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Vigilant 2

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This is the product of about two weeks' worth of lunch hour doodling and coloring. I made this with Prismacolor Verithin pencils - just the measly little 12-color set - as an exercise in effective use of a limited color range. It's great for practicing a layered approach to coloring, rather than my usual tendency to smash the colors together like clay. :D

To answer a couple of questions that people have posed:

I did draw this with pencil first. I erased the pencil lines for each section (usually a loop of body or one set of feathers) as I colored. I wanted the dragon to look softer than my inked-and-colored work, and this seemed the best way to do so.

Quick addition: The beastie is my own visualization of the Mayan Quetzlcoatl, or feathered serpent.


Original artwork: sold

Prints: not available.



Lineart for coloring:
Vigilant 02 lineart by rachaelm5


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OOooooOooOooo! Quetzlcoatl! :D