Sunday, June 24, 2012

Springer

This is my latest dragon! His name is Springer, in honour of our English springer spaniel (his name was Buster). It also seemed an appropriate name because he seems to have a bit of a rainstorm color pattern, and it frequently rains in the spring...








In order to show that all my dragons really are fully posable, we were playing around with how to pose Springer's arms when he was standing on his hind legs. He wound up playing air guitar, so then I had to make a guitar as a photo prop. (it's not really a high-quality photo prop, so I don't plan on selling the guitar along with Springer, but it sure made for some great pictures)

Just to give you an idea of the size of that guitar.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Lucas

Here's my latest mini dragon: Lucas.
Lucas is the third dragon of this pattern to be offered for sale. This design is entirely my own, start to finish, so I believe I can guarantee the worldwide uniqueness of my dragons.

Lucas is made of ultrasuede and is fully posable, thanks to a full inner armature of wire. He has light amber glass eyes (and they're 3mm in diameter, to give you an idea of size). He is 4.5 inches long, under 1 inch wide (not counting his wings when folded), and has a wingspan just under 4.5 inches. This means that Lucas is extremely tiny. While he may look toy-like, he is a miniature work of soft-sculpture art.







Sunday, June 10, 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012

A Sense of Scale

I've realized that most people don't really understand how truly tiny my dragons and other animals are until they actually get to hold them. I've always heard that a miniatures artist should strive to make things so that you can't tell that it's a miniature just from a picture. It should look just like a full-sized version. That's how you know you have a really high-quality, accurate miniature. Apparently, I've succeeded in that :) Unfortunately, that means that most people I know don't really appreciate the intricacy of what I do because they don't realize how small my animals are. Therefore, in hopes that it will convey the true size of these guys, I've taken some pictures of my dragons with coins and normal-size paperclips.




Thursday, June 7, 2012

Arianne

I made another dragon! This is Arianne, and she's my first dragon of this style to be offered for sale. I've spent a few years working on creating a good dragon design, and I think I've finally found a style that works for me. Since I like miniatures, dragons with this pattern are around 4.5 inches long and have a wingspan between 4.5 and 5 inches. They are completely posable, thanks to a full inner armature. Arianne is on etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/101405820/arianne-a-miniature-soft-sculpture