Paperquill Fail

[tripperfunster]

Hee! I tried my hand at paper quilling and …. well, it's not a loss if I learned something, right? I am AMAZED at how frickin' time consuming it was! Took FOREVA! And sadly, looks cool and creepy, but nothing like I had planned.


It's supposed to be Robert Downey Jr, but it looks more like Chuck from Supernatural.

Things I learned:
I need paper that is more diversely coloured. The black and brown are too close to make it look good.
Red paper as a background = not good.
Moar practice. Lots moar.

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

The lettering came out great, and I reckon the blues would make an awesome sea scene. As a portrait - maybe not! I bet you could do other awesomeness with this technique though.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Oh, I WILL MAKE A GREAT PORTRAIT!!! … maybe … ;)

There is pretty much NO supplies available where I live. Like, seriously, I called every single art/craft supply place in my city and there was ONE little independent scrapbooking place that had one paper needle and about 8 colours of paper strips.

I cut many of my own strips for this, but it's heavier paper and not as long etc etc etc. I've ordered some online and will try again when it arrives.