Birthday ARTwork: Sleeping Dean Winchester for sillie82
Yay! Today is sillie82's birthday; I made her a papercut present plus additional fanart of her favorite Winchester. Upon her request I'm sharing a making of of the portrait and card. You're all welcome to come celebrate. For decorations I've also included a couple of pretty pictures of sleeping Dean that inspired me. What? I totally had to do research, it was really hard work. Heh, I said hard. Ahem.
Are y'all ready to party? *twirls the birthdaygirl and throws confetti*
<3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SILVIA! <3 <3
Have some sleeping Dean:)
That image above was the base for a papercut portrait. Here's a step by step. Result at the end:)
First I fiddled in Photoshop to create an mirrored outline with a combination of various filters (respectively notepaper/photocopy/cut-out) and a hardmix layer. I then adjusted the print with marker and white pencil (the grey areas) to indicate where to cut.
The paper I chose for the portrait is printed blue on one side. I used removable glue (rubbercement) to stick my template to the white back for cutting.
Time to cut! I cut on the backside, then carefully removed the bits from the front to avoid tearing.
On the tiny corners of some of the eye lashes the white back is coming through.
This would not have happened with a sheet of coloured paper, but I decided I kind of like the effect;)
With my light table I check if I missed any bits and I'm testing the purple background.
When all the cutting is done, I peel off the paper with the drawing.
View from front and back plus finished version next to original photo.
Alternative background in black or using the white front for a mirrored view.
Framed and ready to send off to the birthday girl:) I put it in a wooden box that I decorated with metallic paper (and a Supernatural cut out).
But wait: there is more! I used the cut-out as a template for a painted card. Here's how:
I glued the leftover cut-out backwards on a piece of thick paper (so not mirrored this time!).
I had to make sure the rubbercement was spread out right up to the edges to get the surface as flat as possible.
I used a flat brush with not too wet waterpaint to fill the cut out areas. Then I waited patiently for it to dry thoroughly before removing the papermask!!
Yay, another sleepy Dean emerges! I carefully rubbed off the residual glue with my finger and a soft eraser. (Another reason why the paint has to be dried well;)
Tadaah! A birthday card for sillie82 (Folded, with a photo of J2 on the other side:)
Hope you have/had a marvelous day, bb!
J.
Are y'all ready to party? *twirls the birthdaygirl and throws confetti*
<3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SILVIA! <3 <3
Have some sleeping Dean:)
That image above was the base for a papercut portrait. Here's a step by step. Result at the end:)
First I fiddled in Photoshop to create an mirrored outline with a combination of various filters (respectively notepaper/photocopy/cut-out) and a hardmix layer. I then adjusted the print with marker and white pencil (the grey areas) to indicate where to cut.
The paper I chose for the portrait is printed blue on one side. I used removable glue (rubbercement) to stick my template to the white back for cutting.
Time to cut! I cut on the backside, then carefully removed the bits from the front to avoid tearing.
On the tiny corners of some of the eye lashes the white back is coming through.
This would not have happened with a sheet of coloured paper, but I decided I kind of like the effect;)
With my light table I check if I missed any bits and I'm testing the purple background.
When all the cutting is done, I peel off the paper with the drawing.
View from front and back plus finished version next to original photo.
Alternative background in black or using the white front for a mirrored view.
Framed and ready to send off to the birthday girl:) I put it in a wooden box that I decorated with metallic paper (and a Supernatural cut out).
But wait: there is more! I used the cut-out as a template for a painted card. Here's how:
I glued the leftover cut-out backwards on a piece of thick paper (so not mirrored this time!).
I had to make sure the rubbercement was spread out right up to the edges to get the surface as flat as possible.
I used a flat brush with not too wet waterpaint to fill the cut out areas. Then I waited patiently for it to dry thoroughly before removing the papermask!!
Yay, another sleepy Dean emerges! I carefully rubbed off the residual glue with my finger and a soft eraser. (Another reason why the paint has to be dried well;)
Tadaah! A birthday card for sillie82 (Folded, with a photo of J2 on the other side:)
Hope you have/had a marvelous day, bb!
J.