Could also be called The Norns at Yggdrasil.

I was thinking gold foil for the thread of fate.

I like this. Not sure about the colors though - they don't pop at all. I'm not quite sure what to suggest though.

Ooh. I like the idea for gold. Maybe you could make the outline of the earth disappear when it goes behind the tree. That way it would be more like WHOA THE LEAVES ARE SHAPED LIKE LAND MASSES instead of 'hey there's earth in the tree. Hm. yes that's my two cents.

Go Jen!

ladykat is right the colors are all the same value take the blue an teh green make one brighter one darker, and since you have it to use pick a highlight color to bring some of teh objects to teh fore ground, id go with another blue or a cream and pick out parts of teh norns and teh globe as those are teh things that youll want people to focus on here

schlebs idea is also a good one

Taking out the edges of the globe.

Tomorrow I'll work on some shading and highlights. Otherwise I'll have to get back to it when I get back from PA.

Thanks for the help so far you guys.

There are a lot of save the world campaigns etc... with trees and worlds... I haven't seen a lot on threadless, but still feel the imagery has been too over used.

Hahaha... it's more about the end of the world than about saving it.

if the background was blue, but the trees were still green, that would be pretty neat.

pros

-it has this really cool vibe
- the tree is drawn amazingly

- you might want to explain the concept more, I don't exactly get it ( I think I might but I don't want to jump to conclusions)
- it might be too big.

woops I meant to put a cons after amazingly. Keep up the good work

Haha. I figured out that those were cons. :)
Thanks.

And---
"The norns spin the threads of fate at the foot of Yggdrasil, the tree of the world." Wikipedia

"In Norse mythology, the Norns are the demi-goddesses of destiny. They control the destinies of both gods and men, as well as the unchanging laws of the cosmos. They are represented as three sisters: Urd ("fate"), Verdandi ("necessity") and Skuld ("being"). They live at the base of the World Tree Yggdrasil in the realm of Asgard." Encyclopedia Mythica

that is pretty wicked, you need to find a way to say this in as few as words as possible when you submit it because it explains so much, because and I am not sure everyone is up on there mythology.