Scaly things
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corviI am punting on the first suggestion I got, from twoeleven , of a forest. Forests are hard. (Though difficulty is appreciated - I want to get better at this.)
katherine suggested a catfish. Catfish are not as difficult as forests, but I had not previously put much thought into their anatomy. Some swearing might have been involved. :)
ivy suggested a lucky carp.
ysabetwordsmith suggested Celtic knotwork. I didn't want to do a purely geometric knot, because I'm not at the skill level where my papercutting is smooth or symmetric, but juli helped me find this knotwork dragon from an online book about Manx knotwork. Manx knotwork is apparently heavily influenced by Scandinavian design motifs. I had so much fun putting scales on the carp, I did the knotwork dragon scaly instead of cross-hatched.
Next: a penguin! Possibly a penguin reading a book of fish sestinas to a fuzzy baby penguin, because fish sestinas. Then a forest. Maybe. :)
twoeleven , of a forest. Forests are hard. (Though difficulty is appreciated - I want to get better at this.)katherine suggested a catfish. Catfish are not as difficult as forests, but I had not previously put much thought into their anatomy. Some swearing might have been involved. :)ivy suggested a lucky carp.ysabetwordsmith suggested Celtic knotwork. I didn't want to do a purely geometric knot, because I'm not at the skill level where my papercutting is smooth or symmetric, but juli helped me find this knotwork dragon from an online book about Manx knotwork. Manx knotwork is apparently heavily influenced by Scandinavian design motifs. I had so much fun putting scales on the carp, I did the knotwork dragon scaly instead of cross-hatched.Next: a penguin! Possibly a penguin reading a book of fish sestinas to a fuzzy baby penguin, because fish sestinas. Then a forest. Maybe. :)
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Date: 2014-07-04 12:48 pm (UTC)EEEEEEEE!!!!!
If you do do that, could I get it for Hypothetical's room? I have finally given in and decided to do it in penguins until zie is old enough to reject my penguins and demand something else. :)
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Date: 2014-07-04 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-04 01:27 pm (UTC)PENGUIN!
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Date: 2014-07-05 11:17 pm (UTC)