An ACEO entry for April 2011's Nibblefest Art Contest, the theme being 'Dragons'. 

Carnivale (or Mardis Gras) season is celebrated with abandon in many parts of the globe, complete with lively parties and ostentatious parades, and elaborate, highly embellished costumes.  Here we find a mysterious reveller showing off her own Carnivale finery from behind an ornate, beribboned and feathered dragon mask....