Eruditio nemorosus by neelzonline
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Honorable Mention in the 2008 Carnival of evil contest.
Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights
A heartwarming thanks to everyone who deemed my image worthy of a vote, with so many fantastic images this is a huge complement.
Especially considering I had to to crop out about 40% of the image and kill the resolution to meet the contest requirements. (My own fault for being so ambitious.) Original render size was 3600x2400
I'll also take suggestions for a better Latin translation of tree of knowledge.
Here it is for the first time, the complete image as I envisioned it, and here's the original text that accompanied the image.
Come one come all to the carnival of evil!
See the eighth wonder of the world.
Eruditio nemorosus
The modern tree of knowledge.
Use this wondrous new discovery to replace books, school, even meaningful conversation.
It’s not hard you already have it in your home.
Just turn on the T.V. and turn off your mind.
It will do all the thinking for you, just do as it says and you will be rewarded with a lifetime of mediocrity and a vague sense of dissatisfaction, without ever having to wonder why.
Bring the kids, and start them early.
Join the mindless masses, in a state of thoughtless empty bliss.
Free thought is overrated anyway.
It just gets in the way of happiness.
Created in photoshop, poser and Vue.
The image took over 2 weeks to create and is a composite of multiple renders.
Comments (29)
ragouc
Great scene. Very good picture. 5+++++
faroutsider
Outstanding image - great attention to detail!
jif3d
The amount of figures in this scene is staggering and the bizzare concept threw me at first, but now I get the link to the contest ! Well done on your Honorable Mention and a very kool Vue ! ~Cheers~
artposer
Awesome job 10+
Digital_Mischief
Oh, yes, this is so much better full size.... (that didn't come out right), I meant that full size image is so much more impressive than resize version. I see the rats clearly and the jester, etc. You have so much patience! Outstanding work!!!
tiff666
Awesome!!! I don't think I could do such a scene in my PC... ;-)
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent!
jgmart
This is wild - very creative image!
allnaydi
Fantastic and incredibly detailed composition. Awesome work!
steve100
Incredible work, very well done.
schonee
You always amaze me...I could never get my pc to render that much lol well done and congratulations
flumify
Awesome work! But you already know I love your work. One day I might post another. October is a busy month for me though.
Tao3d
incredible artwork ... beautiful!
allarhia
Amazing!
Ailig68
Excellent stuff!
zollacce
Great scene.
ledwolorz
Wonderful work.
Krid
very creative and surreal scene with excellent characters
Jilly
Rather be a tourist than a resident! Bravo
NetWorthy
Your scene is brilliant commentary - too bad you didn't include a few video game controllers for good measure LOL! Great job, very thought provoking as usual. Very unsettling for its truth!
Artistic_Tiger
Awesome work you did here!!! Great Composition, there is a lot of movement in this scenic shot... The lightning is really good, and the huge amount of mindless corpses is quite a thing to die for...
novelist
Bosch came to mind before I read your comment. Love the bodies and the tree. Great work.
capelito
Fantastic work.
mtalin
A fantastic work of surrealism.
artgum
Wow.
aLDOS
WoW! Really an amazing and wonderful work! Congratulations! Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!
rbowen
Excellent work! Amazing Details!
dorkmcgork
super surrealism excellent
Disciple3d
Amazing work!