Taming the Beast

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Whew, finally finished it! This is a commission that's been waiting on me for several weeks, but I've been so busy @__@

The client requested a Chinese dragon with Buddha posed as you see him here, along with some tribal art in the back. I later learned that the client had seen a pic similar to this as a decal on someone's car, and thus he wanted a tattoo of it. So needless to say, if this looks like something you've seen before, that's why. I personally have never seen this decal, so I have no idea if my version is similar or not.

This is my first attempt at drawing a dragon, so... yeah. I did a lot of research on Chinese dragons and such, but there was just something about the traditional ones that looked... I dunno. Dumb, I guess. So I changed the head to be a bit cooler, while retaining the overall feel of the Chinese beasts.

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Pencil - sketch
OpenCanvas 3 - inking
PS7 - Coloring and tribal