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The Tree of Knowledge by *socar:iconsocar:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Macabre & Horror

©2005-2009 *socar
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Artist's Comments

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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:iconcherubrock:
~CherubRock Aug 1, 2005, 12:59:19 AM
Amazing details and composition.
Beautiful-

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:comic:
:jester: HEY! Party in my eyesocket! Everyone's invited!
:icongreyraven:
~Greyraven Aug 1, 2005, 1:48:19 AM
This. Is. Amazing.


+fav

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John Pickman.

Fantasy. Horror. Celtic Knotwork.
Art. Commissions Welcome.
E-mail at: john.pickman@(remove this caption)gmail.com
My Prints: [link]
:iconvani-chan:
~vani-chan Aug 1, 2005, 1:58:42 AM
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 :)
:iconmorbius1971:
~Morbius1971 Aug 1, 2005, 6:08:05 AM
Fantastic detail.... well done.

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"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he does not exist"
:icondelanthaenas:
~Delanthaenas Aug 1, 2005, 7:27:40 AM
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.
:iconragdollar:
~Ragdollar Aug 1, 2005, 8:11:25 AM
I think I stopped breathing for a moment. It's beautiful, I've always been fan of fine details.
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*socar Aug 1, 2005, 8:42:17 AM
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!
:iconvaginasaurus-rex:
~vaginasaurus-rex Aug 1, 2005, 8:59:51 AM
tight, i like the composition as well.

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My mask of sanity is about to slip.
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~cheesehound Aug 1, 2005, 1:48:53 PM
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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If you can't laugh at it, it doesn't deserve to be taken seriously.
:iconkiiroikimono:
~kiiroikimono Aug 1, 2005, 7:00:58 PM
very beautiful... :clap:

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I'm not the dryad you were looking for...
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D'OH! :doh:
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