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The Naga's Pool
Published: 2004-10-17 21:52:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 11221; Favourites: 325; Downloads: 2582
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I got a little tired of drawing so many fair-skinned and haired characters, and so decided to do something a little different. This is a 11x20" ink, watercolor and colored pencil painting of an Indian (not American) princess and her Naga-dragon. I'm trying to find a good title for this.(I've just uploaded a brighter version of the image. I think the original I had uploaded was too dark.)
Original now resides in a private collection.
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I like the use of the cutural traditions.
However, to respond to an earlier comment (I'm sorry, I can't help myself) Naga's are traditionally everything from Snakes with multiple heads who can transform into humans to the human torso+snake body that is very popular today, or even further, humans with multiple snake heads growing off of their shoulders. Of course, it is a little sad that no one draws the human headed snake version.
... I'm such a dork. *sighs*
I like your picture because it fits so well into Indian mythology, where the Naga's were the protectors of rivers (amongst other things.)
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Wow, this is beautiful! I've never thought about a cobra ever looking like this, tis very interesting! It looks like it would belong in an Indian myth/legend, t'would be a good book cover. This definately deserves a 
Now I'll just have to look at the rest of your work!
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I absolutely adore the design of your naga - dragonish and snakish and birdish, with lots of extra paislies. It's definitely a different kind of effect, and a wonderful stylistic contrast for your collection.
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Woah, that's gorgeous! Kudos on tackling a mythology so rarely touched upon here. It's nice to see something new, especially when done so well! Is there any chance we can see a closeup?
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Beautiful compliment of colors and contrast. I think the title is awesome as is. So jealous of your work! 
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Hmm, I like the flower boarder, that is new, isn't it?
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Yes and no. It was on the original, but looked so bad on the original scan that I didn't include it. The new scanner works so much better.
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i love the detail ^.^ and the colors, they go so well together
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her sari is beautiful, as well as the flower border. and i love the designs on the dragon!
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awesome job! i like how you did everything, and added the border. it is a new concept and i think it turned out beautifully!
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Actually, the border was on the original, I just cropped it out of the scan because the color was coming out so badly it looked like baby poo. Literally. It was icky. This turned out MUCH better.
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yep. it looks good.
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So exotic and full of interesting details! I love the reflection of her dress in the dragon's colors! Beautiful!!
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omg, that's fricken awsome!!! i luv the colors, you did an amazing coloring job!
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wow!!! this is awesome!! i really love the way you choice and put the colors,cool!
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gorgeous, the detail, particulary in the scales, is just amazing @_@ gorgeous work.
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Being dragon obsessed, I remember looking up a heap of information about the Naga and I really love your interpretation of it! I'm loving the red contrasting with the background and the folds in the princess's clothing
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I totally looooove it, I'm very into east indian stuff so when i saw it it was like whoa!! O_O this is a sure fav. as for the title what about "Yogini" it means female teacher of the kundalini arts o_o Kundalini energy was represented as a Giant Snake traveling through chakras ñ_ñ
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Whoa! That's wonderful!!! Is there a bigger version of this? I'd love to see it! ^^
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i know as a DD you're getting plenty of praise, but i decided to add some more anyway.
first, yay for a non-blonde fantasy heroine! and :gasp: she's even fully dressed
second, the detail throughout this is amazing. you make watercolors behave so beautifully. i think the most impressive part is how subtle it is. the whole sari matching the dragon but the lines never get muddier or melt together. since for me watercolors=mud that just blows me away.
third, i love their expressions. both look a little haughty and possesive. i kind of wonder who owns whom. convenient how she found a paisley patterned dragon to match her attire. that's more my type of accesorizing!
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Ah, see, it's the colored pencils that keep it from turning into mud. That and I lay down one color in WC, and let it dry before laying down the next so they don't blend, but sit on top of each other. It makes the color cleaner.
Yay! You picked up on the "who owns who" part of the pic that I was hoping would come through.
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Hmm...maybe I'll have to try that. I ended up using watered down acrylics because they dry faster and I have no patience
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Finally got the damn thing to load up. Looks sooo damn cool! Great Job!!
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Wow.. I can watercolor but I could never do THAT with watercolor. Amazing!
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congrats for the dd and really awesome work! I can never get the hang of watercolors ....
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This is beautiful, the naga looks great and I love the bright colors in the princess's dress and the naga's scales.
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Beautiful! I love how you strayed away from the stereotypes of pale and blonde princesses. I love the style and the detail, great work!
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Gorgeous attention to detail. The tattoos/markings along the naga's body are incredible.
---AK
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Amazing! I love the lighting of the background and the water--and the detail is very rich--as is the fantasty! Wonderful job; this is a truly fantastic work of art!
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omg, that's beautiful! The colors and the detail....just wow! Great job!
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Wow, that's amazing! I wish I could get near this amount of detail in my work.
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