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This image commemorates my 10,000th pageview on deviantArt. The original digital painting began around 1992 and included small fragments of a clipart photo of a cluster of butterflies. This particular incarnation began almost six months ago (Feb. 2009) and represents at least thirty hours of additional painting as I completely reworked the background and added the serpent.
Aside from obvious associations with ancient Egyptian symbolism (the winged scarab and the serpent), the background takes this into a nightmarish Lovecraftian realm of unspeakable sensuality and horror. Writhing tendrils surround a yawning triskelid orifice which bears an intentional resemblance to a vulval vestibule as well as resembling a gaping alien mouth. "Feed Me, Seymour!"
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Available as download for desktop wallpaper (1280x960)
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Image copyrighted by Tom Savage 2009
Any use other than desktop wallpaper requires written permission from the artist
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" I don't believe in evil, I believe only in Horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of Horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots." -(Isak Dinesen)

Description
This image commemorates my 10,000th pageview on deviantArt. The original digital painting began around 1992 and included small fragments of a clipart photo of a cluster of butterflies. This particular incarnation began almost six months ago (Feb. 2009) and represents at least thirty hours of additional painting as I completely reworked the background and added the serpent.
Aside from obvious associations with ancient Egyptian symbolism (the winged scarab and the serpent), the background takes this into a nightmarish Lovecraftian realm of unspeakable sensuality and horror. Writhing tendrils surround a yawning triskelid orifice which bears an intentional resemblance to a vulval vestibule as well as resembling a gaping alien mouth. "Feed Me, Seymour!"
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Available as download for desktop wallpaper (1280x960)
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Image copyrighted by Tom Savage 2009
Any use other than desktop wallpaper requires written permission from the artist
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" I don't believe in evil, I believe only in Horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of Horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots." -(Isak Dinesen)