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Published: 2005-08-01 07:37:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 29945; Favourites: 408; Downloads: 3540
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No, not THAT Tree of Knowledge. I'm not the religious sort. This tree is, if not outright good, certainly quite benign. Eating its fruit won't do you any harm. (Eating the little videocameras hidden in the roots, on the other hand, might be quite uncomfortable. Eating videocameras is never a good idea. All those wee glassy bits--faugh!)At any rate, this was commissioned as a preliminary sketch for a tattoo design. A tattoo artist will adapt it later, that it might be etched permanently into some poor sod's back.
The original drawing is approximately 18 inches tall, and has lost many details in compression. Please check out the attached detail images & zoomed-up version if you're interested in a better look. (Unfortunately, detail #1 is right on the scan seam, so some distortion and blurring has occurred. Sorry!)
Detail 1: [link]
Detail 2: [link]
Really Big Version: [link]
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Comments: 52
I love this piece. I've been looking for a good tattoo design.
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Indeed, links need to be fixed because its hard to make out the detail in this image 
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The links to details and big version are broken - could you fix them? I'd really like to see them!
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Your art is absolutely gorgeous! congrats on your DD btw, it is what brought me here
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just a question, i've been browsing your whole gallery, ( by the way you are an amazing artist !! )
what kind of paper do you use to draw ?
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Thank you! 
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i would really like to see the details on this, the links are broken. Amazing work though.
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This is STUNNING. But, personally, I think it's a bit too detailed to be a tattoo. That's just my opinion, though.
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The tattoo was adapted from this design, not copied directly. Small lines were converted to shading.
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Ahh, thank you for clearing that up.
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is it possible to see a bigger size of this? the only reason i ask is because i think it would make an amazing tattoo idea am considering if it's okay with you of course.
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Did you find the larger version linked in the description? I'm not sure if I have one larger than that, still.
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Yes... this is the type of tattoo that I would get
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Woah...
i have planned tattoo like that, but this something amazing!
What i must do if i want use someday your art to my next tattoo?
I really love it.
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although this is one of the most beautiful, painstaking and intricate pieces i have ever had the privilege to lay eyes on, i truly do feel the pain of of the person who feels the etching needle of this picture.
fantastic job!
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this is probably the best drawing i've ever seen in my whole life O_O i'm amazed
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incredible! I've been trying to develop my tree drawing skills to this level but I'm afraid I'm veery far off. Any tips?
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Looking at as many trees as possible helps. They often grow in random, messy-looking ways, which looks more interesting than if you draw them looking neat and perfect.
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I personally like both the big and small versions. In the small one you get the big picture, the general idea. I wouldn't have noticed the fact that it's a woman in the large version. Both are nessisary.
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this is one of those pictures that is so amazing that you dont really comprehend the fact that somebody actually drew it . you just stare in awe .
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Rare on beauty, grace of lines and metaphor of work. Got large pleasure!
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if you put the word birth on the bottom of the picture and the word death at the top of the picture, that would be something cool, something different. just think about it.
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Wow...you are always amazing. I think when I get a tattoo I want something like your art.
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The detail in this is amazing... So beautiful! The roots and branches.. everything so lovely! I, like others, notice a body within the tree! It is wonderful!
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ooooh!
wonderful work.
Amazing.
now i'm your fan.
M.
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So many details~! This is beautiful! It must've taken forever to do this, but the poor tattoo artist!!
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I love this.. so much detail. It reminds me of the tree of knowledge Tori Amos song.
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Is that a snail with an antenna? The details here are astounding. Terrific job as usual.
It's nice to have a reminder that this site's about the art. I was beginning to forget.
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I think I stopped breathing for a moment. It's beautiful, I've always been fan of fine details.
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Amazing. I love the way the human body is incorporated into the tree. It seems a little bit like a Christ image, though I know you said you're not religious. It's the way the 'head' of the human part seems bowed, and the way they seem to be hanging with their arms above their head.
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You're actually not the first to point that out--a friend of mine mentioned it in an e-mail this morning. It was quite unintentional, the Christ effect. I wasn't thinking along those lines. If it's there, it's there, though. Oops!
Glad you like it, anyhow!
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It really demands a closer look, sicne the smaller version provides a poor vision of all that's installed inside the tree.. but the large version surely enlightened me, and this is a wonderful piece of rich detail and uncommon concept.. I liked it very much.. (although I'm not yet sure I'd have such a thing tattoed on my back..!).. Wonderful show of skills none the less
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