He is supposed to resmble a chinese type lotus flower- but I couldn’t resist the red. I know the pics aren’t great– I am still working on taking photos of irridescent paint– the red and white are irridescent and the black has a shimmery flash too– very hard to get on a picture.
I wanted to paint the lotus on the kirin– I may do so on the next one– I just liked the way he turn out so I didn’t want to add to it.
I thought the red with the black dots at the top of his legs was a lotus blossom upside down. And a very nice touch. One of my favorite color combinations. He’s lovely.