Gazma's Folly

A purely environmental painting created in Photoshop, with a story to accompany it:

An abandoned swamp village built in the trees, undergoing a magical radioactive meltdown situation, where rampant magical energy flows through this swamp now that it has become overwhelmingly powerful and disconnected from proper usage, mutating any living things that linger for too long. This magical energy that once provided plentiful power for the people of the swamp village actually originates from the long-dead body of a colossal arcane creature, known to have weaved spells that transformed life around it in ancient times. The trees of this swamp, as their roots have dug deep underground to the creature’s body, have used this magic responsibly to defend themselves for ages. The magic flowing through this town now persists as a curse upon the people for desecrating the creature’s grave in search of power, transforming wild animals and residents that remain into monsters that render the environment inhospitable to people, and even the trees are now spurned to protect this gash in the earth from leaking out more magical energy.