Countin' bodies like sheep..

(This looks so amazing.... It looks like it took a very long time to paint..)

Yess, that song was going through my head as I tried to think of a name for this. It seemed appropriate.
Thanks muchly :)

I agree! I thought of that song too, the moment I saw it! (I saw the title and read the description afterwards XD)

No problem at all! My pleasure. Your work is always very inspiring and atmospheric, I love it!

Erf, I'm dumb! Not read the description... Since that was "..." - *facepalms* Sorry. e.e

Delicious symmetry... that always gets me.

Same here. I have a thing for symmetry.

I like how the creepiness of the creature in the tree is contrasted with the serenity of the sleeping canine :).

The tree reminds me of a poem by billy collins
from
"picnic, lightning"

if you look it up

you'll see which poem I mean eventually.

Beautiful :) I just now realized the tree appears to have once been whole, but has now split. *pauses* Are those budgies' heads I see at the top? :D But I like this one -- I remember another picture you did that involved some figure or another being protected and held close by one that seemed grotesque (to the stereotypical and dumbass'd eye) in comparison...and I liked that image. This has the same feelings...though um...I might be so twisted that at this point, I consider it to be sweet and "aww" because the sleeping fellow is being protected by the serpentine folks...when in reality, "Go back to sleep" might be followed by "So we can continue sneaking up on you to eat you omg" :0

Either way, I like the mix you have of dueling opposites and paired sames. And for what its worth...I'd sleep happily in that fella's place c:

LOL, they are.. plant-budgies perhaps? I don't really know D:
It occured to me that this picture has a similar looking theme to the last one I did involving a "contrast" between creatures. Though this was intended to be kinda the opposite. This time the serpent creature was supposed to pose a danger to the canine-thing, in some way or another.
Thanks muchly.

I have insomnia.

No ominous serpent-things looming over you when you sleep then! You're totally missing out D:

Yes... But I'm the only one who knows they are there, They said they would be my friends if I do some things first. >=P

Hehe ever heard the saying let sleeping dogs lie? OBVIOUSLY that dragon thingy aint heard that saying yet xD

In my imagination i imagine the dragon trying to attack the canine, only for it to jump up and somehow grab its neck or something.

REally nice work Zarathus!

Taluthus!

Wheee crazy & awesome! There's some nasty nightmare going on :D

Really nice work, I like how the tree does look like it been cut in two but at the top still looks like two independant trees.. Looks like it's bleeding aswell.

Another "DX-ly" amazing picture~XD

I feel like I should get the meaning of the symbolism in this, but it's going over my head. Reminds me of my sleeping disorders :/ I get convulsions when I am about to fall asleep and it's the worst kind of sleeping hell I've ever been. Like, my body shuts down, mind falls asleep but then I twitch like something scared the daylights out of me. bleh.

I'm not sure if the background is a descend into blueness or a solid wall, though.

awesome!

wow, that is amazing as always, Zara, simply beutiful
~Cat/FW

Love that tree...

The intertwining branches of the tree are really... just awesome, as is the peculiar split in the tree trunk. And... that is definitely one mean-looking serpent. I get the feeling it's really biding its time-- as if there's no chance the sleeping canine will escape. D:

Lovely as usual. :) Don't know how you do it.

I love how peaceful he looks, while clearly in a setting that looks terrifying. Always nice to have strong friends.

Love the details in this. The coloring is amazing as well.