Thursday, December 13, 2007

Dragon Scales ATC

It looks like dragon scales to me. So that's what I'll call this piece.

Recently I went to the art store and saw watercolor postcards so I figured this would be great to make Artist Trading Cards. So I took out my watercolor set today and brushed away on the background colors and took out my sharpie and made the scales. This will be going out to Steve over at Go Flying Turtle. I had stated previously that I was going to send him an ATC for trade based on the doodles that I was doing. Sorry it took so long!

This was the inspiration from a previous post it.

I thought about blacking in like above. But the way the background colors were showing through looked pretty cool so I didn't.

5 comments:

steve said...

Yes V! Thanks so much man. This is wonderful, seriously. Funny thing is, I've got some cool stuff going out your way this weekend, so keep your eyes opened.

V said...

Glad you like it Steve, and thanks!

Cheryl Finley said...

Vvvvvery Nice! :) I love the 3D feel...as well as the optical illusion it creates. Brilliant!!
...thank you for sharing, I'd say Dragon Scales too...reminds me of "Dragon Scale" design in Chain Maille Jewelry...

V said...

Thank you Cheryl! I appreciate the nice comment. I'm very pleased with this piece and I'm glad it went to a good home! :)

Laura said...

Love that. Those colours are bold yet delicate at the same time - very strange and effective. I think the strong black lines help bring them out and it works fantastically well together.