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Published: 2004-10-03 15:36:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 13828; Favourites: 347; Downloads: 2433
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They swirl through the night, glittering like stars.15x20" Mixed media (ink, watercolor and colored pencil) done on hot press illustration board.
I was playing with using warm and cool tones to resonate against each other to make the image more vibrant.
This is a spin-off from my drawing Brigid's Dance, which recieved a much stronger reception than I was expecting.
I decided to do her as a painting, and she morphed into this.
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Comments: 52
Beautifully composed and painted with great attention to detail. Love the textured effect and the colours works so beautifully together. Love the dragon.
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Amazing piece
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i featured this one in my journal..hope you will appreciate
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I love it! I tend to think most dragons have more feminine aspects rather than masculine. Beautiful!
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Amazing! I love the whole atmosphere of this. It's serene and full of joy at the same time. The dragon is a stunningly beautiful creature! And I absolutely love the details - in her dress, the ornaments on the dragon, and her hair looks so soft.
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Wonderful! The detail is astounding! O_O; :faints:
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Wonderful concept, you've shown a fine eye for detail in this piece! I especially like the border, and the "mirror my username" 
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your artwork is amazing! More people need to see this!!!
*pokes people in side until they come here*
*favs
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...My lord, the detail is beautiful!!!! 
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wow your art is .. >lack of word<
amazing is an understatement. i love all the detail you put into things
it really shows you've worked hard
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Thank you so much! I'm a detail freak. I love all kids of little fiddly bits. That's the FUN part for me.
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This is so incredibly beautiful. The detail on everything is stunning... even the knotwork. Your use of colors are amazing!
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Wow. Love the knotwork, the colors, and everthing. You're good. Very good. I am going to devwatch you now.
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Wow, this is wonderful! The best parts are the outfit and dragon. I seriously don't understand how come you don't have more pageviews! You're an incredible artist.
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Well, I[ve got a WHOLE lot more pageviews now!!
Thanks!
Michelle
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That's gorgeous. The blues are awesome, and I love how you use more traditional tools. Awesome job
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Gorgeous! Your move with the colors worked, apparently. I really admire you people who can work with real paint. I'm just an amateur sketch artist with a knack for Photoshop, so it seems very special to me. Especially when you're so good at it! I love the knotwork on the border and on her dress, and the dragon is so pretty.
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Well, there's probably an equal amount of colored pencil on there as there is watercolor, so I'm not sure if it really counts as "real paint". You can get a lot more detail with those pencils that with WC alone.
Michelle
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Beautiful, I love the colors. You should sell prints!
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a amazing depiction. i love the night setting alot. it gives it the right feel for the dancer and dragon.
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Beautiful!
I have finally chance also to thank you for adding me to your friends list, I truly enjoying your work as well!
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Thank you very much. I just wish I could be as brave with my colors as you are. It lends your work such a unique look and vibrancy.
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A truly amazing piece! Far higher in caliber than 99% of the submissions that sluice in daily here. The ornate appearance of the dragon is perfectly suited with the incredibly detailed apparel that the girl is wearing (the patterns above the hemline especially). The celtic knotwork on the border is an amazing freehand accomplishment in and of itself, and the blues just solidify the entire thing. Technically and creatively brilliant, I'm very impressed by the talent displayed. Easy
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Wow. Thanks for the really wonderful compliments. I'm so glad that you like it. I believe that this is the first painting I've done primarily in blues, and I was worried that the colors might all be too similar to really "pop" but I think it worked out pretty well.
Thanks!
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Stunning! I'm loving the golds against the beautiful blues, and such intricate details! This could easily be the cover of a fantasy book. Very professional!!
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Oh wow.... *is amazed* This is just breathtaking. The level of detail is astounding, as always 
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This is such a lovely painting! I love the celtic knots, and the colours are so pretty and luminous. You have some really beautiful work in your gallery
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I like how the dragon looks so realistic, which I know is hard to do sometimes beacuse they aren't real.
Anyway, I also like the detail in the dress, and atonomy of both the dragon and lady.
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This is so gorgeous! And you were very successful with the colors! Excellent work!
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I like those ribbins the dragon is decorated with! He's a cuty
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I've already faved it so thats my best compliment since I hardly fav. peoples work^^
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Gee, thanks for the compliment. You've placed me in really nifty company there.
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Beautiful!!! This is so absolutely gorgeous!! So much detail! How did you have such patience?
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Thanks! I have busy hands, so I need to find something to do with them. Pictures with lots of detail are actually kind of relaxing for me. It's almost more like meditation than actual work. I'm weird that way.
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EH, no I know what you mean. It's like how I can actually sit and croshatch a cratchboard for hours on end.
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