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here is what it looks like so far….I still think it needs some work. I also decided to change it’s name to autumn fire instead:
Greater Basilisk wrote:That’s the most beautiful wolf I’ve ever seen. Was it a commission?
nah, he is going to be for sale to who ever wants him.
The white on the wings is a little distracting, but I adore the rest of him. What a beautiful color. He looks like smoldering ashes.
skigod377 wrote:The white on the wings is a little distracting, but I adore the rest of him. What a beautiful color. He looks like smoldering ashes.
I used the white because i wanted to use something that would stand out and break up the rest of the colors.
yeah, he does looks like smoldering ashes. kinda reminds me of a wildfire.
I really like the way the colors progress on his sides. In a few places the brown scales almost look like they’re flecked with red and orange; it reminds me of bloodstone, except for the base color. A very nice effect. The way the white creeps up along the bottom and sides of the scales on the lower sides of the body is also really neat.
My hat is off to you for the way you manage to apply light colors–in this case white–to just the tops of the scales and avoid getting it into the antiquing in the grooves of the carving. You used it here on the wing webbing and it looks great. Having tried this kind of thing . . . and failed 😛 . . . I know how tricky it must be! Yet once again you take “tricky” and carry it off so smoothly that it almost looks easy.
It reminds me of what Pratchett once said about a swan swimming on a lake: all grace and calm on the surface, but one hell of a lot of activity going on below where you can’t see it. Your finished product is always so polished, but you put a lot of work into these. And that’s why the result is so polished! 😀
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