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*Abalone Kirin*
Bidding starts at: $80 + shipping
He was inspired by an abalone piece held by my Mint Garden dragon (painted by Koishii, but owned by me). I didn’t use the stone as a guide per say, but more of just an inspiration. Abalone has all these neat colors and many pieces have these lines throughout them that aren’t necessarily neat, so I didn’t try to make them straight or completely clean because of this observation. I bought a few colors of Liquitex specifically for this guy (and the two colors, Turquoise Deep and Transparent Viridian Hue, were begging me to buy them, they’re just so cool looking!). I did a wash of black paint over him first and wiped it away (ala Koishii) to give his scales an underlying effect of the back of an abalone shell, where you might see it poking through where the inside colorful coating is thin. I finished off the scales with some iridescent pearl-ex powders. His fur is a deep chocolate brown, with ivory black antiquing. I added some highlights of blue, green and blue-green interference, with a touch of interference purple on the back of his “mane”. His markings are in parchment. I added some antiquing to his ears in a way that almost looks like little dotted markings, to make them almost look ‘finny’, like the ends of fine fins on some fish, if that makes any sense! He is sealed with matte, with a single, light coat of gloss krylon at a distance to make him a little shiny, like he belongs in the ocean, with a brush on gloss sealant for his scales. His hooves are from a silver leaf paint pen.
He didn’t turn out quite how I envisioned him for myself, so he will be for sale. I think I prefer more of a rich green or blue combo without the other colors as much on the scales, and probably without the lines. I think I want to do a more reddish brown fur color as well He was lots of fun to do though and I got to play with a new technique or two.
I absolutely love this kirin. If only I had some extra money 🙁 Being responsible and saving for books sucks.
Megani-chan wrote:I absolutely love this kirin. If only I had some extra money 🙁 Being responsible and saving for books sucks.
Well, I haven’t had any bites on him, so he might still be available at some point. 🙂
Yum! Abalone! When I was a kid our family would hit the coastline for the abalone harvest. Boy did those suckers hang on tight to their rocks – it took a crowbar to pry ’em off! Nice work on this kirin! *makes me hungry! haven’t had abalone in ages….*
twindragonsmum 8)
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