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Dragon Statue XI

I finished my eleventh dragon today, which is basically an upgraded Dragon X. It has all the details I wanted to give to X but couldn't with it's prim budget of 15. I doubled the prim allowance on this one to make room for the details and the difference is pretty noticeable. It was actually originally going to be the remake of Dragon V, but it ended up looking so different by the time I got done with it that it ended up being number 11 instead. I'd love to remake the unlisted dragons, II and V, and I'd also like to make the releases a lot more frequent but Jade Leaf Studio is something I only work on occasionally.. when I'm in just the right mood or struck with a sudden burst of inspiration.


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