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Rachael Mayo

"Dance of Balance 2: Dragon design" by Rachael Mayo

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This is not a finished project, believe it or not. However, I thought the dragons stood well enough on their own to warrant a gallery entry *prior* to the additoin of the stuff I'd planned for the background.  Also, it allows you to get a nice close-in view of all that brain-numbing detail. 

This is Prismacolor pencil over watercolor. It took me probably 15 hours to get those dragons colored, but I spread it out over a couple of weeks because it absolutely killed my drawring hand. But was it worth it? Oh yes. This is one of the most challenging tangles of dragon I've done to date.




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11 Apr 2008:-) Erin Hill
Wow, your attention to detail is amazing. This is so beautiful!!!
11 Apr 2008:-) Cilissa G. Harris
wow!!!! AMAZING WORK ! GO BOY!
24 Dec 200845 FrostDragon
Wow! simply amazing! looks like the dragons are going to tie them selves into knots!
8 Apr 2009:-) Otto Christopher Bixler
That must take a lot of time.

:-) Rachael Mayo replies: "It takes sixteen to twenty hours, depending on hand cramps. ^_~"
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About 'Dance of Balance 2: Dragon design':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Rachael Mayo
 • Copyright: ©Rachael Mayo. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Dragon, Eastern, Wester, Occidental, Oriental, Tangle, Knot
 • Categories: Dragons, Drakes, Wyverns, etc
 • Techniques: Coloured Pencils, Watercolour
 • Submitted: 2008-02-27 12:14:50
 • Views: 3318
 • Resolution: 926x972


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