year of the dragon

A very Happy Lunar New Year to you! This is the year of the Wood Dragon, and may it bring prosperity and happiness and magic to you all.

Here’s the illustration I made for the Keswick Foundation charity this year.

I’ve realised that over the years I’ve illustrated many dragons, usually the Chinese kind: from ceramics and book covers..

…to watercolour sketches and brush drawings.

I especially like this simple slightly abstract dragon I made as part of the Chinese Horoscope interior decorations for Pacific Place in HK a while ago.

I’ve always loved the magical dragon, and look forward to creating many more in the future. Here’s more of a Japanese dragon, made as a greeting card…