It had fallen between the sunflowers,

a victim of profound lack of imagination. Rather smaller than I expected, or perhaps that as well is a sign of the times. In any case I salvaged enough good hide to make a belt and maybe a wallet or something. There are surprisingly few good resources on preparing and tanning imaginary dragon hide, so I had to wing it. I am pleased with the results! [![sunflower dream dragonskin.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTm6RML8ReqUu93BLmtngAkKGtRheh7QsRteg5W1yKCjv/sunflower%20dream%20dragonskin.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTm6RML8ReqUu93BLmtngAkKGtRheh7QsRteg5W1yKCjv/sunflower%20dream%20dragonskin.jpg)*Click to embiggen* [![sunflower 3 psych dark and bones mirror 4 crop 3.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSVLtRaKkWn5uurJdQSRnzbbCox1M6joWGdCbw53jPon2/sunflower%203%20psych%20dark%20and%20bones%20mirror%204%20crop%203.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSVLtRaKkWn5uurJdQSRnzbbCox1M6joWGdCbw53jPon2/sunflower%203%20psych%20dark%20and%20bones%20mirror%204%20crop%203.jpg)*Click to embiggen* [![sunflower 3 psych dark and bones mirror 4 crop.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWzQnxo4rJ5qSLrApzxKGeRpLmNQ6BMzPKNc121QEtLZs/sunflower%203%20psych%20dark%20and%20bones%20mirror%204%20crop.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWzQnxo4rJ5qSLrApzxKGeRpLmNQ6BMzPKNc121QEtLZs/sunflower%203%20psych%20dark%20and%20bones%20mirror%204%20crop.jpg)*Click to embiggen* [![sunflower dream mirror crop.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmavSCQYWMVjybKCKGhfrH9zDrcxSjifD8VVs3KFUdtdiu/sunflower%20dream%20mirror%20crop.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmavSCQYWMVjybKCKGhfrH9zDrcxSjifD8VVs3KFUdtdiu/sunflower%20dream%20mirror%20crop.jpg)*Click to embiggen* [![sunflower dream tile.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf2ixSrd2E3giSb2vtkuB7S1fvmjvcA9HADtVDdrWya51/sunflower%20dream%20tile.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf2ixSrd2E3giSb2vtkuB7S1fvmjvcA9HADtVDdrWya51/sunflower%20dream%20tile.jpg)*Click to embiggen* [![sunflower dream mirror crop 2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbf6s3JMZtxA8TJHn3J8D35qJiSsZMm8NRePgpGNGA86t/sunflower%20dream%20mirror%20crop%202.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbf6s3JMZtxA8TJHn3J8D35qJiSsZMm8NRePgpGNGA86t/sunflower%20dream%20mirror%20crop%202.jpg)*Click to embiggen*

This dragon hatched out of its egg as a sunflower.

Here are the original two cropped black and white sections of my original sunflower photography that evolved into the dragon hide shared here.

Sunflower 1

[![sunflower.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmX781xFnyrMDVY1Upwt5hMLk2FWFdomyLT6pjmu5jTVwH/sunflower.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmX781xFnyrMDVY1Upwt5hMLk2FWFdomyLT6pjmu5jTVwH/sunflower.jpg)*Click to embiggen*

Sunflower 3

[![sunflower 3 BW.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmV4RDmzzhYhsH7i1EsGFEBuT6WZeeYkWxqz9ATU18V6fc/sunflower%203%20BW.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmV4RDmzzhYhsH7i1EsGFEBuT6WZeeYkWxqz9ATU18V6fc/sunflower%203%20BW.jpg)*Click to embiggen* I did my customary blend of PhotoShop manipulation/painting/cloning/rotating/cropping/etc. and layering multiple passes through the [DeepDreamGenerator](https://deepdreamgenerator.com) to achieve these results.

Love your dragons - Carl "Alien Eyeball" Gnash

Future Dragonhide Belt

![sunflower dream dragon strip.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTaybEcszaNqe4T2M9qvD1YuvsoTTtrFaYFy2A5V6UngW/sunflower%20dream%20dragon%20strip.jpg)