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Published: 2006-01-09 17:44:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 678; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 33
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Description .. total inside joke about the title. XD (Check out my most recent Gaian avatar drawing if you're curious.)

First of all, thank you to my boyfriend, Phil, for helping me with this piece. A few simple lines on the preliminary sketch changed my idea about what I would create and I'm very, very pleased about the results.
I sketched this in pencil, inked it, transfered to watercolor paper, inked again, then painted it. Probably a total of 5 hours.
The scanner, of course, destroyed some of the quality (despite scanning at 600).. but this will have to suffice.

Another bookmark design.
Now I'm thinking of doing an element theme. Red Dragon would be fire, this one water... am now working on a very strange looking dryad for earth.

Completed January 8th, 2006.
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Comments: 9

evanjensen [2007-04-26 03:01:54 +0000 UTC]

Textures = lovely. By the way, a mite of a quicker way is just to ink it on the watercolor paper first. Or, scan the inked drawing and PRINT onto watercolor paper.

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fetishfaerie In reply to evanjensen [2007-04-26 14:42:52 +0000 UTC]

Yeah... I hate sketching on the watercolor paper, though, because I do a lot of erasing. My drawings take forever because I never know what I want. lol
I've never tried printing onto watercolor paper - my printer is finicky, so I'm worried it might jam. I've heard of people doing that, though... but the ink isn't waterproof, so I'm not sure how that would work.

Thank you for the suggestions, though. I need to not be so anal in my process. lol

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evanjensen In reply to fetishfaerie [2007-04-26 21:15:35 +0000 UTC]

Well, personally I print it super light. Like a grey sketch. This doesn't leave enough ink to run too much, and you can always very lightly spray it with workable fixative if you wanna.

I do the same, but generally that isn't too bad if you sketch lightly.

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karkarodon [2006-01-10 17:57:14 +0000 UTC]

I adore the textures you have going... what amazing work you put into this. The flowing hair, the giant pearl....

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skiesofchaos [2006-01-10 01:20:36 +0000 UTC]

very nicely done, certainly it is a very interesting series.
spirits bless,
Marion

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vuk4 [2006-01-10 00:29:36 +0000 UTC]

great work.....

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Rapsody [2006-01-09 20:28:55 +0000 UTC]

(I get the inside joke! ^_^)

Nice image! cool theme idea (i like weird dryads)

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DimagerDesign [2006-01-09 18:51:27 +0000 UTC]

^^ Really beautiful image, Natalie and fine work! I think the titel is just perfect, because it's thoughtawoking

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Mistresselysia [2006-01-09 17:48:22 +0000 UTC]

Very nice indeed! The mottling you've done on her tail looks particularly effective. Good job!

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