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Submitted: September 8, 2012
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Turquoise Paramountby *rachaelm5

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

This was very much a multi-media experiment. I thought it was high time I made use of my vast assortment of bits and bobs in a finished project. That, and sometimes I look at one of my line drawings and it hits me - BAM! - like a bolt of lightning, and I know EXACTLY what color scheme to use, how to frame it, which shiny bits will work, and everything. That there is where the magic happens.

I laid down the watercolor on the dragon drawing initially, and once I finished I realized that I wanted to preserve the background colors and patterns. I originally planned to cut the dragon out, eliminating all of that watercolor background, but it looked too cool! What to do? AHA! I realized that I could save both the watercolor AND an enormous amount of time if I just removed about a half-inch from all four sides - leaving the dragon's frills, of course. I loved the effect, but also realized that I would have to mount it on something else to give it flat edges again, and also to provide some space for me to add the shiny bits - hence the black deep background.

I used a whole lot of different stuff on this: Ink, watercolor, Prismacolor pencils, gold paint pen, plastic mosaic tiles (which I had to lay in one at a time, and THAT was tedious, let me tell you...); there are also watch gears, turquoise beads, green and yellow shiny bits, and a golden sun bead. I also used slivers of matboard to make the border elements on the right and bottom edges.

This is all traditional media, but I scanned in each individual piece and assembled it in Photoshop to keep the lighting and textures consistent.

Original art: available for $300, shipping included.

Prints:
8x10 for $15
11x14 for $30
16x20 for $50

This is the colored version of original lineart by me (and used with my permission, thank you very much):

More Stone Dragons, both line designs and full-color, may be seen in the Stone Dragon Gallery Folder.

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*bear48 May 13, 2013

sweet

*rachaelm5 May 13, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

*Moyashi-Fox May 9, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Wow this is really really pretty >.< !!!! you did an amazing job with this peace !

*rachaelm5 May 10, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks very much. It's one of my personal favorites.

~Artdog53 Feb 18, 2013 Professional General Artist

This is absolutely stunning, and I'm certain the original is even more so in person. I hope I get to see this wonderful dragon "in person" sometime soon!

*rachaelm5 Feb 23, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks very much!

I'll definitely have this one at ConQuesT this year.

~SinfulIntentions Feb 15, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Oh the love I have for your style. So very beautiful!

~Dragon-Lady-NFLD Feb 13, 2013

Would love a print

*rachaelm5 Feb 13, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I have 8x10s and 11x14s readily available. Drop me a note and we can talk specifics if you want.

~xzendor7 Feb 4, 2013 Digital Artist

Simply Awesome - A Definite WoW!!!

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