So I finally had a bash at finishing off my dragons which I've been building since the last deviation and I got to the point that it is quite representative in a silhouette form, so I decided to put these into a wallpaper with refreshed feelings.

It is summer, I thought maybe a bit lighter colours would be more suitable, so I made the background white->light grey gradient. This makes the silhouette stands out.

But I had a hard decision to make it work. I'm kind of against the idea of clashing colours, so black over white is too drastic. I'd like it more laid back, but if I used more dark greyish colours as the background, it wouldn't have worked - silhouettes have to be black - particularly dragons - I've experimented with all the other colours but it just doesn't add up.

I guess this is a fault in my design, but I attempted to remedied it by putting in the dragon calligraphy word in the middle, using red. I was going to use jade-green, as a representation of it's Chinese origin, but red is more suited as dragons - while they are supposed to be all wise and god-like in Chinese culture, there is a tendency to think that they are also violent - as they are powerful creatures.

I think I'll make a phoenix next. I'll need to add more details to the dragon as well.