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Published: 2004-05-11 23:50:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2893; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 335
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The ouroboros came up in conversation last night, so I decided to draw it today.___
P.S. I
`zeruch .___
tools: paper, mechanical pencil, micron pen, chinese ink, water
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I didn't even see the snake before I took a closer look, but I like the idea and the outcome. Minimalism is good for you.
also, hello?
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Around and around...
History repeating itself...
And I keep getting that song from the movie 'The Lion King' in my head... you know the one? "The circle of liiiiiffeeeeeeee..."
Hush, me.
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Spotted this on `zeruch 's page awhile back...
Yes, I saw a boob...
(It's the 'nipple' in the middle that tricks you!)
Then I saw a eyeball...
Then I read the title...
And realised it was neither.
What really gets me is the beautiful simplicity of this...
The perfect placement
None of the white space feels too much...
Yet it feels as if it is floating in a massive void...
And I love the watery ink coming out of the outline a bit...
Watery movement...
Around and around and around and around...
I love too that you cleaned up the whiteness...
No texture can be seen...
So it feels as if it is done using traditional methods still...
But the motif is even more in a void...because it is nothing but white...
Yet is doesn't feel out of place...
Beautiful...
So strangely beautiful...
I could get lost looking...
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You always make it look so easy...even though it's not...
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awesome piece, i'm a big fan of your use of negative space
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I see a boob.
*yes I have a simple mind*
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wow, i love this! i think one of my most favorite illo's of yours!
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It's weird, I thought you'd done this before, but the picture in my head was totally different. I like your drawnings.
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A great illustration of ancient symbolism that looks like a nipple...
My tongue is stuck on the monitor. Call an ambulance.
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plus, (unilateral) nipple.
beautiful.
Things don't get old when they've
no reason to.
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you know, I thought of the nipple as well...although I suppose that could be seen as part of the creation cycle.
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i know that this is gonna diminish what the actual object is, but it reminds me of a coffee stain.
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Of course I thought of you while I was doing this.
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/me kisses teh digifox on the forehead
you adorable thing.
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*clicks on fullview* Ooooooh so it's not a boob! Sorry hehe, where are my thoughts?.
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Nice work. I've always wanted an ouroboros for a tattoo, but I've never found a pic that I liked. I've found a good resource for them though -> [link]
{And by always . . . since about grade 7, or ten years real-time}
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I dig the linework but feel kinda dumb for not knowing... *L*
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It has to do with the cycles of life and death, the perpetual motion of time and distance, and is often represented by a snake coiled or in a circle consuming itself/creating itself.
Google it...you will learn a lot.
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Thanks! I've seen the symbol - just never knew that was what it was called.
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