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thedancingemu — Desert Flower
Published: 2013-12-08 00:14:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 4786; Favourites: 454; Downloads: 40
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Gift for a friend who enjoys monstery things and succulents. The plants are some sort of Lithops (brown eggy things on the left) and Fenestraria, AKA "baby toes" (more like alien eyeballs, they sure don't look much like toes to me), not an uncommon houseplant, I used my own rather gangly specimen as a reference.
Watercolor, acrylic, grey copic fine liner.
Roughly 9" x 11", maybe 11 hours?
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Such lovely markings and wings! And that third eye is so cool without looking out of place! Nicely done!
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Wow, this looks fantastic! I love the colour combination on the creature and the partly white outlines, looks very harmonic. It's amazing how much effort you put into the background, I like the soft greens and succulent plants
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wow this is gorgeous. do you use masking fluid when you paint :3
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Not for this painting, although I would have liked to. The paper (stonehenge brand) does not hold up well to masking fluid at all, last time I used it, I was very gentle but I still tore the surface a bit.
I use it if I paint with less delicate papers, though
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its really beautiful :3 do you use gouache or regular water colors? sorry for all the questions I'm new to this xD
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No worries! I use regular watercolors, I never got the hang of working with gouache.
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thanks :3 okay one more than i will probably be done XD what do you use for the inking lines?
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Sakura Micron pens and Copic fine liners 
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lovely :3 thanks again! don't be surprised if i bother you with more xD
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This is EXTREMELY beautiful. I hope your friend enjoys it, I know I certainly do! <3
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What a cool concept and wonderfully done. Great coloring and style! Lovely background, too.
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I love the background details, like the wooden stump. It's elegantly done without pulling too much attention away from the main focus.
Here's a video of an adorable person calling lithops "little elf bums":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNXXRt…
Now when ever I see them I smile and quietly whisper "bums" to myself. Just thought I'd share the madness.
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Haha! He sounds so deadpan when he's talking about little elf butts. I always thought they looked like butts, but now I'm imagining little elves hiding in the dirt with just their butts uncovered.
This is why we never see elves. This is how they hide.
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wow! this is a very amazing work that you have done there for your friend. I really like the fact that you have mix this really original dragon with a butterfly if i can say so ^^
I also really like the great color work that you have done in the dragon it's self.
~ certainly keep it up with the great work
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