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Mosahik Mk3 :: Salamander by =AeonOfTime:iconAeonOfTime:

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Background
Finally, a new instalment in the Mosahīk series! This one took ages to finish, 20+ hours and 320+ tiles. I wanted to do a mosaic with a central piece, and when I saw the small wooden salamander I have hanging on one of my walls, I knew that was it :) The salamander itself was done in about 5 hours with shading, the bulk of the time went into the sun and the rest of the pieces.

Technique
Drawn on 125gr Canson drawing paper with Faber castell crayons, with a piece of glass below the paper for maximum precision. As the salamander came first, I had to redraw parts of it that were worn off by the time I finished the rest of the drawing. Had to have it scanned in a photography shop as it's bigger than A4...

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~Rydia-Warrior Apr 26, 2006, 8:39:06 AM
Amazing. Such simplicity, but there's so much to it. Great job. Beauutiful colors and lighting :D

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=pixie-queen Apr 26, 2006, 10:10:49 AM
That has turned out really nice :D I'd love to replicate that with real mosaic tiles, it would look awesome :D

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=AeonOfTime Apr 26, 2006, 11:00:56 PM
Thanks :blushes: It's actually the first time I really put some effort into lighting by directing all shading in the correct direction from the light source . It was great fun doing it :D

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=AeonOfTime Apr 26, 2006, 11:03:00 PM
Yes, real tiles would be great - it would be quite a venture too, I guess - cutting all those tiles into the right shapes, or would you create the shapes with small rectangular ones?

Thanks for the comment :)

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=pixie-queen Apr 27, 2006, 1:34:23 PM
With small rectangukar ones I guess, it would be nearly impossible to cut those shapes without industrial machinery.

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=AeonOfTime Apr 27, 2006, 10:56:27 PM
Hmmmm... If I were to do that, I think I wouldn't try to cut them at all but make them myself and then assemble them... That would be a hell of a job, but I think it would be worth it :) Maybe when I'm retired :D

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=AeonOfTime May 10, 2006, 12:08:39 AM
Really amazing i'd like to have one of them in my garden !

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~Indigo-9 Jun 11, 2006, 8:33:06 AM
It's pretty cool...
One more added to my favs. :P

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