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Year of the Dragonby *purpleglovez

Traditional Art / Paintings / Fantasy

Year of the Dragon

Happy New Year everyone!

I know it isn’t actually Chinese New Year until the 23rd of Jan, but I thought I would upload this before I went away to China, as I am hoping to show you all some photography of the New Year’s celebrations when I return.

2012 is the year of the Dragon; the dragon is the fifth sign of the Chinese Zodiac and only occurs once every sixty years alternating between the two opposites Yin and Yang. 2012 will be the year of the Yang water dragon, these years are said to bring good fortune and possibilities for those who work hard to achieve their goals.

Size: A3
Medium: Biro and watercolour on watercolour paper.
Listening to: “Wunderkind” – Alanis Morrissette

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~Wolfsjal Jan 30, 2012

Is it wrong that I just want to snuggle a dragon when I see one? Cause I do. XD

All those scales must take a long time to render!

*purpleglovez Jan 30, 2012 Professional General Artist

lol your not the only one XD I'd pet him and feed him fish ^.^

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~PassionateWarrior Jan 30, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

amazing

~verran99 Jan 23, 2012

Good Work!!

~simonpark81 Jan 5, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

i applaud your patience sir

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*purpleglovez Jan 9, 2012 Professional General Artist

Thankyou ^.^ (it's Miss btw lolz

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~simonpark81 Jan 10, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

i stand corrected. beautiful picture ma'am.
i normally use sir to define respectful posture, rather than gender.
i apologise for any offense

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*purpleglovez Jan 11, 2012 Professional General Artist

lol I'm not offended XP

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~theWriterMAB Jan 3, 2012 Student Writer

_{INCREDIBLE. This is just AMAZING. Love the colours and style. Just beautiful. What else can I really say? xDDD
I hope AWESOME things happen this year. [waits anxiously]}

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~paintinggael Jan 2, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Odd factoid, I listed to 'Wunderkind' for the first time in a long while last night. And also I'm a dragon.

Something about those blank eyes suggest the supernatural, or the elevation of this particular dragon above a mere beast. Like it's a dragon-spirit, or some kind of god. It looks wise. Especially gazing right at you like that.

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