Dragon Tattoo - Part 4

Voila - the finished product - a blue Japanese dragon tattoo:

The side, see previous posts for comparison:

Samurai Wiki, Part 2, and new S-A "Citadel" URL

The new Samurai Archives SamuraiWiki is moving steadily forward, and will probably be ready to go live by the end of the week. Keep an eye out. There will be plenty of opportunities for interested historians and editors to contribute.

The Samurai Archives Citadel online community is now housed on the Samurai Archives:

http://forums.samurai-archives.com

Samurai Wiki

I am in the process of putting up a "Samurai Wiki", to create a giant Samurai biography page. The "famous Samurai" section, being all HTML, is a pain to update, so I intend to replace it with a mediawiki driven page. Stay tuned for details.

Third Annual Samurai Fiction Contest

The entry phase of the third annual Samurai Fiction contest is now underway. Between now the entry fee is only $7, and will increase incrementally as the entry deadline approaches in 2007. Details can be found on the information page for the contest, however this year for every five entries, the Samurai Archives will add an additional $50 to the total winnings. Winnings will be split 80/20 between the winner and the runner up, with possible prizes for honorable mention. Encourage anyone who may be interested to join - the more people who join, the more stories - and the larger the potential winnings.

Dragon Tattoo - Part 3

Session 5 is now finished, and all of the scales are now complete. All that remains is coloring for the fire, teeth, tongue, claws, horns, and spikes.

Here is the portion of the dragon on my arm, after session 4:



And here is the same area after session 5:



The scales are for the most part three shades of blue - purple blue, light blue, and a blue-white combination. Darker colors were used in the shaded areas for depth, and the previous black and white shading adds to the effect.

This is a picture of the coloring that was done this session:



This session was 2.5 hours, no breaks. The next session should finish it off.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Haniwa...

...But were afraid to ask.

Prof. Nagaeyari has started to post pics from his trip to Japan, and has an extensive blog post on the Japanese clay Haniwa:
Ancient Japan: Haniwa 埴輪