Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Illustration Friday "Parade"

"Sun Loong and thanks for the memories "

Every Easter, Bendigo (the town where I live) brings out Sun Loong, the longest Imperial Chinese Dragon in the World, for the annual parade.

During the Easter School holidays I ran 2 workshops where the kids and I drew a cartoon version of the Dragon. It was a great experience for me and it was awesome to see so many youngsters interested in drawing. We built the image step by step to end up with the sketch you see below.

I thought it would make a good subject for this weeks IF. So I went and coloured him up. He's a little bit rushed, but it was all I had time for.
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22 comments:

  1. Vhrsti13 May 2009 at 17:56

    Wonderful and happy, Chris! Brilliant work!

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  2. Zari13 May 2009 at 21:05

    Awesome piece! It represents perfectly the happiness and colorfulness of parades!

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  3. Duncan13 May 2009 at 21:51

    What a beaut! Lovely colourful illustration, and nice history to it too!

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  4. Eric Barclay13 May 2009 at 22:20

    Chris, this is just awesome. Really beautiful work. Love your 'hierarchy' illustration as well.

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  5. matt dawson13 May 2009 at 22:27

    Great fun and a lovely use of colour!

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  6. kathy hare13 May 2009 at 23:38

    beautiful!

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  7. Valerie Lorimer14 May 2009 at 00:06

    Awesome Chinese dragon! Love it.

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  8. Emily14 May 2009 at 00:09

    great colors and nice expression!

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  9. Roberta14 May 2009 at 05:16

    Nice! Sounds like it was a lot of fun!!

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  10. Manola C.14 May 2009 at 05:31

    wonderful!! I like your bright colors!

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  11. Tatevik Avakyan14 May 2009 at 08:21

    Beautiful work! I love the details and colors you used.

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  12. bee'nme14 May 2009 at 08:22

    Simply stunning...I love the colors and patterns! Beautiful work!

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  13. Shugar14 May 2009 at 12:33

    lovely color choices here! really fits the theme :)

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  14. david kow14 May 2009 at 18:59

    i love the colors here!! very well done!!

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  15. justdoodleit14 May 2009 at 22:45

    The fireworks and colors have made this come alive!

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  16. Tel Coelho14 May 2009 at 23:21

    Man!!!
    Those are wonderful!!!!

    Amazing blog!
    I liked your colors, and style!!!

    congratulation!!!!

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  17. theartofpuro15 May 2009 at 03:26

    Great illo,love the idea and the colours

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  18. michael robertson15 May 2009 at 10:15

    I really enjoy your work, Chris. I'll be checking out your blog on a regular basis!

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  19. fashion fucsia15 May 2009 at 17:25

    Hi Chris! I've been very busy... I hadn't passed for here in some time. Your Chinese dragon is greeeeeat, I love the colors and the first sketch (this week I only have time to put an sketch, ooh....).
    ^_^

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  20. nideep16 May 2009 at 03:54

    Very nice blog pal!!!

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  21. Dam Ferreira17 May 2009 at 06:23

    I admire your style
    very good
    I liked

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  22. SILVER KNIGHT18 May 2009 at 01:53

    beautful work!

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