HOME | DD

apox0n — Samsung the Garden Dragon by-nc-nd

Published: 2010-08-18 05:48:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 846; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 11
Redirect to original
Description my newest Garden Dragon plushie. his name's Samsung

typically, male garden dragons (Draconis papillonauris) are white, and have brightly coloured stripes, horns, and spikes around their tail buds, while females are more earthy tones (cream, green, brown etc) and have longer head fur, but lack horns and tailspikes.

garden dragon horns, 'buttons,' tail spikes and tailbuds glow in the dark, making them look like large fireflies at night.

once and a while 'chocolate' dragons are born (this is about as rare as a female orange tabby cat), and their bioluminescence is more powerful, showing up in their wings and their stripes, as is the case with Samsung.

---

i had a lot of fun sewing him and experimenting with tiny detalis like his paw-pads and sculpted horns and the inside of his tailbud. He's got a magnet in his chest and that, along with the fact that his pawpads are plastic-y means that he actually has a bit of a grip, especially on metalic stuff. :3

i also experimented with a different kind of wings. these ones are made from nylon stretched out over a pipe-cleaner frame. i like the look but it's going to be hard to master on such a small scale. i may also switch from pipe-cleaners to regular thick wire, since it's less fluffy (some of the fluff sticks through the nylon, giving his wings a velvety feel around their outsides).

i changed the garden dragon leg-pattern slightly as well; they have larger feetpaws now, meaning they have better balance. in the future i may add another centre piece, but we shall see.

garden dragons (c) Zer0dram0n

PS. the two bottom left shots are front and back view shots of his glow in the dark markings, not photoshop. :3
Related content
Comments: 15

VirgoGarg [2012-04-10 17:15:58 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

hunterbahamut [2010-10-06 05:33:10 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool, I must admit. I like the idea of the 'rare dragons' being black, and the plush itself is just very cool, I really like the glow-in-the-dark stripes and spots.
This is very cool.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

apox0n In reply to hunterbahamut [2010-10-07 00:07:48 +0000 UTC]

lol, thanks!

i kinda wanted to do something different like this :3

he is my little night-light~

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ltdalius [2010-08-24 21:21:54 +0000 UTC]

Yaaay!! - It glows!! :3 How you did that? Some kind of glowing gel-paint?
They're totally cute little ones ^___^ And that with the magnet is cool idea - i can imagine few of them hanging around in the room :3

lol Samsung is... unusuall namy xD - is there any backstory

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

apox0n In reply to ltdalius [2010-08-24 22:57:17 +0000 UTC]

lol, yes!

i found some glow-in-the-dark fabric paint a few months back at the craft store and knew i'd use it for something, lol.

i... i named him after my T.V. lol. it's all shiney and black and pretty... and-... and... he's black... and pretty...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

ltdalius In reply to apox0n [2010-09-01 19:19:12 +0000 UTC]

Hihi - glow-in-the-dark stuff can always be of good use :3 - Nice idea anyways ^^

loool - blessed randomness - i agree on this

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

IllustratedJai [2010-08-18 09:57:01 +0000 UTC]

D'aw! He's adorable! :3

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

apox0n In reply to IllustratedJai [2010-08-18 22:09:03 +0000 UTC]



awww ^_^ thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Iced-over [2010-08-18 07:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Magnificent work as usual >A<

The only reason I haven't commissioned something from you yet is because I have no idea what to ask you to make!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

apox0n In reply to Iced-over [2010-08-18 07:46:31 +0000 UTC]

lol, thank you!

aww, no worries, i'm sure you'll think of something eventually

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TehZee [2010-08-18 07:20:18 +0000 UTC]

That's so adorable..... And tinnyyyyy.... D8

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

apox0n In reply to TehZee [2010-08-18 07:45:47 +0000 UTC]

:3

aww, thanks!

he's itty-bitty and life-sized.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

DracoSheep [2010-08-18 06:31:22 +0000 UTC]

I love these guys. Will you ever draw a Species reference?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

apox0n In reply to DracoSheep [2010-08-18 07:12:49 +0000 UTC]

i think i will *nods*

i have a small sketchy one that i used for showing someone, once, but it's awfully rough. i mgith polish it off eventually, lol

thank you!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

DracoSheep In reply to apox0n [2010-08-18 07:35:28 +0000 UTC]

I look forward to it!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0