Dance
The latest:
"Dance"
You can pop over to Morningstar Hall to check out the update, or you can just click below the cut.
This piece, was done for sekhmetdancing and edwarddain -- I hope you don't mind me pointing at you specifically, guys!
It evolved from the interplay of opposites: fire and earth on one side, in the rich reds, golds, and browns of the phoenix, with water and air represented by the storm-colored dragon on the other side.
Each element had to occupy the same amount of space, roughly like a yin-yang, and each had to meld with the whole despite using wildly contrasting colors. obviously, this was a challenge!
Two winged creatures with elongated necks and tails take up a lot of room, and I had to be careful not to let either one dominate the space. I had trouble with the design, which always seemed to favor one or the other, until I began to think of it as a dance where each figure yielded a little room to the other, and not as a conflict where each tried to take it.
To blend the colors and bring them together I used some blue, like bluish flame, on the phoenix, and some amber on the dragon, with some red lowlights dropped into the purple blue on the wings for an effect like stormlight. It came out well, and the two figures, both outlined in the same neutral silvery-gold metallic, now share the space equally.
This was the first large plaque I've ever done, and by far the largest piece I've ever attempted in the semi-realistic tribal style I've adopted. I'm quite pleased with it, and very proud that it will have a place of honor in its new home.
"Dance"
You can pop over to Morningstar Hall to check out the update, or you can just click below the cut.
This piece, was done for sekhmetdancing and edwarddain -- I hope you don't mind me pointing at you specifically, guys!
It evolved from the interplay of opposites: fire and earth on one side, in the rich reds, golds, and browns of the phoenix, with water and air represented by the storm-colored dragon on the other side.
Each element had to occupy the same amount of space, roughly like a yin-yang, and each had to meld with the whole despite using wildly contrasting colors. obviously, this was a challenge!
Two winged creatures with elongated necks and tails take up a lot of room, and I had to be careful not to let either one dominate the space. I had trouble with the design, which always seemed to favor one or the other, until I began to think of it as a dance where each figure yielded a little room to the other, and not as a conflict where each tried to take it.
To blend the colors and bring them together I used some blue, like bluish flame, on the phoenix, and some amber on the dragon, with some red lowlights dropped into the purple blue on the wings for an effect like stormlight. It came out well, and the two figures, both outlined in the same neutral silvery-gold metallic, now share the space equally.
This was the first large plaque I've ever done, and by far the largest piece I've ever attempted in the semi-realistic tribal style I've adopted. I'm quite pleased with it, and very proud that it will have a place of honor in its new home.