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Kchan27 — Seiryu, The Azure Dragon
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In Japan, the Azure Dragon is one of the four guardian spirits of cities and is said to protect the city of Kyoto on the east. The west is protected by the White Tiger, the north is protected by the Black Tortoise, and the south is protected by the Vermilion Bird. In Kyoto there are temples dedicated to each of these guardian spirits. The Azure Dragon is represented in the Kiyomizu Temple in eastern Kyoto. Before the entrance of the temple there is a statue of the dragon which is said to drink from the waterfall within the temple complex at nighttime. Therefore each year a ceremony is held to worship the dragon of the east.(wikipedia)
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I hope to do all four Chinese constellation gods, when I have time.
Scratchboard, 8.5x11
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Really nice work for scratchboard. I've only used it once before and it was not an easy task. Really nice work with the fur.
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Now I want to do another scratchboard. I think I have some here now since I just picked up my crap from storage. Is this new? I haven't seen it before.
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its new. my boss gave me a couple pieces of scratchboard last year and i never did anything with it, but i came up with a cool design so I finally did one. its been so long, and I enjoyed it so much im thinking of going to buy some good scratchboard soon.
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DO IT! Scratchboard is awesome!
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Oooh, lovely work, espcially on the scales. I don't have that much patience normally. 8D;
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litterally took me 5 minutes to do the scales.... you have plenty of patience for that.
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Very cool! This would be cool as a tattoo. In reverse, though, of course
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