Wow that's very unique. Really great stuff.

Thanks :D

I love the coloring and stark shading. Earth looks so gorgeous and vibrant, it's amazing!
Beautiful work!

Thank you. C:

The earth and lotus are just beautifully rendered. It's hypmotizing me.

Yeah I wanted the Earth to look like something that was fragile and beautiful :) Thank you! <3

Great rendering!

It gives me a very calm feeling when I look at this, good job :D Also his expressions looks a little worried? Worried for Earth's state? :o

Thank you c: And sort of... The meaning isn't quite so literal. He could be worried about the Earth, or he could be worried about us (humanity). Likewise, in the real world, the Earth is our responsibility. Also the lotus flower was chosen for its symbolism. So there are different ways it could all be interpreted.

<3 ~ I love your art so much! You do it so well and it's just AMAZING. ~Waves the awesome flag~

Oh gosh thanks, I'm glad you like my work. ;.;

This is really very beautiful, that's a gorgeous earth, the starfield looks perfect, and I love that the lotus petals are arranged naturally rather than symmetrically. Fantastic job :D

Thank you very much ^_^

Really well done, you really have caught the emotions within this piece and the music with it just makes it flow together in a soothing manner.

this is so beautiful :)

Thank you :]

This is..an incredibly beautiful piece.
I adore all the details you put into it.
It's just so wonderful to look at, I can't stop staring at it. Simply amazing!

Why thank you! :)

Why are there not more people telling you how amazing this is? It's so smooth, I love how it's put together. Sort of sci-fi like, but I wouldn't have pinned him as being an alien at all.

Thank you :)

The colors, the glow, it's all really stunning.

Thank you :)

I'm surprised no one has said anything about "Illusion of Gaia", a game that came out for the SNES around '94. It was made by Enix and was the second part of a spiritual action-adventure trilogy. The first game was called Soul Blazer, and the third game was called "Terranigma" but was never released in the states.

Here's a little heads up on the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjfRlCW2JMQ

This picture reminds me of "Dark Space", the room you enter to switch characters and save your game. In Dark Space, you meet Gaia, spirit of the Earth, who looks shockingly similar to "Dark" here.

SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!

Turns out that a comet is heading towards Earth. This comet contains an evil spirit that threatens to destroy the planet. Ironically enough, that spirit is known as "Dark Gaia", the evil counterpart of Gaia. I can't remember whether this was a twin of Gaia that was trapped inside the comet, or whether Gaia removed her evil from herself and banished it inside the comet, where it then festered and became Dark Gaia and then came back to Earth.

Either way, you had to pretty much ascend to a higher level of being in order to travel to the comet and defeat Dark Gaia before impact.

Illusion of Gaia Final Boss Battle - as recorded by "Artificial Raven"

END SPOILER ALERT! END SPOILER ALERT!

This pic is astonishingly beautiful and is going to be a favorite right away.

To compliment the "Illusion of Gaia" allegory, here's the two themes that were played in the Dark Space room before and after saving.

Illusion of Gaia OST Track 4 - Dark Space

Illusion of Gaia OST Track 44 - In the Earthen Womb

Listen to those while looking at this picture and the experience will be greatly heightened, I guarantee it!

If you can get your hands on a copy (I'm not sure if it's out on Wii Virtual Console yet), then GET IT! You'll thank me later.

~Otaku-Man

You said it in a much more grandiose way than I would, but I was going to bring up the same thing ;D

Why thank you. I always feel that pics go very well with music.

Also surprised that someone actually found this old comment that I made... what... 5 months ago?! (Wow!)

I make it a point of watching people who respond to any comments I make, but apparently I'm already watching you. :)

~Otaku-Man

The submission was in someone's favorites list :o
And Earthen Womb goes well with aaaaanything.

Especially when trying to sleep.

It's the perfect melody for:

"You may turn the power off now"

...now that I think about it...

...I wonder if we'll ever see Terranigma on the Virtual Console?

~Otaku-Man

There is something very eye catching about this picture, the color just draws you in.