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CCIV: Arilynn, Water Sorceress (and familiar)
This was my entry to Chick Challenge IV. I had a few goals and some experiments with this one, and I think it's my best mini to date. The idea for the base was my inspiration for the mini as a whole. I had an idea about how to make mosaic 'tiles' that I was testing here. I was thinking about writing an article on this, after I try out an alternate and potentially simpler method. The octopus design is based on a Roman mosiac, without the googly eyes. I agonized over the colour selections for this. I did up test colour swatches and then a test mini, most of which didn't seem to be working out as I thought it would. On the whole I'm happy with the result, I think it has a nice tropical feel, but I'd love to hear what others think of the colour scheme. I tried to be much bolder with highlights than I have in the past, going so far as white edging in a lot of places. This is my first attempt at NMM, I don't think it turned out too badly. The pink parts are intended to be coral or another opaque type precious stone rather than a transparent gem, as in Chrispy's article. I mixed a smidge of opalescent paint into the highlight mixes for the fishscale pattern on her dress, and I think it turned out pretty well.
Posted: 18 Dec 2003
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