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The World Tree from Norse mythology, a cosmic ash tree known as Yggdrasil. It connects the nine worlds and is the backbone of the cosmos.I created this for an assignment where we had to produce something we felt represented the statement "A Fine Balance".
I felt Yggdrasil was perfect for this because it has such a rich mythology and really portrays balance. Also I've wanted to tackle the tree and see if I could bring all the elements of it together for a while
The nine worlds and other creatures were drawn by hand in pen, the tree was done in Illustrator and the background in Photoshop - a fine balance indeed.
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TheBitOEverything [2012-03-10 03:46:58 +0000 UTC]
Nice, but aren't you missing the balance to the golden eagle? The, black rooster or something?
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GraphiteFalcon In reply to TheBitOEverything [2012-03-10 12:32:17 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! Well I know there is supposed to be a hawk perched between the eagle's eyes, which I forgot. But I think it's the Nidhoggr serpent that's the balance to the eagle, and he's there, chompin' on the tree!
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TheBitOEverything In reply to GraphiteFalcon [2012-03-13 03:03:10 +0000 UTC]
True, true. Nidhogg is awesome, naturally!
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GraphiteFalcon In reply to sargent-serious [2011-06-18 09:04:10 +0000 UTC]
Thanks man, I was stressing about it at the end but at least it's done now!
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