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May 26, 2010
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May 26, 2010, 9:31:52 AM
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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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~Wolf-Ninja001 Apr 10, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
epic! amazing work.
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Mood: Love ~CrazyShibaLady Jun 21, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
This is one of my favorite masks by you! XD Brilliant!
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~Erishkiegal Apr 22, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Amazing and beautiful crafstmanship
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thats amazing
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~night-alchemist101 Jun 9, 2010  Student Digital Artist
Totally awesome! I absolutely love the flame pattern and your choice of colors! It's a beautiful piece.
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*merimask Jun 10, 2010  Professional Artisan Crafter
Thank you. :-)
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~Agorphia May 31, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
I love the deep, rich colors.
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*Ellygator May 27, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Such power and energy in the cinnabar red of the flames!
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`taeliac May 26, 2010  Professional Artisan Crafter
It would make an insanely challenging puzzle, you mean to say ;P

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 :giggle:)

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 :giggle:)

[link] & [link] & [link] if you're confused about what I'm rambling :giggle:
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*Mego-Sama-Lady-Sir May 26, 2010  Student Traditional Artist
wow I love the colours on this the red and gold go wonderfully together D:
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