And selfies? Just, no.
Yep, the pain is real.
But, a couple years ago, I really wanted to do a portrait quilt. And so many artsy people do self-portraits. Time to bite the bullet.
I used Roxio photo editor to simulate the fabric I had in mind to use for the hair.
Oops. It wasn't until I had applied the fusible web to the fabric that I realized I forgot to reverse the image.
Trying out border ideas.
In the end, I went with a simple, straight border.
Okay. That wasn't toooo bad.
Fast forward to the present. Let's try this again.
This time I used acrylic paint and a digital drawing program called Autodesk SketchBook.
For this picture I poured paint on freezer paper and let it dry, creating paint skins that can be peeled off and used as collage material. I laid the pieces over the selfie printout and took a picture. In Autodesk, I traced over the face and glasses and then erased the photo underneath.
The finished product is only in digital form at this point. For now.
