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Description

In life, you are a pillar of strength, whose bark gives home and solace

In death you are mother of many, and your heart is a seed of the forest itself.

As the years make frail your bones, and seasons shift like the tides,

Drenching you in rain and golden sun alike,

You give all of yourself to your home until you yourself become it.

How much will you give? How much will you lose?

What remains?

Hello all! This esk in some capacity has been living in my head for a few years and I'm pleased to offer it to you all on auction! The initial idea I had was a spirit continuously giving themselves to the forest, through the seasons changing shape, and perhaps personality, leaning on their enchantments and spreading their consciousness outwards when the weight grew too heavy, frolicking under the emptiness of winter, or despite the vibrant growth of summer. Just as I have found that some seasons bring me more happiness, and some, sorrow, I wanted to offer an esk to become a vessel for your own personal growth and changes.

Nurse logs create abundant life, even in their death, and so too do we find new life in the death of old dreams, the end of the road.

The mycelium head is yours to interpret as you will. Compassion fatigue? Seasonal depression? An insidious force working to consume the main body and surrounding forest? Doubt? How will it play in? It's up to you.

It didn't start as quite a bonanza of nature features but as I started to work on it, I realized- why not go all out? Why not swing for the fences and create something over the top for the community that has sheltered me and the land that has held me? I'm moving to a place drastically new and wildly different to me in the fall, so this was also somewhat of a farewell to the home I have known most of my life. Note- making a high nature feature esk is a great way to become REAL familiar with what's around you. I now see these plants like old friends everywhere I go.

Now who in their right mind would draw this esk in full again? I don't know. (I know there's some incredible brave folks here who might see this as a challenge). It's a record breaker, at least for now, at 60 nature features. I know its a lot, so I added a few features to them to make life a little easier. All esks can hide any of their nature features (abnormals only have to keep one at a time), and this one has a moveable nature feature mutation! None of them have to be in the same place! And every single one of them could explode into ravaging growth and cover the esk and their surroundings if you find you have a favorite.

Rules and Information

This is a 48h auction that runs from May 3rd 2023 at 8am PST to May 5th 2023 at 8am PST

Reply to this www.deviantart.com/comments/1/… comment for the starting bid.

Must reply to most recent bid in the chain of comments to count.

Winner receives this file, a transparent background, a more detailed closeup without nature features, a lower quality procreate file with nature features separated by name, where applicable, and one with labels by text and arrow.

Starting Bid: $100

Minimum Increase: $5

Payment is in USD, through paypal only. You must be 18 years old to bid.

Payment Plans are available and must be discussed before bidding. Please state you want a payment plan in your bid, but contact me first (Ferwren#5731 on discord is most preferred, followed by DA note).

For any payment plans, initial payment of at minimum 30 percent must be sent within 48 hours of your congratulations note from winning the auction.

As per group rules, failure to communicate, pay, or backing out of the auction after winning will result in a 3-month TWWM sales ban and the design will go to the second highest bidder. Bid responsibly!

A 1 hour snipe guard will be put in place starting May 5th, 7am PST. Any bids made in that hour will extend the auction by an hour from that bid, until there are no more bids.

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origin abnormal. nature softhearted . boundary old growth forest . size resolute

species esk . collection guest design . designer Fairwren

uncommon traits bold markings, dark mask, socks, cropped tail
rare traits traits flexible tail
nature features bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), western redcedar (Thuja plicata ), douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), cascade oregon grape (Mahonia nervosa), western starflower (Lysimachia latiflora) , western rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia), osoberry (Oemlaria cerasiformis), thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus), salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), false lily of the valley (Mianthemum dilatatum), orange honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa), catchweed bedstraw (Galium Aparine), english ivy (Hedera helix), salal (Gaultheria shallon), ghost pipe (Monotropa uniflora), pacific blackberry (Rubus ursinus), evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum), snowberry (Symphoricarpos Albus), red huckleberry (Vaccinium Parvifolium) herb robert (Geranium robertianum), miner’s lettuce (Claytonia Perfoliata), western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrhiza), western sword fern (Polystichum munitum), western maidenhair fern (Adiantum aleuticum), deer fern (Blechnum spicant), great horsetail (Equisetum telmateia), yellow ladle liverwort (Scapania bolanderi), common feather moss (Kindbergia praelonga), magnificent leafy moss (Plagiomnium venustum), douglas’ neckera moss (Neckera douglasii), cat’s tail moss (Isothecium myosuroides), jelly antler (Calocera viscosa), panthercap (Amanita pantherina), mossy maze polypore (Cerena unicolor), purple edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca), northern red belt (Fomitopsis mounceae), candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxolon), fluffy dust lichen (Lepraria finkii), hooded tube lichen (Hypogymnia physodes), summer oyster mushroom (Pleurotus pulmonarius), nitrous bonnet (Mycena leptocephala), yellow leg bonnet (Mycena epipterygia), lipstick powderhorn (Cladonia macilenta), mycelium, turkey tail (Trametes versicolor), orange chrysomphalina (Chrysomphalina aurantiaca), west coast reishi (Ganoderma oregonense), orange jelly spot (Dacromyces chrysospermus), artist’s bracket (Ganoderma applanatum), questionable stropharia (Stropharia ambigua), false turkey tail (Stereum hirsutum), toothed jelly fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum), lichen agaric (Lichenomphalia umbellifera), honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa), salmon egg slime mold (Hemitrichia decipiens), wolf’s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum)

mutations elemental shape shift (head), fragmentation, multiples (head), movable nature features, ravaging growth, size shift (whole body)
morph none
original form nurse log (thuja plicata)

enchantments
soul weaver, restorative lights
elementals
mycelium (enchanted)

Description

In life, you are a pillar of strength, whose bark gives home and solace

In death you are mother of many, and your heart is a seed of the forest itself.

As the years make frail your bones, and seasons shift like the tides,

Drenching you in rain and golden sun alike,

You give all of yourself to your home until you yourself become it.

How much will you give? How much will you lose?

What remains?

Hello all! This esk in some capacity has been living in my head for a few years and I'm pleased to offer it to you all on auction! The initial idea I had was a spirit continuously giving themselves to the forest, through the seasons changing shape, and perhaps personality, leaning on their enchantments and spreading their consciousness outwards when the weight grew too heavy, frolicking under the emptiness of winter, or despite the vibrant growth of summer. Just as I have found that some seasons bring me more happiness, and some, sorrow, I wanted to offer an esk to become a vessel for your own personal growth and changes.

Nurse logs create abundant life, even in their death, and so too do we find new life in the death of old dreams, the end of the road.

The mycelium head is yours to interpret as you will. Compassion fatigue? Seasonal depression? An insidious force working to consume the main body and surrounding forest? Doubt? How will it play in? It's up to you.

It didn't start as quite a bonanza of nature features but as I started to work on it, I realized- why not go all out? Why not swing for the fences and create something over the top for the community that has sheltered me and the land that has held me? I'm moving to a place drastically new and wildly different to me in the fall, so this was also somewhat of a farewell to the home I have known most of my life. Note- making a high nature feature esk is a great way to become REAL familiar with what's around you. I now see these plants like old friends everywhere I go.

Now who in their right mind would draw this esk in full again? I don't know. (I know there's some incredible brave folks here who might see this as a challenge). It's a record breaker, at least for now, at 60 nature features. I know its a lot, so I added a few features to them to make life a little easier. All esks can hide any of their nature features (abnormals only have to keep one at a time), and this one has a moveable nature feature mutation! None of them have to be in the same place! And every single one of them could explode into ravaging growth and cover the esk and their surroundings if you find you have a favorite.

Rules and Information

This is a 48h auction that runs from May 3rd 2023 at 8am PST to May 5th 2023 at 8am PST

Reply to this www.deviantart.com/comments/1/… comment for the starting bid.

Must reply to most recent bid in the chain of comments to count.

Winner receives this file, a transparent background, a more detailed closeup without nature features, a lower quality procreate file with nature features separated by name, where applicable, and one with labels by text and arrow.

Starting Bid: $100

Minimum Increase: $5

Payment is in USD, through paypal only. You must be 18 years old to bid.

Payment Plans are available and must be discussed before bidding. Please state you want a payment plan in your bid, but contact me first (Ferwren#5731 on discord is most preferred, followed by DA note).

For any payment plans, initial payment of at minimum 30 percent must be sent within 48 hours of your congratulations note from winning the auction.

As per group rules, failure to communicate, pay, or backing out of the auction after winning will result in a 3-month TWWM sales ban and the design will go to the second highest bidder. Bid responsibly!

A 1 hour snipe guard will be put in place starting May 5th, 7am PST. Any bids made in that hour will extend the auction by an hour from that bid, until there are no more bids.

------------------------------------------------------

origin abnormal. nature softhearted . boundary old growth forest . size resolute

species esk . collection guest design . designer Fairwren

uncommon traits bold markings, dark mask, socks, cropped tail
rare traits traits flexible tail
nature features bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), western redcedar (Thuja plicata ), douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), cascade oregon grape (Mahonia nervosa), western starflower (Lysimachia latiflora) , western rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia), osoberry (Oemlaria cerasiformis), thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus), salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), false lily of the valley (Mianthemum dilatatum), orange honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa), catchweed bedstraw (Galium Aparine), english ivy (Hedera helix), salal (Gaultheria shallon), ghost pipe (Monotropa uniflora), pacific blackberry (Rubus ursinus), evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum), snowberry (Symphoricarpos Albus), red huckleberry (Vaccinium Parvifolium) herb robert (Geranium robertianum), miner’s lettuce (Claytonia Perfoliata), western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrhiza), western sword fern (Polystichum munitum), western maidenhair fern (Adiantum aleuticum), deer fern (Blechnum spicant), great horsetail (Equisetum telmateia), yellow ladle liverwort (Scapania bolanderi), common feather moss (Kindbergia praelonga), magnificent leafy moss (Plagiomnium venustum), douglas’ neckera moss (Neckera douglasii), cat’s tail moss (Isothecium myosuroides), jelly antler (Calocera viscosa), panthercap (Amanita pantherina), mossy maze polypore (Cerena unicolor), purple edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca), northern red belt (Fomitopsis mounceae), candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxolon), fluffy dust lichen (Lepraria finkii), hooded tube lichen (Hypogymnia physodes), summer oyster mushroom (Pleurotus pulmonarius), nitrous bonnet (Mycena leptocephala), yellow leg bonnet (Mycena epipterygia), lipstick powderhorn (Cladonia macilenta), mycelium, turkey tail (Trametes versicolor), orange chrysomphalina (Chrysomphalina aurantiaca), west coast reishi (Ganoderma oregonense), orange jelly spot (Dacromyces chrysospermus), artist’s bracket (Ganoderma applanatum), questionable stropharia (Stropharia ambigua), false turkey tail (Stereum hirsutum), toothed jelly fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum), lichen agaric (Lichenomphalia umbellifera), honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa), salmon egg slime mold (Hemitrichia decipiens), wolf’s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum)

mutations elemental shape shift (head), fragmentation, multiples (head), movable nature features, ravaging growth, size shift (whole body)
morph none
original form nurse log (thuja plicata)

enchantments
soul weaver, restorative lights
elementals
mycelium (enchanted)