This shot begins to bring out the colour, and also looks slightly jumbly and enigmatic (which is good thing). If I didn't know it was a dragon I'd probably spend a bit of time trying to understand the chaos
Heh. Thanks. It almost has too many bubbles for my liking, so I'm reworking it.
Sorry V, I'm really slack about getting back - often I forget I've said anything. Not so much the bubbles - I meant at a glance the limbs looked a little tangled. I wasn't being critical, just observing. I like the dragon, honest, it's a great dragon! I like the bubbles too!
Oh, no no. You weren't too critical. It was a lovely comment. Thank you. The person who commissioned it complained about the bubbles. I like the bubbles too. Tragically, when I was trying to heat the bubbles out, the jar cracked. Now this man is mad at me because his dragon is late. I've ordered a new jar and materials to try to hurry up and finish it. He was so grumpy with me that I have sworn off commissions for at least two months.
Two months!!! Ridiculous notion - life's too short to try and think so far ahead It's just that you said too many bubbles for your liking - not his. Serves him right for not knowing a good thing when he sees it. I was surfing ETSY and I came across a seller who basically buys (or molds?) plain silver rings then hammers, scratches, and scars the daylights out of them until they have the same essential shape but are just so anti-neat that they've become a hit item for him. They look so cool I'm inspired to get in on the act, but I've run out of silver and don't want to buy more (gold's much more my thing ) even though I could possibly do it on the side (which side!? I hardly have enough time as it is!), but we'll see what the future holds
That's a very interesting idea! I like working with metal. Post some pictures if you decide to do that.
I might do so, it's just easier to get digital designs up. With photography I tend to become obsessed with lighting, colour, focal lengths, clarity, angles, detail and post-processing, phew - sort of the opposite of how I got involved in it in the first place (speed).
