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When I saw this Dragyri it immediately had a Japanese feel to it which I wanted to play off of. I envision her practicing her forms in the middle of a meditation pond of Koi, at peace with her surroundings, and of course connected to the lotus.
I took this miniature on with the idea to challenge myself in nearly every aspect of my painting. First I wanted to really take time on the technical aspect of this piece, and see if I could perfect every surface to the best of my ability, and not take shortcuts anywhere. That was a struggle as there were many places that took me what seemed like forever, the face along took an entire night. My goal was to show a satin dress, and a sky-water nmm, as I wanted to stay away from any earth tones used in sky-earth. The WIP thread here on cmon was an increadible help keeping me motivated and the ideas flowing, a big thank you to everyone there  .
Also I've almost never used blue for any significant purpose before, so in fact I had to buy 4/5ths of the blues and greens I used in this piece, and it was quite interesting trying to learn them! I also wanted to produce a "lighter" miniature, not so dark as much of my previous minis.
Of course the base is the follow up to the painted water-reflection I used on my Dark Maiden, I had nearly forgotten what a pain that is!! There is a reason I stayed away from trying it again for 4 months. The entire base except the lily pads and lotus (which were sculpted) is a 2d painting. Unfortunately it is very difficult to photograph, I appologize for that, the front of the base is nearly half as far from the camera as the back which creates some distortion in the perspective unfortuantely, and I really can not think of a way to avoid this satisfactorily.
BIG thank you to Tracy (TAB studios) for the miniature and jumpstart, it was a most generous gift and one I won't forget.
In the end it was a lot of fun and a huge learning experience, I hope you like her.
As always, comments and criticisms are welcomed
Thank you,
Eric
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Viewer comments:
Coppertitan
25-Feb-09
#285360 |  | Rating: 10
special, ignore silly comments about Pcs if the artist had half your talent then they wouldnt make the comment,
Keep up the excellent work! |
Mascot1063
10-Dec-06
#206335 |  | Rating: 10
i really love the shining effect you gave this mini. simply beautiful |
darkartminiatures
31-Aug-06
#193195 |  | Rating: 10
WOW I've seen this many times and it still gives me a 10/10 on the wow factor..i just thought it was about time i left a comment. Great work!! |
VictorHardy
07-Jul-06
#184665 |  | Rating: 10
Absoulutely beautiful work. Although this miniature is an oustandingly high "9.6," I believe that it is still underrated. The combination of unique color schemes, flawless blending and exquisite freehand cannot be found except in minis in the top ten. This is a really special piece and should be recognized as so. This stands alone in its style and skill and is one the the very best minis on this site. |
crazypiper
05-Feb-06
#166692 |  | Rating: 10
Schade, dass die Skala nur bis 10 geht.
Deine Minis sind die bestbemalten, die ich je gesehen habe.
Die Spiegelungen im Wasser und die Bemmalung sind einfach fantastisch. Mehr Davon. Bitte, Bitte!!! |
AinuLainour
09-Dec-05
#159047 |  | Rating: 10
what was done with a pc.....?
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thecatswhiskers
23-Jul-05
#141782 |  | Rating: 9
the mini it's self is fantastic, the base is imaginative but i agree that it does look like a photo, in reality there would be some distortion through water movement, maybe something to look into for future projects but very smooth painting indeed |
Pepsy
02-Jun-05
#135186 |  | Rating: 10
Fabulous and very good work is one of my favorite mini. |
amber arts
24-May-05
#134104 |  | Rating: 10
Scoring this one as an 8 is a bit ridiculous for me, but well, who am I to judge others point of view. I don't know what's wrong in using PC to support art as well. I believe that the face alone is worth a 10. Great color scheme, great blending. The only thing I can find that could be improved is the water, it looks more like a mirror than a pond. The lotus needs it's own reflection as well. But that doesn't change the fact that it is really beautiful work. |
Luca Masetti
13-May-05
#132944 |  | Rating: 8
nice mini, but it's easy to obtain such effects with a PC.
Sorry but it don't deserve more than an 8 IMO. | |
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