Year of the Dragon paper-cut patterns and the latest paper-cut dragon tutorials
Whenever Chinese people celebrate a new year, there are folk custom activities such as dragon dancing, paper-cutting for the Year of the Dragon and dragon boat racing in various places to express the joy of the people and the pride of the nation. Among them, "Dragon Boat Racing" is a traditional folk activity with a long history and spread all over China. It is filled with a very strong love for the dragon and a local flavor. Nowadays, due to the development of the factory, not only do people in various places eat rice dumplings, race dragon boats, and stick window decorations in the Year of the Dragon every Dragon Boat Festival, but also introduce national and national sports competitions, which have attracted the attention and participation of countries around the world, and launched international competitions. Dragon boat racing has therefore become an important competitive exchange activity. When Chinese people celebrate their weddings, they will post pictures with harmonious and beautiful meanings such as "dragon and wind bring auspiciousness". I think even children may recognize that the giant beast flying in the clouds and mist in the painting is a dragon. However, if we ask everyone to identify the image of the dragon from the decorative images of pre-Qin artifacts, even relevant experts and scholars often hold their own opinions and are very inconsistent. When discussing the bronze decorations of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the famous archaeologist Mr. Zhang Guangzhi said: "The paper-cut patterns of dragons are so changeable and diverse that epigraphers use this name with great flexibility; the ordinary and the real An animal that does not match up and cannot be called by the names of other mythical animals (such as Shanfan, Feiyi, Kui, etc.) is a dragon." This view is somewhat representative in todays academic circles. This shows that people are uncertain about the early concept of dragon image, especially in the identification of the so-called "dragon" shape in prehistoric times. This also influenced the design of the latest 2012 paper-cut dragon pattern to a certain extent.
In this Year of the Dragon paper-cut pattern, we can see that what is different from other paper-cut dragons is that this Year of the Dragon paper-cut pattern highlights the detailed carving of the lines of the dragon itself. In particular, the dragons scale pattern is well combined with the auspicious clouds, and the priorities are clearly defined. There is no sense of being overshadowed by the cloud pattern itself. At the same time, by adding the design of the fire dragon ball, the entire paper-cut dragon looks more dynamic and complete.
1. Preparation before paper-cuttingWork. Before making the paper-cut dragon, you should complete the tracing work first. You can first complete the outline of the paper-cut dragon by manual tracing, leaving more details in the actual paper-cut production. Pay attention to the accuracy and completeness of the auspicious lines.
2. Binding of paper-cut paper and paper-cut tracing. Since this paper-cut dragon tutorial has no obvious symmetry or central structure, when combining the drawing and paper-cut paper, you can directly use the four-corner binding method to fix it firmly and facilitate the subsequent paper-cut production.
3. Paper-cutting operation. Specifically, during the paper-cutting operation, you can first use scissors to directly cut out the shape of the paper-cutting dragon, and you can complete the edge shape without carving. The hollowing out in the middle and the smooth modification on the outer edge can be completed directly with a carving knife, thus ensuring the production effect of the paper-cut dragon as much as possible. If you have difficulty, you can give up some paper-cut details appropriately.
