thought the nymph and her leaf-tunic worked out pretty well. Evil tree, too--he's just hard for some people to see, which is actually kind of fun.
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This is very beautiul. I'm glad you haven't made the evil tree guy more obvious. I didn't immediately see him, but then suddenly I could (and that was before reading your comment). I love how this appears to be such a lovely, serene scene; while having those subtle sinister undertones.
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Glad you like it, Carole. Thank you. I always liked the "hidden pictures" drawings, and dabbled in them on occasion. Regardless, hiding sinister and/or brooding faces in things seems to be a part of my soul--maybe it's how I view the whole "Deus Ex Machina" issue...
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You're welcome. The hidden elements make me think of how we create our own demons and phobias and project negativity on our surroundings. While the natural world isn't exactly benign for man, we're often the most malignant element in it. Right, time for me to shut up
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That's an interesting interpretation, Carole. Very intriguing. And, given my own general state of mind, quite insightful.
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I still have not got time to go back to your gallery for a closer look
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Thank you. Check the gallery whenever you have the time.
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You're welcome and I shall return next time to see your gallery
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that's pretty cool, and yep the evil guy is easy to spot so don't worry ^^
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