Sleeping Companion

        A friend, one of my former voice actors and my former "boss" at a gaming web site liked my little shiny tree.  And so I was commissioned for a little sculpture/tree combination to decorate his workspace.  This would be the result--and, as usual, it was impossible to photograph well.  I did what I could.
       This sculpture represents many moments of "argh", and yet turned out beautifully.  The larger Swarovski crystals, for instance.  When I bought them, I thought they'd be a bit more red than orange, and didn't think they would work--but somehow with the smaller, dark red crystals and the paint job on the little beastie, it all just worked nicely.  The tiny crystals were a whole other spontaneous and insane moment of "what if I did this..." that worked out for no reason at all.  And then we have the layered paint job on the creature itself, which is actually composed of black, brown, earthy red, copper, bronze and gold in varying degrees.  It looks so much better in person.  As for that extreme close-up shot of the sleeping creature itself, you can see that it's kind of part of the roots of the tree.  I got to the point where I was cleaning pant off and... it just looked good.  So I left it.  Maybe he's curled around the tree, maybe he's part of the tree.  Maybe he's a little... draconic dryad.  I don't know, he's just awesome.
       The more important point, though, is that the little critter is enjoyed.  I hope it's a nice little companion to shiny up the workspace, and also to make people wonder.  Even more than usual.