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Flight
I didn't get to adding color last night, so I'll submit this as my final draft. I will try to remember to add the colored version when I finish it. I'm pretty pleased with this version of the dragon/Phoenix pairing, but Adam made a good point in that I don't want our tattoo to appear as if Kelly and my totems are fighting. In the original version, there is an orb in the center. I don't know what it represents, but perhaps an addition of something in the center of the piece would make it appear that both beasts are striving towards it instead of each other. Thoughts on this?
Adam, your weapon is night.

Draft and poll...

For flight I thought of a piece that is near and dear to me. When Kelly and I decided that the tattoo we would get as a couple would be a Phoenix and Dragon (to represent her and I respectively), we did not know that these two mythical creatures had an ancient connection in Chinese culture and art. They represent the yin and yang and make the most powerful and balanced pairing. Although very pleased to discover this, my journey towards a final design stayed well away from Chinese art. Recently I picked up a pencil again-thanks FTN- and did a study of the eastern model (see the first picture). I was pleased with its balance and so am exploring my own take on it.
I submit this not as my final contribution but as a work in progress. The middle photo is my draft, and the next step is to add scales to my dragon.
I have selected a few options (pic #3) as to how I might proceed and decided to present them here and poll the readers (only slightly to see who is reading this).
Please comment to tell me whether you think I should use a grid/diamonds, circles, scales, or any alternative.
Thanks,
-Jeremy-

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CATS

Hey Fighters!

It has been some time. Time well measured by the amount of lolCats in my inbox. I have to say coming back into the habit of blogging has been a little tedious for me. Since we last talked I started a new job, moved into an apartment in Chicago, and entered into a long distance relationship. It isn't so much as I can't find the time it's just that there are so many others things to do when I do... My apologies. Please bear with me as I pull out of my nosedive into the nothing.

I started a Cat Lady drawing last week but every time I thought about working on it, it was at home and i was at work or vice versa. Or I was having a delightful adventure to the future birthplace of James T. Kirk with my love (yes it's a real thing, no its probably not worth your time... but it is hilarious). Anyway you can tell by the drawing that I did not go that route. Instead enjoy this masterwork political satire about the escalation and futility of war... aka a picture of a cute cat and playing with a laser pointer.

Jeremy,
Your finally up. Make me some couch art concerning "flight".