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The Gold Dragon

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Its finally finished, and I've managed to get a decent snap of it. WOOT! :) The only slight drawback is that the colours are a bit brighter for the blue background than they should be. Ahwell.

I 'spose I should put up some details about this beast :)

Canvas - 30" x 40"
Water based acrylic with ink used to define the lines.

This took approx 250 hours of effort, done at nights after work or on weekends. About 1/3 of that (75-80 hours) was done laying out guidelines and doing design. Nearly the rest of the time was painting, which seemed to take ages. Then there was about 10-12 hours of inking the lines.

Words on red border from 365 Tao - Deng Ming Dao,
words hidden in blue from Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
(and since they are a bit hard to read I've reproced them below)
-----(page IX)
Rather than fill it to the brim by keeping it upright
better to have stopped in time;
hammer it to a point
and the sharpness cannot be preserved for ever;
there may be gold and jade to fill a hall
but there is none who can keep them.
To be overbearing when one has wealth and position
is to bring calamity upon oneself.
To retire when the task is accomplished
is the way of heaven.
------(a snipet from page XLI)
The way that is bright seems dull;
The way that leads forward seems to lead backward;
The way that is even seems rough.
The highest virtue is like the valley

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For some low quality pics of this in various stages of progress, there are the following links.
Early stages pencil -> [link]
Details penciled -> [link]
Closeup of dragons head pencil -> [link]
Closeup of dragon tail pencil -> [link]
Basic paint job of dragon -> [link]
Image size
1890x2526px 1.05 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot G5
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/2.2
Focal Length
10 mm
Date Taken
Nov 20, 2006, 7:22:52 PM
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bear48's avatar
very nice wrok