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merimask — Red Flame Dragon Mask
Published: 2010-05-26 13:55:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 8066; Favourites: 215; Downloads: 526
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Another recently-finished dragon mask...I finally painted this guy yesterday. More of a burgundy than a red actually.Point of interest: the flame motif is inspired by Asian temple art. I went to Japan and got all kinds of wonderful ideas...you can read all about it here: [link]
I cropped this pic to show the ties, which I thought looked kind of baroque. Hmm. It'd make a pretty cool puzzle, actually.
As ever, the mask is hand carved, hand tooled leather, wet-formed with no mold, heat set, and painted with Liquitex acrylics in black, burgundy and bright bronze.
This guy is numbered and available at my Etsy shop: [link]
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Comments: 35
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This is one of my favorite masks by you! XD Brilliant!
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Totally awesome! I absolutely love the flame pattern and your choice of colors! It's a beautiful piece.
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Such power and energy in the cinnabar red of the flames!
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It would make an insanely challenging puzzle, you mean to say
I really like the flame styles - the little gold accents seem to make those swirls stand out even more. I thought, at first, that it was blue for the main body, which I didn't really care for with the red and gold, but I think it is black and just the light playing tricks with me (I just took pictures of black leather, and it did that, so... yeah, just assuming there 
Very cool! I actually think the flame styles may be really cool to see in a Shi-Shi type design, too, with a bit more of that stylized look! (and, that may be just because I've become obsessed with trying to get a kimono with shi-shi on it
[link] & [link] & [link] if you're confused about what I'm rambling
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wow I love the colours on this the red and gold go wonderfully together D:
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As always, this is beautiful. 
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Once again, gorgeously done. I love the use of burgundy; not something you see every day. 
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Beautiful! Love this specific red colour, almost bloodred. The way you used the gold on the flames is awesome, and makes it a bit more detailed and though a bit smoother. Really nice. And it's nice you did these horns straight, and you've shaped the horns of the green one. You could do so much variations with little things like that. Curious what your next one is going to be. It'll be as great as this one, I know it sure! Well cone
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I love the burgundy highlights on the flames, gives it that extra sense of 3-Dimensionality
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So pretty. I'm going to end up buying one of your masks before long. So lovely.
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I love the shaping, and how wonderful the colors look together!
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I love the way the burgundy is highlighted by the the bronze. It is just subtle enough, but gives the mask that little something special.
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I love love the color combination. Only red and gold can sometimes be too much, but here as accents they really shine from the black
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I love the colors on this one, and the flame design! Plus the ribbon adds the perfect touch.
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Woah 
The flames could really show off what they're worth
in this mask. Stunning and great colours.
Instant fav!
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Oooh, I like the bronze edging on the flame-motif - it really makes the pattern pop out - and the good old red-n-black combo never fails to be awesome.
Out of your dragon masks, I think this particlar version is my favourite.
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LOL that's right! I remember, you like black & red. I should have made your goldfishie in black & red!
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Hahaha!
Black and red is one of those colour-combinations that always works; sort of like gold and blue.
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I love the use of the bronze to set off and define the burgundy. It's really subtle but I think it gives it great depth.
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Thanks.
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Gorgeous carvings and I really love the flames being lined the gold! (With the lighting it seems gold lol)
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Thank you. ^_^ The bronze is really bright & does look like a coppery rich gold.
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Ah my apologies. With the lighting in the photo the bronze has a gold look to it. But still it's beautiful!
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I simply love it.
*steals picture*
The patterns on teh mask are beautiful and the flames look insanely pretty.
I like how you sort off highlighted the flames with the bronze, makes them stand out more.
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Thank you.
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