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Miss Tansybaum's CarnivalBy all accounts, Miss Tansybaum's Circus of the Moderately Peculiar should not have continued to operate. They were a very small operation as circuses went, they had no rides and their menagerie consisted of a single geriatric lion and a handful of obscure species, such as the Sudanese Crooning Lizards, who were obscure for a reason. Sure, Brendan the Mono-juggler could keep a single ball in the air for hours, but you got tired of watching after the first few minutes.

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Atlantis Callingby `ursulav

Digital Art / Other / Sci-Fi

A fish warrior, a coral reef, light shining through water...what more can one ask? This painting is about two years old now, but still one of my favorites. It's also a CD cover for "Evolution Theory" by the band Rare Earth.

As for what I was thinking while painting--well, I hate traditional shell-brassiered mermaids with a passion bordering on the religious, and so I set out to make something a little more adapted to his environment, with the brilliant markings of a reef fish. And, since I despise the work of Lassen with an equal passion, I limited myself to things actually found on reefs, which generally don't include multiple species of whale, white tiger cubs, pastel planets, or equally sacchrine derivations.

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*cortezismyman Jul 13, 2012

Love it! Totally share your sentiment

~rainbowrobinson Apr 9, 2011 Photographer

I really like your style and humor.

*nachtbraker22 Mar 10, 2011 Traditional Artist

great stuff

~Scarledian Jan 31, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Absolutely incredible

~FaerieDragon19 Dec 4, 2009

Beautiful! I love that merperson. Very well done!

~Amilee Feb 15, 2009

Oh...oh my god. I have your artwork in..HOLD on...
shoot I don't have the book..But it was a tutorial on how to do Digital coloring. O_O

Small world!

~LilDash May 22, 2008

this is amazing
the colours are beautiful

~westernphilosopher Feb 12, 2008 Professional Filmographer

Hear hear!

(about everything including the shell-brassiered mermaids to the comments on white tigers and planets. urgh)

~meganschmidt Sep 21, 2007

The entire piece is stunning, but I especially love the surface of the water at the top!

Also, I've just spent the last hour flipping through your amazing gallery! It took me a minute before I realized where I had seen your style from before.. ^_^;; Three of my close friends have framed copies (don't know if they're the originals.. I believe they bought them at Anthrocon) of your water and wind mouse hanging in their dining room. I love seeing those two pieces everytime I visit them!

~jrosefay Nov 16, 2006

you are an amazing artist. your painting skills are mucho nifty. i love this peice becuase it's not the usual mermaid that people would automatically assume. it is mucho beautiful.

The artist must not only train his eyes, but also his soul.
-Wassily Kandinsky

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