Lotus Phoenix
First try on this mythical creature, according to Chinese the bird body is made of other birds parts, I tried to do so here but ended up using only a couple.
The seven tails represents the lucky number in many cultures and the blue eye represents the celestial origin of the creature…
Used Faber-Castell PITT S and B artist pens on a Plain Notebook
This is a painting study reproducing the lovely work from a...
trebor61 10:21 am on December 16, 2009 | #
Interesting story and so well portrayed. Beautiful bright colouring
Marbe 11:54 am on December 16, 2009 | #
Thanks Trebor. I did a bit of research on the matter before starting, the target is to simplify it and use it as a tattoo in the girls series but started with some pencil sketch and ended up with a bright looking bird.