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Watercolor and India ink on hot press paper, approximately 10"x14". Details in Prismacolor pencils and Micron pen. Also used brushes (of course), a ruling pen, and frisket. Lots of frisket.

Drawing reference: This tribal fusion photo , modeled by Apsara and photographed by Aga Cebulka.

Having grown up in a home where dance was considered A Highly Respected Art Form, I felt it was time for a classier take on Orion dancing girls than one typically sees.

There were so many good belly dance photos on dA that it took quite a while to choose the just the right reference. In the end, I liked Apsara's beautiful costuming and elegant pose so much that I used the same photo for two separate paintings. (The non-Trek version is here.)

Although, come to think of it, I've never seen an Orion dancer on Star Trek doing authentic Middle Eastern belly dance. But the Alpha Quadrant is a big place. There's probably at least one Orion dancer out there who's the real deal.

Being still fairly new to watercolor, I made a lot of technical mistakes on this one. Paper too wet, then paper not wet enough, and so forth. The version you see here was my third attempt to get it right. I fixed some of the smaller mistakes in Photoshop, but for the rest, I finally got tired of working on it and decided to post it just as it is. So here you go, and I hope you all like it, but it never quite reached the level I had in mind.

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Description
Watercolor and India ink on hot press paper, approximately 10"x14". Details in Prismacolor pencils and Micron pen. Also used brushes (of course), a ruling pen, and frisket. Lots of frisket.

Drawing reference: This tribal fusion photo , modeled by Apsara and photographed by Aga Cebulka.

Having grown up in a home where dance was considered A Highly Respected Art Form, I felt it was time for a classier take on Orion dancing girls than one typically sees.

There were so many good belly dance photos on dA that it took quite a while to choose the just the right reference. In the end, I liked Apsara's beautiful costuming and elegant pose so much that I used the same photo for two separate paintings. (The non-Trek version is here.)

Although, come to think of it, I've never seen an Orion dancer on Star Trek doing authentic Middle Eastern belly dance. But the Alpha Quadrant is a big place. There's probably at least one Orion dancer out there who's the real deal.

Being still fairly new to watercolor, I made a lot of technical mistakes on this one. Paper too wet, then paper not wet enough, and so forth. The version you see here was my third attempt to get it right. I fixed some of the smaller mistakes in Photoshop, but for the rest, I finally got tired of working on it and decided to post it just as it is. So here you go, and I hope you all like it, but it never quite reached the level I had in mind.

All rights reserved. See Terms of Use on my Profile page.