the Botanist

I really like this one Thomas, a very dark feel. Well done!

Very Dark, I want a closer look. what is she holding? Love this..LOTS of detail and textures for the eyes to get lost in. I will be back to look more = )

i think the botanist may have eaten her own poison… she has that look about her…....... love the back of her head and where it goes…. my her left hand is big…......... wonderful work as always Thomas…....b

Fantastic work

This is really beautiful ! Love the sad feeling about it. The severe look in her eyes looking at her tender- self… You are such a master in telling stories and using colors and light !
I will have a look at it again later on.

fantastic as usual…

one of the best as i love plants , beautiful work

Poison ivy song defined!

Beautiful texture and images. The infinity knot is an interesting touch.

Splendid work, dear.

Ok! I do so love the hair/ head effects on this piece and all the colors interspersed throughout. It has a very organic feeling, which I appreciate…

Dark, powerful, and outstanding!

I love it Thomas..
I had to view it larger.. and then I noticed that she is wearing a heada outfit that it called my attention… this sort of hats…or likely are very typical of the Vasque Country…. here in Spain..
with elaborated and twisted cones with laces and all.. It is very funny..She seems to be rather a beautiful “witch” (we have a strong cultural background of witchery here in the Basque Country… with prosecution and all) sustaining a potion in her hands. May be she is having a sort of “trip”... and she herself “twinned” in an organic enviroment… changed by the effect of the drug… But she know what she is doing… so the trip is just affecting her inward vision… while her superficila expression is calm and self.containing.
Rosa

love this Thomas…
very drawn to it :)
nice rich colours and textures
so appealing :)

Excellent work as always Thomas! So what is it she has in her hands? And about that gamma settings tutorial, PERFECT! Bring it on!

Very, very cool.

Bravo…You never fail to please the eye! Great concept and the elements you have chosen!

Rich, dark and mysterious!

Amazing work! The textures and details are outstanding! Intense:)

WOW..how deeply mysterious and imbued with another time, reminds me of the movie”Perfume”..

Wonderful job, Sir. ;)

Fantastic- rich,fecund,mysterious – darkley beautiful.

Invading dreams is my evil plan Mr Dodd…..... Among other things;0

Great work.

Thomas.. I always marvel at the amazing effects you create. This is captivating .. rich, old almost medievalesque and superb

Thomas, beautiful textures. I have started to count them sometimes in your work, just for fun. I can’t imagine having patience to that amount, to sit and do layer upon layer…i’d go mental! beautiful haunted expression she’s wearing, and somehow i don’t think that’s an essential oil in her hand ;) love the textures. just love them.

oh and i forgot to mention, on the right hand side, your three-circled/knotted icon totally reminds me of a biohazard symbol :)

great work Thomas. just love all the layering, “one was an elongated rust stain and the other was a bird’s nest!” and all the dark qualities about it. ;-)

you seriously blow me away every time!

Absolutely my favourite of all your pieces. Really fantastic!
I love getting lost in these!

Such highly skilled and interesting texture and layer work Thomas and instead of overwhelming the image it accentuates its strangeness and complexity. Oddly compelling this I think.

interesting technique – love your style, thomas.

man I love your work!!!!
I could really stare for hours and just keep seeing more.
THis reminds me of a book called Abarat…the book was written by Clive Barker…and it’s a childrens book to boot…lol
The drawing are seriously …well…”creative”!!!!!
This pic fits the theme of that book perfectly…I LOVE IT!!!

I wish I could think of better words to tell you how good I think your work is, but you technical ability far exceeds mine, so I just never no what to say! (I am working on that though). Great work mate and thanks for sharing it.

The Abarat books are wonderful. I’m re-reading the first one now actually. They’re not really nightmarish, more like Imajica for teens. Or Weaveworld.

I don’t know about not nighmarish…lol
some of those pics are a little disturbing…I’ll have to scan some of them and show you all…lol
They really are amazing pics…some are cool but some are a little bizarre…which would be why I love them so much!

http://abarat.madnosity.com/images/carrion_abarat.jpg
this is one of the pics from that childrens book…very cool drawings!

Frankenstein. She looks like she is looking lovingly at a being she just perhaps created, maybe from the potion in the bottle. Beautiful & magnificent work Thomas

Impressive!

Gorgeous work Thomas, love your stuff!

AMAZING !! how do u cum up wth such things…..love ur style…

DARK AND BEAUTIFUL !!

intriguingly disturbing! great pic!

what mystery!!!!!