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I am always working on dragonfly designs. I don't think I would get this particular one inked but I do like it nonetheless.

I've had a thing for dragonflies most of my life. I know enough to know that technically what I'm talking about aren't actually dragonflies but damselflies. Most people refer to both as dragonflies (which they are actually both allowed to be called) and no one ever knows what I'm talking about when I say damselfly so dragonfly it is :)

I have four slight variations of this particular design. The first one I did is actually the best but it's a horrible scan, too smudged and scrappy looking to upload unfortunately and in redrawing it this was as close as I could come to the original *sigh* I may, however, get one of the other variations uploaded at some point. I just need to fiddle around with them a little more first :)

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:iconartemis-simetra:
Wow, this would make a great tattoo design. I love the wing details.

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Gode ord skal du hogge i berg, de dårligere i snø
(Write your good words in stone, your bad in snow.)
-Norwegian Proverb
:iconvioletsun:
Thank you very much! :)

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"Well, I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake."
:iconartemis-simetra:
^_^

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Gode ord skal du hogge i berg, de dårligere i snø
(Write your good words in stone, your bad in snow.)
-Norwegian Proverb
:iconvampuradesign:
I really like this and how delicateit looks.

So now that you have peaked my curiosity what is the difference between dragonflies and demselflies.
:iconvioletsun:
Well, damselflies are usually a bit smaller and thinner and more delicate. They're not very strong when it comes to flying and rarely leave the vicinity of water. Their front and back wings are usually equal in shape and size and when they're resting their wings lay back along their body.

A dragonfly is much stronger at flying and can actually be found quite far from water. It's thicker, it's wings are broader at the base and their back wings are shorter and broader than their front wings. When they're resting their wings are held out rather than folded back. They have two eyes but they are usually touching so it looks almost like they have one large segmented eye.

Here, you can see the differences:

Dragonfly: [link] and [link]

Damselfly: [link] and [link]

:)

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"Well, I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake."
:iconvioletsun:
Oh! And thank you :)

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"Well, I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake."
:icongothic-moonlight:
uuuuuw i really like this preeeeeeeeeeeety
:iconvioletsun:
Heehee, thank you!

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"Well, I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake."
:iconkenkarnage:
Dig it. I'm gonna use it as refernace for a tattoo

-Thanks

KenKarnage

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stop procastinating and make some damn art ya hippie!

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