Drakan

[sartorias]

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[royal_cobalt]

I loved making it for you and was so glad that I finished it in time for your birthday. To see the pleasure on your face was well worth the time it took. Incidentally, it took 432 hours, not 43! Also, you might say it is 11 x 17.

My frame look so empty without it now. No more will my husband walk by to catch me just staring at it. Next project? A fairy for J.

Anyway, I thought about you every time I sat down to work on it. Now, you'll be forced to think of me every time you see it, too.

Happy birthday!

T

[royal_cobalt]

Oh, and I forgot to say it's 18 stitches to the inch and, yes, there were times when I felt I was going blind!

[marith]

That is seriously gorgeous. Did you make the pattern, and if so how?

[royal_cobalt]

I'm glad you like it.

Yes, I did make the pattern. I have a computer program specifically for cross-stitching that I can import pictures into and make a pattern. I can specify how big I want it and tweak it to adjust how many colors I want to use or bring out colors in the picture. I wish the picture posted above wasn't quite so dark so you could see more detail.

And I was very surprised to see the book cover come out the with the picture transposed.

[19_99]

There's more detail? I'm floored enough as is. Incredible work.

[royal_cobalt]

Yes, there is. It's difficult to see in the posted picture, but check the close-up of the drakan and you will see the sun shining along the underside of it's horns and the back of it's neck. It also shines on the side of the castle and along Inda's arm and neck. Those were the parts that took the longest as there were only one, two or three stitches of each color there.

Sherwood, can you get M to get a close-up of just Inda?

[sartorias]

Alas, she (and her good digital camera) are in San Francisco. But I will ask her to when she gets back.

[royal_cobalt]

Thanks

[sartorias]

Amended! I remembered she did one--and I forgot to copy it onto the hard drive.

[emilyeternity]

I'm a fairly serious stitcher myself, and I've kitted up those huge adapted from original art designs several times, only to change my mind about actually stitching them because other people's WIPs just don't have the detail I want.

I love 18ct Aida myself, but the designs I mentioned were designed to be worked on 25ct over one, so what you achieved...You're some kind of genius!

So, wow! Amazing work!

Sartorias is very lucky to have it. :)

[sartorias]

And so she knows!

[sartorias]

Argh! Me and numbers--will fix!

[royal_cobalt]

Hee hee.

[emilyeternity]

Okay, that is just tooooooo funny. 43 hours for this!

*tries to compute the stitches/hour....bzzt bzzt...brain crashes*

WOW!!!!

[mayakda]

That is a work of art!
You are amazing!!!