he is much tinier than his knit cousin, and he kind of looks like he's wearing a beret, but that's ok, i like him too.
i'm sad that today is the last day of tad, i've enjoyed it. i'm going to continue to try to create, maybe not every day, but hopefully not too infrequently. you can find me on my blog. until next year...
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i trying to improvise and make the spherical body by modifying the elephant that i knit before, but i wasn't counting my stitches or paying close attention and ended up with a HUGE sphere, not at all what i was imagining, so i had to frog everything and start over. i worked everything out on paper before i started knitting again the second time, and it went much more smoothly. i think that was probably a good lesson for me to learn for future projects. i do that when i sew, but it's much easier to fix/redo things than in knitting, so i think i can't work in such a free-form manner when knitting...
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thoughts?
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because i was working with a set of indian summer colors, i found that i couldn't get some of the colors that i was looking for (richer dark blue shadows, etc.). i like how the pastels blend better than color pencils, but it's hard to get fine control/detail with them, i found.
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i was planning to try to greenscreen the figure and paint a background in photoshop or using watercolor pencils, but i thought the pink and green color combination was pleasing, so i left it the way it was. i used a 60 mm macro lens from a low angle to shoot. he is sitting on a curved piece of green posterboard and is lit from one side with a fill card on the opposite side. he's about 2 inches tall.
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it took much longer to knit than i thought it would. it kind of looks like a cross between an aardvark, a piglet, and maybe an elephant somewhere in there, but i kinda like him. i put some eyelashes (making it a her) but it looked scary and freakish looking, so i took them off. this the pattern that i used, it's one that's been sitting in my ravelry queue for a LONG time...
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i liked that there is both real and fake condensation on the cup.
i'll try to post my elephant tomorrow.
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i got the idea from this tutorial. i think that i didn't light the background strongly enough and/or the angle that i took the picture from was maybe a little too high. i had other examples where the background blended better, but the clock didn't look as good. i'm going to try to read a little more about lighting metal and try again maybe.
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i modified the design from the book to match the look of the others a little better.
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i was too lazy to switch my thread color, but i probably should've as the lines are very prominent and uneven. also, the loop that attaches to the ring isn't sewn on properly, so i'll need to redo that too.
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here are some instructions. i hope to make a duct tape wallet at some point.
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it's very simple, just a basic hat style using stockinette stitch for the entire hat so it rolls on the end, but i don't mind that.
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i also cleaned and organized a bit, which has been an ongoing goal of mine for a while now. i decided to try to break it up into smaller groups, and i photographed some of the items i ended up throwing or putting away in an effort to help me let go of them more easily.
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i have an obsession with trying to create video game characters that look as much like me as possible even when they can't possibly look anything like me. i like that fallout 3 gave a variety of controls, way more than other games i have played before.
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i might add a tail, but i haven't decided yet. his eyes probably aren't supposed to be red, but i kinda liked them that way... i didn't have any black felt or fleece, so i colored a piece of gray fleece with a sharpie.
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there are also instructions/patterns to make a car, house, and a building, and the text reads:
use mr. house for your house keys.
use mr. car for your car keys.
use mr. building for your office keys.
use mr. key for all your other keys.
pretty obvious, right?
what do you think?
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i love the description in the book: 'imagine you're exchanging name cards with a capable-looking young lady in a business suit. what if she took her card out of a handmade card holder? wouldn't that be surprising? wouldn't that be be astonishing? wouldn't that be fun?'
i would also like to try various pouches, appliques, key rings, bugs, and bags from the book. if you haven't seen it before, i recommend it, it's cram-packed with lots of cute, doable, but practical projects.
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i kept procrastinating all day and didn't start working on it until 11 pm, so i missed the deadline by an hour. i originally started to draw a skunk earlier in the day, but last minute, i decided that i'd rather make a stuffed animal. i did a very quick rough sketch and looked at a seal softie that a friend made for me for guidance, but other than that, i worked very haphazardly making 3 identically shaped pieces for the body sides/bottom, and a top stripe, and circles for the snout/back of the body. i sewed everything together then realized that i didn't leave space for the legs and tail, so i had to take everything apart to add them. also, on my first attempt, i sewed a white circle for the back of the body before i realized that it should be dark, but i had sewn my stitches too tightly to take out, so i just re-cut new pieces and started again. he isn't done yet, as you might notice, from the big gaping hole along his stripe, and also, the fact that his eyes and nose haven't been sewn on. but i like him as a start and will finish him, i'll post finished results eventually.
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i don't have photoshop, so i had to come up with ways to achieve similar effects using a watered down paint program. also, i probably would've chosen a different original image (shirt and background) if i'd realized what was in store for me because i had a lot of difficulty getting the hair and figure to isolate properly. as a result, portions of the image are unusable and that's why it's cropped so closely. i did go in and add scales to the lower body like the example, but i had to chop all that off. i almost gave up and started a different project but because i had invested quite a bit of time in it already, i wanted to salvage what i could. i learned a bunch about photoshop and will try to apply the techniques to future projects.
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i live next to a farmer's market, so it's really easy for me to go, but somehow, i never make it there as often as i would like. this morning, i went to buy a tomato to eat with some avocado that i've had/need to finish. i started to take a photo a day last march and made it most of the way through the year to december and was planning to continue until march again this year, but then i stopped in january for some reason. i decided to pick up my photo a day again this month for thing a day so that i will have at least a photograph each day (hopefully other stuff too). to this end, i decided to photograph the tomato, as well as draw it with some colored pencils that i just bought.
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i also plan to do some sewing, knitting, crochet, and other crafty/creative projects. i did tad last year and found it to be very inspiring and fun, i'm looking forward to this year!
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