Kirin masks.

[merimask]

Well, I finished them.  My Kirin.  It turns out that the one I did totally as an experiment is my favorite.   This is the black kirin.

You can get a better idea of how the horn works in the photos below.  Of all the kirin I did, this one was the closest to traditional, with the forked horn and scales and even the dark coloring.


The one below is the commission piece...I just couldn't talk the guy into a forked horn.  He wanted it to look something like my Kohaku mask, so that's how I did it.


This last one (below) was also a bit indulgent.  After I finished it I thought "TOO much white!" so I broke it up with some happy pale blue swirly stuff.  I was really thinking "12 Kingdoms" for this one.

You see how well my forked horn design worked?  I love it when a solution to a design problem works so easily.

So, those are Kirin.  I'm going to print out Wikipedia's explanation of what Kirin are and display it next to these, to cut down on annoying questions at shows ("Where's the other antler on that deer?").

And, in other news, it was another glorious day.  Char and I went for a bike ride in Canada and she was Princess Many Bugs Down Shirt.  I was One Bug Went Up Nose.

And!  Just because they looked so damn pretty; my tulips.


There you go!  Happy Spring!!

*smooch*

Comments

[shvetufae.livejournal.com]

Yay! Beautiful mask and beautiful flowers.

I've been smooched! :)

[moko-moko.livejournal.com]

ASDKLFJHLK;; CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL, ONYL YOU TOTALLY PWN IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

Holy crapola, that black one is beeYOOtiful! They all are, what with those subtle blue markings on the white and then the blue tinted mane on the comminssion but that black one...everything is so perfect on that. The markings, the scales, the horn, even the dainty little kirin nose! I HOPE you're putting that in your next show :D

[indigos-angel.livejournal.com]

*puts hand up as first person who would've asked where the other antler was*

*grin*

The un-forked one looks like an odd sort of tongue going out of the top of his head... ;p-

I like Unicorn horns. Why are they forked like that on Kirin?

[ramblinsuze.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. I really like that last one! So pretty!!! And what was that guy thinking? No forked horn...geez. ;)

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Oh my, those are lovely. The swirly blue filigree tracing on the white one is gorgeous, but the color combos of mane and scales on the black one is just absolutely stunning.

And if you ever felt like going really 3-D texture mad, you could always try a variant with a a huge mane like this guy. ;)

[rumdiculous.livejournal.com]

Love, love, love your masks! Specially the blue and white. (Something about that color combination that comforts me)

Hey, bug problems too? I was SpiderOnMyFace while making the bouquet. I still have the spiderweb clinging to my glasses. Ugh.

Beautiful tulips!