Here's what I finally developed for the background after a great deal of experimentation. Originally it was going to be much more like Creating Balance with a starfield and round shapes and stuff...
...But in the end, I realized that it wasn't going to work - I needed to simplify the background down to the most basic elements. This is what worked best visually - it fills the space, gives you an idea of structure and stars, and doesn't totally distract you from the high-chroma tangle of dragons. Booyah.
The dragons are comprised of watercolor and Prismacolor pencil on bristol board. Here's a close up shot of them --> [link] .
The background is made up of pastel paper (a roughened, pre-colored paper about the same weight as cardstock) which was covered in several layers of acrylic paint and gel medium to give it shinyness and texture - up close, the brush strokes make it look like three different kinds of wood. There are shiny bits, too, and that round thing is an old earring I dug up from my collection of tacky garage-sale jewelry.
This is amazing, and different from a lot of what you have done in the past. I think it's a lot more successful though because of the contrast and such, I like a lot of your artwork, but it's often busy enough for me to have trouble fully enjoying a lot of the time..
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The background is well chosen, and the detail on the dragons are amazing.
I especially like the red dragon. ^^
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This is just fooking gorgeous, Rachael. ^^
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I think it was good idea that you made sure to simplify the background. The paper does look like wood.
Good job.
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