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Description
WOO finally. This one looks a bit better in person but what can you do. The wax of the colored pencils is a bit reflective. This one turned out rather nicely. (Only after I finished 2/3 of the dragon did I realize the coloration was like Spiro. That was not my intention just the colored pencils that worked best together.) These are Dick Blick Pencils. They were recommended to me by   rachaelm5 . I might be reaching my limit for what I can do with these pencils. I had planed of finishing this differently but they would not layer any more. Maybe that is normal but it seemed my one prismacolor was less waxy and thus would not have the same problem. They have been great pencils to learn with however. This is my mixed media paper.

What I would fix:
Mostly my troubles were due to materials limits. I got rushed to finish so I did less detail in the background than I would have liked. I need to work on the top of heads. I was doing too much and they looked weird now I have over corrected the other way. lol The hips are really weird... Otherwise I think it showed growth and taught me a lot so I am pretty proud of this one.

Surprised myself with:
The yellow to orange gradient worked out great. The shadows turned out better than I thought up close. So proud of the palm side of the hand. Really neat perspective and doesn't look too distorted. Fun dragon design. The dorsal fin was inspired by koi. The coloration was inspired by ocean animals and their counter shading(could not figure out where it would be on the hind limbs.

Oh and in case people are confused it is a bookmark. There is another on the way, maybe two.

Description
WOO finally. This one looks a bit better in person but what can you do. The wax of the colored pencils is a bit reflective. This one turned out rather nicely. (Only after I finished 2/3 of the dragon did I realize the coloration was like Spiro. That was not my intention just the colored pencils that worked best together.) These are Dick Blick Pencils. They were recommended to me by   rachaelm5 . I might be reaching my limit for what I can do with these pencils. I had planed of finishing this differently but they would not layer any more. Maybe that is normal but it seemed my one prismacolor was less waxy and thus would not have the same problem. They have been great pencils to learn with however. This is my mixed media paper.

What I would fix:
Mostly my troubles were due to materials limits. I got rushed to finish so I did less detail in the background than I would have liked. I need to work on the top of heads. I was doing too much and they looked weird now I have over corrected the other way. lol The hips are really weird... Otherwise I think it showed growth and taught me a lot so I am pretty proud of this one.

Surprised myself with:
The yellow to orange gradient worked out great. The shadows turned out better than I thought up close. So proud of the palm side of the hand. Really neat perspective and doesn't look too distorted. Fun dragon design. The dorsal fin was inspired by koi. The coloration was inspired by ocean animals and their counter shading(could not figure out where it would be on the hind limbs.

Oh and in case people are confused it is a bookmark. There is another on the way, maybe two.