This is very much amazing.

Why thank you, good sir.

That is so awesome, and every time I look at it I see something new. Very nice!

Ahh, thank you :D That's what I was going for.

Hell, you're good enough to remake the Necronomicon!

Thanks! :D

I love the fungus up top. :}

Haha, yes, it required fungus somewhere in there :>

Great stuff! What's that drawn with? :)

Thanks!
Was done with indian ink, and gouache for the highlights, on some random wooden board.

I love this... I've been wanting to design my own and get it inked. x.x

Yeah, this was an idea I'd had for over a year. Finally decided to stop procrastinating, and do it.
If you're intending to do your own, I highly encourage it! :D I'd be curious to see, too.

sadly, my drawing skills are sub-par at best. :

Woah. That's amazing detail.

Thanks! Putting the detail into it started driving me insane after a while. So I'm glad you like it.

.... I seriously need to commission you to do my fifth tattoo..

Ooh. Did you have any particular ideas in mind for it?

That's just it.. I want something intricate that will go over my spine, so something repeating and intricate.. But other than that.. I'm totally open to artistic design.

*Taps on the screen and wonders if you got his reply...*

holy CRAP! o_o
*eyes explode assimilating the details*

*attempts to repair your eyes*
You might need these in the future.

Heh, thanks :D

I love all the ungodly detailing, all the legs and the fact that theirs two faces. I looked at it and went "wow ..." cause you don't see that often. Would make an interesting Tattoo no?

I'm glad both of the faces are noticable. I know the one with its mouth open is more apparent, so I wasn't sure if many people would actually see the other.
Thank you :>

breathtaking design!

Thank you!

looks great. the different phenomena happening in the four corners are a nice touch.

also, nice apple. :I

Thanks!

Yes, it is a delicious ":|" brand of apple.

Much coolness indeed.

Thanks Vincent :>

Oh fuck yes =D =D *favs*

Thank you! :O :O

When I saw the thumbnail I was hoping it'd be animated somehow, but now that I see the full thing, I imagine it'd be even more creepy than it is now if it was all slithering around and stuff, so maybe holding still is a good thing.

Haha, while I was drawing it, I was thinking how much I'd like to see it moving around. But sadly, that's probably never going to happen D:

really crappy photo, but freakin awesome art!

Thanks. It was impossible to get a decent photo of this thing. Out of the 10 or so pictures I took, this was the best. And it still drowns out a lot of the detail. But oh well I guess :O I have taken a liking to drawing pictures too large to fit in a scanner, so this will have to suffice.

it still looks pretty awesome though. heh and i know what you mean about the camera, since i really don't have a scanner i have to use my camera and that gets frustrating.
how big is this one?

Arf, yes, I can imagine so. Cameras like to eat artwork, from my experience D:
Is 30 x 30 cm.

yes, and it sucks when you don't have enough light, because if you use the flash it makes alot of the picture disapear.

good god, wow.

Thank you!

Apple :|

It is a delicious apple :|

Holy WOW! So much incredible detail and so interesting. Instant FAV! I'll have to go back and look some more.

Thanks muchly :> I have a tendancy to cram as much detail into a picture as I have patience for.

So much detail O..O

Heh, I'm glad you like it :D The detail took far too long to do..

cool~
lot inspiring :)

Ahh, you think so? Thank you!

You'll never cease to amaze me with your rendering and crazy ideas:)

I am curious about the apple.

I just wish these ideas didn't take me so insanely long to get down D:

Most of the picture is just whatever crap I could think of at the time. For some reason my mind was on discordian-stuff, so I thought, "Oh I know, I'll put an apple in there!!" as some kind of idle reference.

Thank you.

You see the whole majestic masterpiece, but when you have a look at the apple in the middle (knowing you just a bit) - you just madly cackle.

Ahah, thank you. It was quite essential. The picture seemed to take itself too seriously otherwise.

I wish I had your patience...

I do too. Oh wait...

Yeah, I felt I could put a lot more work into this, but it got to the point where my patience really was running thin, so I decided to call it finished :>

I've never really considered making prints for any of my art. Perhaps one day, if I get more interest.

Though if you'd want, I could send you the high-res version of this.

*snaps fingers*
You need to be published.... if you arent already, you have such a fucking talent!!!

I love it! it's so detailed and abstract <3

I feel like I have a long way to go yet XD But thanks muchly! It makes me happy that you think so.

there's no one in the world that cant improve,but your definetly at a REALLY swell level

Simply amazing. Easily one of the most detailed and fantastic things I've seen in awhile.

Wow, thank you. I'm glad you think so.

No, was done on a wooden board :>

I love this. The detail, the little stubby limbs, the fractal-ness of it, it's perfect. +fav

Also I would so buy this on a t-shirt and I never tend to buy t-shirts with designs. It would be best on a t-shirt the beigey color of the board, I think. *sagenod*

Heh, thank you :> I'm really glad you like it.

Ooh, would be interesting to see it on a t-shirt like that, actually. Though I have no idea how that'd work, actually getting the image onto one. Hmm

Silkscreening as a process isn't very picky about shirt color, the trick is finding a company that'll do it. Cafepress only does a limited range, I think, and I don't think they have very high quality printings. There are a number of smaller operations which might be able to help you, but I'm a bit out of my league there. You might try poking some of the artists who do nice shirts and asking them who their printer is. :3

I've shown this pic to a bunch of other people and the general response seems to be "Wow! I'd so get a tattoo of that!" so. You might have a market, hehe.

Every corner gets love aside from the mushroom corner :'|

*I* love the mushroom corner.

....mmmmmushrooms..... >_>

I love the mushroom corner more than I love the other corners!

So THAT is the india ink image of which you have told me so much :O It is muchly great, congratulations and salutations. The golden apple at the bottom has a moon face on it, though, but I suppose this is acceptable.

That image is so grand, come, let us make babies!

The face of the moon was an essential part of its being. It is so PROFOUND AND SYMBOLIC. It represents the nature of the immense :| nature present within all of us. And that the moon actually exists inside apples.

I refuse to come, or make babies. This is unacceptable.

Thank you :O

Sadness, I have plenty of sculpy, but nobody feels like making babies D:

You refuse to come, OR make babies? Babies, sure. But for the former, you need SAMSUNG! http://www.yhchang.com/SAMSUNG_MEANS_TO_COME.html

You're Welcome! :O

... WHAT.
I can't believe I watched that the whole way through. What what what

I guess I'll have to take the "come" option, seeing as the screen I just bought is a Samsung. I feel slightly uncomfortable now :'|

XD

You SHOULD feel uncomfortable, buying a Samsung monitor. Your naughty Zarathus, you D:

:'| :'| :'|

ANKH ANKH ANKH. Double-sided head for extra winnings and super awesome detail for moar. I do love the random mighty arm on the band, there...and one of my favorite features in your artings is the interconnectedness of everything. All those li'l (or big) links between the various elements. Soul-penetrating!

LOL, you noticed the mighty arm. I seriously didn't expect anyone would :D You are winnar.
Thanks you :> Yeah, a sorta "interconnectedness" was one of the main themes I was going for here.

Holy fuckin shit.
duuuude!
it makes my face interconnect with jesus...

I am sorry it has this effect on you. I hadn't considered the consequences of my drawing, before posting it.

Zarathus, frankly, with stuff like that, you have gold in your hands. You gotta show that to heroic fantasy cons and fans, and do freelance. You deserve much more than the furry fandom.

*blinks* Thank you!
I dunno, I'm really not confident with my abilities yet. There's still a lot of stuff I've got to work on. That, and actually finding places who might have any interest is slightly difficult.

Well so, try to find cons, like Celtic celebrations with artists on exhibition, or D&D fans meetings, or such. Take some of the pieces of yours you prefer, and show them.

Oh yeah that's what I love. Great job!

well the creature reminds me of the : midgard snake. Is there any relation to the viking-mythology?

Ahh, I can see why it reminds you of that :D But no, its based of an ouroboros, hence the name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros

Thank you! Glad you like it :>

Well after writing this I thought: Hm maybe this Ouroboros is one XD

Thanks for the link and it's just great. ^^

This is absolutely fantastic.
You truly are mighty X3

Damnit Zarathus, lend me your awesome powers.

I can't remove this from my Sumbissions list now o.o I must show everyone.

Thanks so much! :>

You have all sorts of awesome powers of your own.

Bah.
The power to make Chocolatey NesQuik!
I could do better X3

I like all the small arms and legs. Ist very surreal and very..harmonic. A really lovely ouroboros

Thanks. Yeah, I love surrealistic type stuff. Glad you like it.

That's some serious mind-twisting detail, disturbing yet intriguing. Love all those freaky-ass features and anatomy. This would make an amazing t-shirt design.

Ahh, you're the second person to suggest it would look good on a t-shirt. If I'm ever able to find somewhere that does t-shirts, I'll keep that in mind :D
Thank you!

does.. that apple on the bottom have a face? :O

Lol, yes it does XD Glad you noticed it!

Wow, Zara, this is so amazing! i luv all the fine details! and the feathers are a nice touch!

The detail made my mind go pop. And i adore the theme.

Did you get Ouroboros from Red Dwarf? :3

Haha, no, it's from much longer ago than that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros :>

Wow...I really like this one. Such a fantastic amount of little, hidden details in it.

By far, I love the head on the foremost snake most. The way you have it set up so that both mouths share the same eye is spot on. Either way you look at it, the eye appears to be specifically drawn for that maw. Perfect!

Thank you! It makes me happy to know people notice details like that in my stuff. Glad you like :>

Those who wear the mark are neither human nor beast. OH i just remember that it looks like the hermunculous symbol like on FMA.
IS IT??

I've never seen FMA, so I don't know :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros

Absolutely beautiful.

So. Fucking. Intense. How many hours did it take you to do this?

It took me around 12 hours, I think. Hard to say for sure.. I never keep track of how many hours I spend on my stuff. Thank you!

Oh, my lord. That is absolutly Wicked with a capital W. Every detail on it is absolutly flawless.
Amazing job. ;)

Wow... this made me exclaim out loud =p
I love this piece so much.
I can't really say anything else, can I?
Bloody good job :)

DESKTOP!*faved*

I don't know why, but this picture remember my one of Linkin' Park's "Part of me"

Anyway, very amazing artwork!

this is truly spectacular!

OH my god this is amazing! This would make an awesome tattoo.

Happy apple = best part. ;>

this is absolutely beautiful, the detail is mindblowing and this was pulled off so skillfully .. ah wow, just a pleasure to look at every inch of it.

oooooohs and aaaaaaaaaaaahs :)

I really have nothing to say, I am speechless.

Heh, happy to hear that :D Thank you.

O.O.....MIGHTY wonderus! Absolutely gorgeous!

That's amazing! ^_^ I've a weakness for really detailed art. Love it!

~GR

Two words: FUCK YEAH!

That is freakin cool.

Ouroboros NEVER makes for a crappy picture, as proven by all your comments...Hehehe, it's beautiful...

Thank you! I meant the photo itself isn't very good. It blurs a lot of details that you can see on the original D: But I am glad you like it :>

WOW! The detail is amazing!!!

This is totally awesome. A must-fav!

That...is....freaking incredible! The detail is outstanding!

O_O
Infinity never looked so good.

Holy shit!

omgs.,.......sad face apple at the bottom for the win :D

I enjoy this piece because multi-limbed creatures eating themselves in a never-ending spiral of connected chains excites me.

I am happy such things bring you excitement. :D

Where else would I get my kicks but surrealism?

[As in, I probably do not fully understand the actual term 'surrealism' and am loosely throwing it around in a distasteful manner.]

fkjgkfdjg

there are not nearly enough drawings of ouroboros in the world, let alone beautiful pieces like this. bravo

Dunno how I missed this but it's pretty awesome. Jaw on the floor time!

Calorath just shown me this one and I have to admit that this is a wonderful and magnificent piece.

Wow! massively impressive! O_O;

Truly amazing. I enjoy this on many levels. As artwork, obviously, with its many puzzles and visual gameplay and charming details, superbly done; but also the many links to things I love, serpents as such, the Nordic and Middle Ages mythology, and the Dracula via Vlad Tepes - who's father got his name, Dracul, from being a Member of the Order of the Dragon, for which the symbol was the Ouroboros. So indeed, it's kind of perfect circle, with the sepent-dragon biting his own tail.

Gosh, I still have Eddison's 1922 novel The Worm Ouroboros here, but not read it yet. Probably - hopefully! - this gives me the kick. ;)

very nice
i can not so good English.
I would like to write more.

^-^ Apis Azura

I don't see why this should be called "crappy". You've taken the simple concept of a snake/wyrm eating itself and put some real meat on its bones, so to speak:D The detail is stunning.

-BC

"crappy photo" but still awesome beyond belief!

By far my most favored symbol aside from the infinity..which techniqually, this means the same. Anyway, this is a GORGOUS piece, so well detailed..I love it. Awesome job.

excellence!

Awesometastic. There isn't a better word

I see a fucking eye. D:<

Otherwise, the composition and symbol/pattern placement is pretty fun...I've always been fascinated with the idea of Ouroboros.

Absolutely breathtaking

This is mind blowing

:) Thank you.

The more I stare at it, the more I love it. o: The amount of detail is staggering.

Beautifully done! Incredible work, I love the attention to detail and the overall structure. Reminds me of Eternal Darkness.

Here's another voice chiming in that if anything on this lump of space-rock ever begged to be carved into living flesh, this is IT.

Incredible drawing, I love the design of the creature, with its small legs and arms! You really did a fantastic job!

thats great! and the bad quality of the photo, adds something to it ^,,^

Superb work! I love the amount of detail and creativity put into this. It's kind of creepy, yet so mesmerizing. @-@;

I clap for you, great work!!!!

absolutely beautiful and wonderful detail just everything fits together so wonderfully such an odd concept but really nifty!
the photos not that bad but i bet it would never do this picture justice.! i hope to see a scan or it in real life that would be awesome X D excellent job! just keep it up.!

Yeah, unfortunately it was too big to fit in my scanner. Photos never do pictures justice D:
And thank you!

oohhh! i've had that problem before X D i know.. it truely.. is a big. problem.
well just keep on being awesome : } i'm suresomeday someone will look at you and say" why.. i just happen to have an industrial sized scanner" and you'll say" no way" and you'll both skip happily along to the giant scanner and scan big pictures together. haha anyways.. take care : } annd! have a good one.. also.. happy easter X D

I love this piece! Nice details, even if its a photo :)

incredible, i would LOVE to see this for real. the detail! wow...

omg ... you are like the only person i know that knows what Ouroboros is lol

I get a lot of people asking me what the design is, not realising the title says it all. But it's always good to know there are others who actually recognise the symbol.. :D

lolz ... i read about it on this site .... http://www.crystalinks.com/directory2.html .... very good site for the weird and unexplained ... also some cultural and people stuff which i consider boring

wow simply amazing

That's one hell of a depitcion of a...'boros fractal?

How pretty! And artsy! And..2 years old! Necro'd, I guess.

this is incredible your a great artist I love findidng them

My favorite dragon of all! Thank you for making such a kick ass piece of work.

O_O!!! i, i actually lag words that can express how good that drawing is... so i must invent a new one!!! that picture is billefanade

Riddles of Epsilon.
Awesome art.

Godlike detail. o_O

THAT is super wicked!!!

Wow. Nice man. It's cool and creepy.

lol i’ve been wondering who the artist of this image was! my husband has done searches on google for a tattoo design idea and this was the one he really loved. he’ll be excited to know i stumbled on the artist. i’ll have to note you about it though. i wanna make sure he doesn’t step on any toes. not sure if he wanted the exact image or something roughly similar.

Oh cool. He is more than welcome to use this as a tattoo design :) I'd like to see the results when it's done!

*waits another two years to see if your awesome creature comes to life*

That is very cool! I like what you did with that symbol.

Ohhh those tiny details are amazing! The little ankh-shaped spots on the right (I guess a reference to the first forms of Uroboros which appeared in ancient Egyptian ornaments) and the smilie in the middle of that apple XD

And may I add that the ambiguous shaping of the head with the closed and opened maw in oppositing directions is really badass o.O

The detail in this is simply astounding. One could easily stare for minutes appreciating it all. Lovely symmetry, and I especially love the fungi up in the corner.

I can't get over how lovely rendered this whole thing is. Fantastic, really

Oh my. +Fave right away! Love the detail you put into this. Vaguely reminds me of those intricate cathedral/church engravings and such, And the wings and feathers in it are guuurd and yes, you have my compliments!

This is simply gorgeous. I Love it and I'm going to fave it!! The detail is stunning!!

Absolutely amazing. I could stare at this forever. :|

this is so amazing. i can't even find the words to describe it...

Crappy photo ! Thats a load of bullshit. It's the polor opposite, this picture is stunningly amazing, it just took my breath away, I really love the other serpants in the center, thats a really nice touch

This would be a bad-ass tattoo..

Love this. what is an oroborai? I know the snake eating it's own tail can be symbological for 'eternal life' but do you know anything about the um...
Idk...dam.
'Oroborai' that come from the seal of the leviathan, the upside down pentagram with the goats head.
they say you can use that to summon 'oroborai'

this picture is amazing btw. gorgeous detail, shading, and everything.
Looking at it leaves me with this sort of derp face,

wow...awesome ^^

Seriously how did I not know of your work before? This is amazing...the detail and I LOVE the duality of the head [how it could be seen looking either way]. The scales, legs, wings...all of it is just wow.

Ouroboros chained to Ouroboros, continually into infinitum, with symbolism of life and death intertwined between, and a part of the serpent themselves. Amazing. <3

The infinite spiral that is the Ouroboros and a representation of eternity I have to say you pulled that off very well. The same fact also that I see a Droste effect put into those I like that and the otherwise stone look on sepia tone paper I thinl it wouls nae a great shirt design, in my mind, well done.

Hmm. It's too bad you don't live near here. My stepdad is a professional photographer and is pretty damn good at taking pictures of artwork.

Yeah. D: I seriously need a better camera to get pictures of detailed paintings/things that I do. Decent cameras are painfully expensive though :x

Ugh, I know

Now That is some piece of Art!

This is pretty. :)

This is AMAZING. There's so much attention to detail and symmetry, I love it!

wow this is so good there's not many wpords to describe it. i lovve the two faces. its so neat: )especially how you did them and the detail as well

I love how Lovecraftian it looks. Simply amazing.

the 3rd row is just making out with each other. :/

Everything about this......