Oddly compelling custom order.

[merimask]

Well, sometimes I get a custom order that kinda makes me tilt my head to one side and say "Huh?".  I have to admit though, now that this one's done I think it's actually adorable.  Based on my arm dragon design...a white arm peacock.

Here's the tail, which has to lay off to one side (obviously, that's the only way it could be wearable).  She wanted it all white but I talked her into having a little color...'cause it needs it.

Here's a good profile of the head.  I know the neck is too long.  If I ever do another one I'll change the design a little.
 

And while I was out there taking these pictures, it started snowing again!  WHY???   I'm so sick of these cold gray days.  *sigh*  At least all the snow that fell last week has melted...but just look at my poor daffodils.  They were just about to bloom, and now they're all squashed-looking.

Poor things.  The ones over by Guy, the garden griffen, seem to be faring slightly better.  Probably because he watches out for them.

He has a certain dignity, even when the snow is flying in his face.

 
I just got a BIG box of leather (two hides, which cost almost 300.00!  Prices are going up), so I'll be starting that Kirin soon.  I'm going to do two different designs, just to see which works better.  I want them to look like kirin, and not unicorns, so it'll be tricky.

Comments

[merimask.livejournal.com]

I think I will do a full-color version of the peacock (and with a shorter thicker neck, too), just to see how it looks. I also want to do a phoenix, which would be SO cute and perhaps someone may even buy a dragon for one arm & a phoenix for the other...and how cool would THAT be? :-D

Hee...your kitty probably loves the arm dragon's ties more than the dragon himself. If I don't watch it, Dinah eats the strings on my masks (that's why I store them as soon as they're finished...so I don't have to pull strings out of my stupid cat's mouth).

Isn't Guy cute? I bought him at Pennsic one year. He's made of concrete but I sprayed that fakey-granite paint on him and he really does look just like stone.

[kls-eloise.livejournal.com]

You should definitely do a full color peacock, and we talked about the phoenix at IConn. Maybe a Russian firebird? Not sure if that would be visually much different from the phoenix.

Becket actually wants the dragon more than the ties. He's a weird boy. I found him walking around with the dragon and ignoring the ties dragging along behind him. Stupid cat. Once he fixates on something it's lodged in that pecan brain for all time.

Guy is adorable! Did you get him at that place that was in the little house up on the Serengeti? I never really looked at their stuff - maybe that was a mistake.