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MamaLucia — Asian Dragon -- Large
Published: 2007-05-21 02:32:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 829; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 12
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Hi ^^
I don't know what is the material you used for the dragon and the other parts (is it some sort of soap?)
but it's really really wonderful, although he is a dragon he looks so friendly.
thanks for sharing it, I'll fav it
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No, it is very, very thin strands of polymer clay! I extrude them and place them carefully on the piece. It takes hours but the end result is worth it. There is a tutorial of it ("Filigree Art Tutorial") in my gallery if you want to learn how it is done.
And thanks for the 
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I can't check it right now so I 'll add you and check it later but you have to keep that wonderful work on,
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I love how you did the hills! And the color on the dragon is amazing
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Thanks!
The cool thing with the atmospheric/distance effects on the hills, it makes it look like you are looking out a window when you glance at it
I gotta do more of these ...
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Yeah, it does! I saw some of these before in the lil' preview pics, and I totally thought they we're super awesome pictures that we're edited for super color and stuff!
Please do!
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This is beautiful! love the colour and detail!
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Thank you! 
I'm going to have to make more ... but I may star working full-time soon, and that makes it hard to do art! But I'll do the best I can ...
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I work 9-5 monday to friday...and you're right it is hard!
Good luck, you are a wonderful artist and not being able to spend much time on it will make you love it more when you do!
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Thanks!!! 
*sigh* So much of art seems to be casting pearls before swine ...
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Best of luck to you! I hope they don't ignore it, it's too beautiful to be ignored!
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They didn't -- 
And then the fool who are running the Fair wonder why there are so few polymer clay entries every year ...
We are working on getting the rules changed by pointing out the stupidity of the situation. Time will tell if we make any headway ...
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Those rules are pretty dumb. Good luck with getting them changed, and big congrats on winning third!! 
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Thanks! I can't wait to get him home, though, and find a place to put him.
And then I've GOT to make some more!
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Absolutely gorgeous! I love the textures and colors you acheived in this, and the face is so whimsical and cute. Fantastic job, I love your dragons
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I love how it feels 3D, which I bet feels even more so seeing it in real life. All of the textures in the background feel so....right! Like I think of the little beads in the mountains as trees and so forth. 
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the "beads" in the mountains are actually very, very tiny balls of clay with a hole pressed into them with a stylus. this piece is unique in that everything you see is actually clay -- no beads added.
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Swooning! This is lovely Lucia
O especially like the background, it's wonderfully detailed and very oriental
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what I like about the background is the way that it really likes like something out-of-doors ... I had it in my lab for a while, showing it off before I brought it to the Del Mar Fair that evening, and everytime I saw it out of the corner of my eye, I'd SWEAR it was an open window ...
70 hours work ... but DUDE, the results are worth it!
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weeee eastern dragon ness lollol..actually that looks more like a korean dragon but tis all good ^_^
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actually, I didn't know there were Korean dragons ... though it makes sense!!!
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korean dragons are usually colrfully blues and greens and are usually in the style you have shown ^_^ there are korean, chinese, japanese, malaysian(or however),philippino, and maybe one more but im not sure i think its in taiwan
i study alot of my ancestors' home XD ¬.¬
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thanks for the info! i already knew that chinese and japanese dragons were different from one another, so it's not surprising there are other varieties. nifty!
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wow! that is so amazing! How long did you spend on the whole thing? I really like the head and the scale colours.
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lessee ... it takes, on average, about half an hour per square inch of the canvas. the canvas is 11X14". do the math, and it comes out to something like 77 hours. of course I didn't do it all at once!
i'm glad the scale colors turned out well, too -- i treid several times to get them to work!
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All that hard work has definately paid off!
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It looks great! The mountains looks so lively and you sure found a great frame for this. As I have said before, I really love the scales and the gold edges around them.
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