Shiny!

[bladespark]

I have a tacky soul, it seems. Because when given the option between flat, realistic colors and shiiiiiiiiny metallics, I picked the metallics. It looks so neat though! Anyhow, here's my next gryphon. It's a peregrine falcon and a snow leopard.



This is the photo with flash (Bright! Shiny!)


This is the photo without flash. (Why does the camera not quite focus as well without the flash? Weird.)


And here's his other side.


And a closeup of that cute little face. The masking fluid SUCKED hugely, made a mess, didn't go on right, didn't come off right, and next time I'm going back to masking tape. Bleah. There's ten bucks down the drain.



But despite a number of minor flaws, and the fact that I nearly went INSANE doing all the feather markings, I love how it came out. Wheeness! I do think, however, that I'll probably do the next one in more realisitic colors, rather than the metallics. I'm also considering putting up an e-bay auction for one of 'em, as a custom paint. We'll see. I do have two blue-eyes, a red eye, and an orange eye left. Still pondering color schemes for them...

Comments

[duke-otterland.livejournal.com]

Wow, very nice.

[asciiskull.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the color scheme.

[2dlife.livejournal.com]

The camera does focus just as well with the flash. However, it automatically extends the exposure time so a tiny little shaking makes it look blurry. The fix is to use a tripod and a timer.

[draxynnic.livejournal.com]

Niiice...