Another Dragon

Just a quickie post.

This guy just poped out of nowhere. I was mostly just playing with clay, trying to get rid of that brawn. No matter how much of it I use it just doesn't depreciate lol.

Overall he's cute, but I might do more painted detailing on him.

Current events

Things are quite hectic here as usual. We've been hunting for a home quite hevily and finally, hopefully found one.

*crosses fingers*

In the mean time. I've been trying to get refocused for Seadogs in July. To do that I've been making another series of dragons. Little pirate dragons.

The links to some tutorials on how I started are in this blog post: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8755801839259003474#editor/target=post;postID=3842668546627630216;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=39;src=postname

And quite a few more momma dragons too. 

Anf finally a new thing. Dragons in an egg. 

Hopefully people will like them at Seadogs.

New dragon style

This is really just a quicky to show of the new dragon. I have a few blogs in the works, but things have been hectic here. This one is a lot lighter than the last ones as she has a tinfoil core. It really does help spread out your clay, especially when those bricks are rediculously expensive.

More Dragons

I have to restock on my dragons. They were a bigger hit at the fair this year than I expected. I've been playing around with poses too. I've already done a blog before on these little guys and the tutorial I find best for these. It really does get easier as you go. You learn new tricks and figure out different ways to do details.

And this is really all I have for now. I wish I had more but I've been really busy with fairs and such. 

Feel free to ask questions, leave comments, etc. I"m always up for a chat!

Dragons!

I dabble in a lot of various crafts. You'll see a lot of different things from me over time on here. It all depends on my moods, my interests, what's needed from me, what's wanted, who's asking for something, etc.

At this moment I've had a request for mini dragons out of clay. Now if you do any sort of searching on etsy, deviant art, or any crafting site, various types of dragon statues will show up.

Some amazing creators are http://dragonsandbeasties.deviantart.com/, http://angeniac.deviantart.com/, and http://ninafimocreations.deviantart.com/ to name a few.

Furthermore, with a little patience, and some help from tutorials on deviantart you can make anything. For the dragons I'll be making I used this tutorial. http://www.deviantart.com/art/HTTYD-Toothless-Clay-Tutorial-238606963

In my attempt to have fun and learn to make a few of these for friends I may have...gone a  bit over board! :)

Since I linked the tutorial above this will be less of a tutorial in it self and more of a I just had fun post. When I make these I generally work on the heads first. In this round I figured out different styles of eyes. While i was using dots before, here I used slits.

 After the eyes I work on the horn designs. There are so many different ways to do these it's really up to your imagination. Dragons and Beasties linked above has tons of different ways she does horns, but I don't recomment copying styles. Lookign to learn is good but coming up with your own horns and spots can be fun too.

 After heads were done with horns and eyes the heads got put on the bodyies. Then I began exploring different styles of designs on the bodies.

 This one got little purple stripes and the bottom one got black stripes.

In this pic I show these little guys after firing. It doesn't change much in looks, but they are fairly solid now. I put them in at 275 degrees for about 30 minutes.

This last pick is after they've been glazed and I let them sit overnight to dry. I think I might need to reglaze them or something. I'm not very sure one coat is enough? maybe it is.



Overall, there's many different styles that can be done and this is really easy, with a little patience, to build.
Feel free to ask questions, leave comments, etc. I"m always up for a chat!