High on Fumes

4/27/2012

I'm working on Asas's native-style outfit. Her dress is very similar to Byuri's, but bigger, so has much more space to fill. I've drawn an Eagle on the bodice, and am working on a Sisutyl, or three-faced, feathered, magical serpent, which is long and wide so fits nicely around the skirt above the rows of fringe. Even though I have a bad cold/sinus infection, and can't really smell the marker fumes, they are starting to get to me, so I need to take plenty of breaks. Drawing on the native-style designs is very tedious and time-consuming. I can't pre-draw on the leather with a pencil - it doesn't show up - so I have to do it directly with the permanent markers, and there's no room for error. The most challenging part is doing the mirror images. Thankfully these native designs had a lot of leeway as to how they were stretched or compressed to fill a space.

I also started gluing the tiny shells onto the fringe - every other piece of fringe gets a shell. I'm thinking of using the darker shells on the bottom row, and lighter ones on the top row.

3 Comments

marianne

4/28/2012 01:12:31 am

now that's the way to do it! Much easier than painting

Martha

4/28/2012 01:41:30 am

You bet! Painting that fine a design would be nearly impossible - especially on leather. And marker doesn't crack when you bend the leather. My only concern is that the marker will eventually seep into the doll's resin if it comes in contact with it.

Now I need to go to Currys for a yellow and pale blue permanent marker for the next part of the costume. So far the designs I've done are the red and black, but there will be several items based on traditional Chilkat blankets, and those were primarily white and black with yellow and turquoise-blue areas in the designs.

trikoala link

5/24/2012 09:21:57 pm

Wouah that's great! Isn't it hard?

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