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So, this is my latest project.
Cherry Blossom Dragon. Technically, it's the "spring" dragon in my dragon plaque series, but it's so different in composition from the others that it sort of stands alone.
Everything you see there is leather. The plaque itself is wood, but I stretch black suede over it. The branches are gold acrylic paint. The leaves, the flowers and the dragon are all sculpted leather, pieced together. I used amber crackle glass beads for the eyes.
Here's the head up close. Little blurry...*shrug*. I'm especially pleased with the head because at the last minute I decided to add extra eyebrow and nose ridge bits. Asian dragons all seem to have lots of dangly crap all over their heads! My original dragon head was too sleek. So I jazzed it up...it was fun!
I'm still too close to this piece to know if it's good or not. I think it's pretty neat...but I've been slaving over it for days (and thinking about the design for a lot longer than that...since March!) so I just can't be objective. Anyway, it does what I wanted it to do, I think. I'd like to add a large "pearl" to the dragon's claw...something big and shiny for him to be carrying...but maybe next time. I definitely need to do another one of these.
Cherry Blossom Dragon. Technically, it's the "spring" dragon in my dragon plaque series, but it's so different in composition from the others that it sort of stands alone.
Everything you see there is leather. The plaque itself is wood, but I stretch black suede over it. The branches are gold acrylic paint. The leaves, the flowers and the dragon are all sculpted leather, pieced together. I used amber crackle glass beads for the eyes.
Here's the head up close. Little blurry...*shrug*. I'm especially pleased with the head because at the last minute I decided to add extra eyebrow and nose ridge bits. Asian dragons all seem to have lots of dangly crap all over their heads! My original dragon head was too sleek. So I jazzed it up...it was fun!
I'm still too close to this piece to know if it's good or not. I think it's pretty neat...but I've been slaving over it for days (and thinking about the design for a lot longer than that...since March!) so I just can't be objective. Anyway, it does what I wanted it to do, I think. I'd like to add a large "pearl" to the dragon's claw...something big and shiny for him to be carrying...but maybe next time. I definitely need to do another one of these.
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