{"id":1252,"date":"2022-08-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2023-07-10T14:28:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T18:28:31","slug":"sketchbook-tree-dragon-hemlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-tree-dragon-hemlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook  \/\/ tree dragon hemlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-tree-dragon-hemlock\/img_8070\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?fit=1258%2C1155&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1258,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tree-dragon-hemlock\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;pencil drawing of a dragon perched on a hemlock spray with hemlock twigs for wings &amp;#8212; sketch copyright \u00a9 K Talmage&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?fit=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?fit=770%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1261 size-large\" title=\"tree dragon - hemlock\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?resize=770%2C707&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of page in sketchbook showing a pencil drawing of a small dragon holding a cone of a Northern Hemlock tree while perched on a Northern Hemlock branchlet.\" width=\"770\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?resize=1024%2C940&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?resize=768%2C705&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?resize=600%2C551&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?w=1258&amp;ssl=1 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, at least this one is a little more finished??<\/p>\n<p>I dunno &#8211;follow the inspiration such as it is or work on existing series? Really, the latter is the skill-habit I need more. But but but!<\/p>\n<p>What other species of trees are on my wee bit of land, anyway? Couple kinds of maples, feral apples, white pine, white birch, northern ash&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, at least this one is a little more finished?? I dunno &#8211;follow the inspiration such as it is or work on existing series? Really, the latter is the skill-habit I need more. But but but! What other species of trees are on my wee bit of land, anyway? Couple&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Sketchbook  \/\/ tree dragon hemlock","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,298,94],"tags":[44,252,101],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-patreon","category-sketches","tag-dragon","tag-sketchbook","tag-tree"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_8070.jpg?fit=1258%2C1155&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-kc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1251,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-tree-dragon-yellow-birch\/","url_meta":{"origin":1252,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ tree dragon yellow birch","author":"Kir","date":"8 August 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Another sketch, another deagon, another series idea","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sketches&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sketches","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/sketches\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/099ca33d6fbce5e1c7edb9222400fe31.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/099ca33d6fbce5e1c7edb9222400fe31.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/099ca33d6fbce5e1c7edb9222400fe31.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/099ca33d6fbce5e1c7edb9222400fe31.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1522,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-portable-dragon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1252,"position":1},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ portable dragon","author":"Kir","date":"25 August 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Possibly influenced somewhere along the line by a tardigrade.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/bc36023806531554f86b65efa50ef86a.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/bc36023806531554f86b65efa50ef86a.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/bc36023806531554f86b65efa50ef86a.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/bc36023806531554f86b65efa50ef86a.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":622,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-tea-time-dragon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1252,"position":2},"title":"Sketchbook\/\/ tea time dragon","author":"Kir","date":"21 March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Just sketching around as I pretend I don't have 50-gazillion other interesting projects that need my attention. p.s. if you like my patreon or sketchbook, please share! 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