Year of the Dragon Paper-cut Patterns and the Latest Thunder Dragon Tutorial
In many classic Year of the Dragon paper-cut patterns, we can feel the majesty and momentum of the dragon, which looks like a huge thunder flashing in the sky. As for the theory of the origin of dragons, there is indeed a theory that the dragon pattern comes from Lei. The "Thunder God" that appears in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" happens to be in the shape of a dragon: "There is a God of Thunder in the Lei Ze, with a dragon body and a human head, and when its belly is bulging, it is thunder" ("Hainei Dong Jing"). "Xi Nang Ju Chuan" " (quoted in Volume 31 of "Shuo Guo") records: "Xuanyuan traveled to Yinpu and found something. The dragon body has a human head, and its belly is bulging to swim. When I asked Uncle Chang, he said, "This is the God of Thunder." If there is a way, then you will see. If you see that there will be a thunderstorm, you will pull out the trees, and the king and fish will return! 'The rain will come in a moment, thunder and lightning will come, and all the trees in Yinpu will be pulled out.' The ancient Mongolians believed that "thunder and lightning come from some animal similar to a dragon." , it is said that some people have seen this kind of animal "falling from the sky to the ground, hitting the ground with its tail, moving in a meandering way, and spitting out flames from its mouth." In the "Book of Changes", there are "Seeing a Dragon in the Field" and "A Niu" "The dragon is in the sky", "The dragon has regrets", "the dragons have no leader" and other hexagrams. Some scholars have interpreted that the "dragon" here refers to thunder and lightning. "Zhouyi·Shuo Gua" also has "Zhen is the dragon." "Thunder means Xuanhuang", the "shock" here refers to the roaring thunder, and Xuanhuang means that the electric light is bright and sometimes dim, swaying and shining. On the relationship between thunder and lightning and dragons, Mr. Zhu Tianshun holds the view that " "Dragon originated from thunder and lightning" said: "The opportunity or starting point for imagining the dragon as an animal god may not be because the ancients saw animals similar to dragons, but the phenomenon of lightning in the sky. Because, if lightning is used as the basis to imagine it as an animal, it can easily be imagined as a slender animal with four legs." This is very close to the paper-cut dragon we see now.
The image of the paper-cut dragon in this latest collection of 2012 Year of the Dragon paper-cut patterns is like thunder rolling down from the sky. The main reason is that the image of the paper-cut dragon is very stretched, and the proportions of the various elements of the body are very suitable. In places that are too sharp, such as the dragons claws, auspicious clouds are specially used to set off and modify them, making the entire paper-cut dragon look grand but elegant. Without losing its charm.
1. Preparation work before paper-cutting. This paper-cutting production requires a lot of carving and cutting operations. This is because although the scale pattern of the paper-cut dragon itself is relatively simple, just some crescent patterns, there are more details on the dragon head, so it needs Work by fixing multiple sheets of paper and colored paper together.
2. Trace the picture. If possible, you can print the picture directly through the computer. If you are tracing, you don’t need to trace the scales on the paper-cut dragon. Feel free to add it during final processing.
3. Paper cutting and engraving. This paper-cutting dragon tutorial looks relatively complicated, but the various elements can be said to be neatly combined, so when cutting, you can still follow the outline first, then the details. The details should be placed on the depiction of the paper-cut faucet. As for the decoration on the body and sides of the dragon, you can just use scissors to carve and cut it, which can easily achieve a sharp effect.
