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According to the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Ophanim are angels. Depicted as many eyed wheels that guard the throne of God, our Ophanim is happy to have received the easy job of a humanoid angel.

Gnome is the desktop of choice on Ubuntu for good reason - it's clean, fast and easy to use. A part of the GNU Project, Gnome has led the evolution of the Linux desktop for over 20 years.

An old HDR photo taken in Leederville has been given new life. Inspired by the film Toys and Rene Magritte.

This photomanipulation combines three very different nature images into one. Inspired by the film Toys and Rene Magritte.

Half dog and half elf, the Renaissance Dog Maiden poses for her oil painting with grace. May she be reunited with her half dog and half man lover, for she has chosen a mortal life.

A popular mantra among coders, this shirt celebrates geek culture in the office and the obsession to keep up productivity.

This Grey Wizard is ready to battle a White Wizard and whatever hell demon comes between him and his Frog Fellowship. An original Open Studios design.

An original Gazza Draws design created for a Chinese tea cake competition. 2021 is the Chinese Year of the Ox.

Taken in September 2019 at Providential Point Lookout in Royal National Park NSW. The camera used was a Nikon DSLR.

Taken in September 2019 at Providential Point Lookout in Royal National Park NSW. The camera used was a Nikon DSLR.

The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is an annual plant. From a small seed, it grows, flowers, and bears fruit (a "pod") only once. The Botanist series is inspired by The Alnwick Garden, which is unique for its collection of poisonous plants. The garden was thought of by the duchess herself, who wanted the garden to have something that was different from other gardens. Read more - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/step-inside-worlds-most-dangerous-garden-if-you-dare-180952635/

Introducing the Lily of the Valley. Due to its dense content of cardiac glycosides, it is highly poisonous if consumed by humans or domestic animals. The Botanist series is inspired by The Alnwick Garden, which is unique for its collection of poisonous plants. The garden was thought of by the duchess herself, who wanted the garden to have something that was different from other gardens. Read more - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/step-inside-worlds-most-dangerous-garden-if-you-dare-180952635/

Modern American culture is a complex melting pot of old struggles and divisions set upon a canvas of modern technology, paranoia and violence by the state against its own people.

A dramatized depiction of someone who is already gone - the woman in this image has been slashed from behind with a heavy sword. In this dramatic moment we see her blood ribboned across the image and a flash of her bones.

An original fan art work depicting Valentina's beautiful smile and the hilarious rant by Aja about said queen. "You're perfect, you're beautiful, you look like Linda Evangelista, you're a model!"

In 2020, Linux has a server marketshare of over 70%. This design celebrates Linux and gives a nod to a hacker favourite franchise - The Matrix.

A geometric representation of a dimensional crossing, made out of HSL cubes. The Blue Gate is a puzzle that seekers solve in order to access the Blue Room where Shiva resides.

A meeting with Shiva in a sacred space made of clouds, the seeker is greeted with a path to silencing the storm within.

Epoch Exordium is a single player introduction to the Langenium universe. Jack is an amnesiac who wakes up on the Helios Station. WERP guides him through operating and repairing the systems on the station in order to produce exordium and send it to Earth.

This is the feature poster for the Langenium world, a long term Open Studios project to develop an MMO. The characters and concepts depicted here are referenced throughout Langenium's lore and art.

A beautiful Perth sunset, everything in this moment seemed to be in the right place for this photo and little was done to get the colours here - this was pretty much what it looked like and it was stunning.

A HDR photo created by merging three thirty second photos with different exposure levels, creating this striking image.

This is the official logo and book cover for the Kamigen comics. This is the first image produced for the franchise and it set the tone for the world.

A hundred million years ago, an advanced society prospered from advancements based on ancient relics from a long dead race. This cover features Kaptan, a reference to the ancient Visayan entity but merely a beloved leader in this story.

Ryoko is part of a team tasked with saving the Earth from a second water comet and the human race from extinction!

The first issue introduces Kamigen Island and explains a bit about the current state of the world. This cover features Jim and some monkeys native to the island, inspired by the real Camiguin island in the Philippines.

A pair of hexagonal fractals made of colour wheels that resemble a pair of eyes.

A two dimensional representation of a compressed three dimensional Sephirothic diagram, using traditional colourings and numbers for anyone familiar with the Kabbalah/Tree of Life/Sephirothic Diagram.

The Void Child is a modern Lovecraftian creation, part living energy being and part machine. This progeny of the raw power of the void itself can appear anywhere and anytime to unmake reality around it.