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very cute, good job!

It's a very cute dragon

That's super cute! It's going in my inspire file. I had a little girl ask for a pink dinosaur the other day and I was stumped and gave her a pink monster mask. This is super cool! Gr8 for a beginner.
And Tra, close your eyes and jump in - the quickest way to get good is to get amongst it. I only started painting last Oct (check out the dodgy blobafly in the post your first picture thread..) and I still get nervous putting stuff up but everyone here is so helpful and amazing and doing the comps and Tags and stuff force you to push out of the comfort zone and improve!

Not sucky at all Tracy! LOL It is a very cute design and I can really see this being a girly favorite.

This is my first challenge (I've been painting ~1 month) so I hope I do this right... This is based on some sketches I've been doing on some face templates (Thanks Shannon!).

1. Tools: Sponge, #6 round, #3 round, #6 flat
2. Paints: DFX white, black, light blue, purple, mettalic blue and purple. Wolfe red.
3. Step 1) Apply basecoat of DFX light blue and begin shading horns with DFX purple.
Step 2) Add more purple shading to horns fading with blue. I added some shadding lines with a #6 round. Also apply shading to eyes and outline eyes in purple with #6 round.
Step 3) Draw mouth & teeth with DFX black and paint in red tongue (Wolfe red) all with a #3 round.
Step 4) Fill in mouth with black avoiding tongue with #3. Paint outlines for horns, eyes and nose with #6. Shade new nostrils with purple, black and a little white. Apply ridge marks to nose and eyes. Apply shading under nose. All with #6 unless otherwise specified.
Step 5) Fill in teeth with white and #3 round. Draw some dragon cheeks with #6 round. Fill in with DFX metalic blue and purple with #6 flat.
Step 6) Apply white highlights to outlines and horns. Also, can add some white cross-hatching to cheeks and nose (though did not show up well in picture).

This is an actual dragon on a face, not a mask lol.
Items used:
#2,4,6 round brush
colors: (dfx/tag) Light blue, metallix light blue, dark blue, metallix dark blue
(wolfe) white, black

Step 1: Out line the design on the face using white:


Step 2: fill in with light blue and metallix light blue:


Step 3: outline some detail, shade in with dark metallix blue, outline areas in dark blue:


Step 4: add in white highlights and details:


Step 5: outline in black, add scales, details and holes in wings (not necessary):

wow! super awesome you guys!

Nice dragons ladies! Blue Angel, I have got to get me some of that metalic light blue! It looks really nice on that dragon. I have the dark blue only.

here goes nuffin...puttin hands over eyes and peekin between fingers.....

Awwwe Tra, Oh cute is that little guy?

i think i need a new camera...lol

it was sooo hard to hit that send button

the only canvas i have till summer is my hubbys back....my kids wont let me near them anymore...lmao

technically it's a Wevryn

Very nice Shandi! Nice and crisp, love the colors too.

This is my quickest flaming dragon. I change up the colors all the time - any three-color combo of complementary colors will work great. I can knock this one out in about 3 - 4 minutes. This is my number 1 boy's request. I love the blue/green combo the most. The only single color glitter I carry is the rainbow white (iridescent) - I've mixed up several custom combos - green/blue-ish, red/gold/green-ish... They work well with dragons, monsters, and flames.

This is my first challenge entry - Woo Hoo! Enjoy

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makin faces by synni wrote:no way in hell am i entering this competition! i am blown away by the submission's so far. going to be so hard to vote!

LOL - Flaming Dragons & Face Painting are meant to be together

I agree - Ya'll have some fantastic designs.

My entry was an old SBS, so this is the updated version. I tried playing w/ some splitcakes too.

Tools:
Fish net stocking(I cut this out to make a scale stencil)
1/2" Filbert Brush
1" flatbrush
#1 round detail brush
sponge
Mark Reid Chisel brush(for blending)

Paints:
DFX Gold(this is just for a base to help prevent staining)
DFX Critter cake
DFX Oxidized Green
DFX Black & White
Paradise Red/Yellow splitcake

Sponge on a gold base to help prevent staining.

Using a 1" flatbrush & the lighter side of the Critter Cake, make the horns & markings under the eyes.

Using a 1" flatbrush and the darker side of the critter cake, make the eyes, the edge of the mouth & the chin of the dragon.

Using a sponge & oxidized gold, sponge over the center of the design.

Using the scale stencil & DFX gold, sponge on the scales.

Using a 1" flatbrush and a red & yellow splitcake, make the flames. Make the teeth w/ DFX White & a 1/2" filbert brush.

Using a detail brush & DFX black, paint on all the edges, details, spots, etc.

Using the chisel brush & a wash of DFX black, shade the lines & edges & paint a shadow around the design.

Using DFX white & a detail brush, highlight the design.

Finished pic!

Another angle!

Well these are not officially entered as I didn't do step by step...but I do have some dragons! Here is what I got:


Dragon in henna and highlighted with Temptu alcohol based body paint (tattoo paint)


Two kids at a comic book convention/event:


My vision of one done by Pam Trent:


My hubby who HATED sitting still for this one...dragon guarding a little bit of treasure. It was a trial run for this piece but it mostly failed. Will try it again sometime with alterations:


And my favorite....my little 'Dragon Fly'!


This is all my dragons and I can't even BEGIN to compete with the stunning work put into this challenge!! AM - A - ZING guys! Fantastic effort and I bow looowwww! Thanks for rocking my socks on this one!

I love your dragon's Kim!

Kim I love how you always get me thinking.. I've never seen this henna with tempetu paint. Have you done this much? do you brush it one with fp brushes after doing the henna. do they both last the same amount of time? it looks awesome!

Great dragon Linda! I love the detailing. Really brings it to life.

my quick entry...

1. Tools: 1" flat brush (Plaid) for the teal/green dragon, 1/2" flat brush (plaid) for the pink/yellow flames, a #4 round Mark Reid with the black paint, and a #2 round Loew Cornell with the white.
2. Paints: the white is Wolfe, the black is DFx the rest is TAG. I recently got TAG in pearl white, light green, pink, yellow, teal and made a rainbow-like cake from them. It's thin strips of pearl white between pink, golden orange, green, teal.
3. I hope the steps are self-explanatory.
a) loaded the green, pearl white, teal combo onto the brush and just wandered the dragon onto the face.
b) loaded the pink, pearl white, yellow combo onto the smaller flat brush and made flames over the other half of the face. I got lost at one point.
c) loaded black on the only mark reid brush I have, and then made the body, outlined the flames, etc.
d) used the loew cornell with the white to go accent the body and flames. fill in the eye with white. make stars. make teeth.
e) with mark reid brush, still loaded with black, I outlined the teeth, put the eyeball in the eye, and dots in the stars.

oh my goodness Mehndi Masala that dragon fly is AMAZING!!! I want one as a pet! lol soooo cute!

Tra your is super duper cute too!

wow all of you ladies are so freakin talented its crazy!

Oh, these are great!!!!! Kim, could you tell me what split you used on the arm dragon?? The one that is a spin on Pam Trent's design? It is stunning, I must give it a try, I cannot wait to give it a go!

Linda, you crack me up. I know you must be such a sweet woman and in your first pic, you are just lookin all calm and collected and then in that last pic, you are a wild thing! I love how paint tranforms. Your design riocks!

Justine, your Dragon is very nice and a doable design that I can't wait to try.

this challenge is so cool and very inspiring.

BlueANgl ... love the blues!
DeannaB ... really love how you put a BIG punch in a 3-4 minute design!
Linda ... you animal! LOL - your dragon rocks, girl!
Kim ... my brain is working overtime thinking about all the different details in your various designs - thanks for the inspiriation!
Justine ... really cool color combo! Nicely done!

I'm amazed by all the different designs and designers here!

Linda you are a "ROCKSTAR" that is wonderful.....will you teach me that in Florida???

Justine I love yours for a quick girl design....switch up the colors and you have a fast boy design too.

Thanks guys for your contributions