New Skin Thursday

New skins for these shoes I just inherited, I mean!

The craze for galaxy and ombre themed clothes have been everywhere not long ago. Tutorials were all over on how to make some of these awesomeness on t-shirts, shorts, shoes, dresses and even leggings! They are pretty and easy to do! Though, I'm not so sure about their current popularity now. I actually planned to do this a week earlier but I was always too lazy. I love how it turned out. 

I used some brushes I found lying around (My mum's gonna get me later for this, the brushes are for painting the temple's prayer wheels.) and one of mine (a detail brush, mine's all tiny) and another of a friend's (a large brush, he says my brushes are all too small). And also, as in the picture above, an old powder puff in replacement for a missing sponge.

I think sponges are important for the 'make cloudy colours' part. Large brush in substitute of a toothbrush, to sprinkle 'stars'. Detail brush to make larger stars.

I used fabric paints and also some borrowed white acrylic paint. The white fabric paint we have is definitely not liquid any more. Mixed them colours up on some pieces of paper.

First, I taped the sides of my shoes where the paints are not supposed to go.

I started off colouring the shoes in dark blue, then I layered some light blues, purples or pinks on the powder puff and puffed away. The powder puff is also a little spiky, which made the effect even better, in my opinion. I did puffed on some black+dark blue in certain areas too. For white, I tried to puff only small amounts of this at lighter areas.

Using the large brush, I (and some help from my friend) sprinkled white acrylic paint on the shoes. I added some small dots and one shining star with the tiny detail brush.

I coloured the shoe caps with acrylic paint. And I have to confess, I might not have washed the shoes well enough /:D

White shoe caps, grey and dirty sides?

I blow dryed the shoes just in case (heat purposes not drying purposes), then laced them up.

 Ta-dahh! I'm a proud galaxy shoe owner now! Do you guys like it? It was fun and easy. I hope you all will be inspired to DIY something lovely. For girls, ombre pastels on your shorts seems to be really fashionable.

 I wish I'll be able to find something else to do with my holidays now. Till next time!

Also, thanks for putting up with me! I think I dragged this a bit too much.

Update 29th June

 The Outsider.

Xbellanotte Photography :)

Photgrapher and editor : Isabella Tan of XBellanotte Photography.

Models : Jenni and Dennis(me) the twins.

Location : The Gardens, Malaysia.

Saved you the pain of larger sized views. 

:|

Byee.

Update 22nd June

 

Colouring this soon... If you have any ideas on how to do colour relecting with copics, like black with a light smudge of colour on top, do tell me ^^

Update 18th June

ACEO.

Its sized 3.5 x 2.5 inches. 

  

Photographic Models

Hi again :) Today, I have shown you a teaser picture of XBellanotte Photography's new album (or however you can say it) featuring Twinny and Twin0. Or Jenni and Dennis. Or My twin and I.

What do you think? As for me, I think the photographer, Isabella did a good job, though I don't feel I did much. And she's so friendly too! I like that the most about our working together :)

QAQ

Update - 13th June

 

I'm actually pretty lazy to say anything else. So tired nowadays since we have a visitor from Singapore! Its Twinny's best friend for pretty much seven years already :) 

The onlt other note I'll add about this is that my mom said its legs were ugly. Literally. And she told me my last piece's eyes were too scary and if I kept drawing such scary eyes (which I actually like to do), I'll have scary eyes too. 

Anyways, tired. See you on my next update!

PS. I might start a twin blog with Twinny~

Update 30th May

*v* I like this very much. But I'm taking slow steps in finishing it...

Sketches - 27th May

 This one's a commission. ^^

 These are a pair.

 I wonder if you can see anything from this *-*

Another genie series! ^^

And there you go! Haha, feels great to be back!

Ikea Ad. Twinny and I

Heya guys. There isn't sketches yet but I hope this might take up your time. Its an adverisement my twin and I did for Ikea. Its super short but I hope its interesting to you guys. Cheers!

Update 10th May

I'm done with this! With a case of backdrop M.I.A. Oh well. Twinny help me by telling me to add red on the bangles. It helped a lot. Because my bangles made the whole picture too gold. It is still too gold...

Anyway, time to work on a new one! I don't think the stress of exams will ever distract me.

This will probably be scanned tomorrow~

Memories - That Flower's Birthday.

     I found a picture of a present I made for a dear friend last year. I totally forgotten about it and its great to find out about it all over again. It is such a lovely memory. The embarassment of printing out the photos at a photoshop, making the frame a little too early due to excitement and how we used to love to go crazy over SHINee's Taemin. All is long past, even if its just a few months, now, we are in any way at least a little different from what we were then.

Photo collage of random friends. I appeared twice in this and the birthday girl once. *v*

     I can still remember how much it stunk when I painted it with fabric paint. Haha, I didn't have any other thicker paint on me :) Twinny helped too, and I got mad at her and had to touch up her parts over and over. I made it with four long wooden blocks. I nailed them, painted them, pasted the pictures on a hard backing, then glued and taped the backing on the frame. Probably was a better idea to add some nailing to all that attaching options.

     Now, this is probably in her wardrobe, forbidden ever to be hung on her bedroom wall by her mother. I hope after ten years, twenty years, maybe all her life, that she will still hold on to this. Sigh, how could I forget?

Probably the only picture that has a pretty looking me.

Birthday girl ain't here. But the girl in the white dress's birthday is tomorrow. Might make a card if I don't get too lazy.

See you soon, bye~

PS. I have exams in six days. Screw maths.

9th May Update

So... I went and continue this... with many mistakes. I wanted her to cry blood, but it freaked me and the colour of her hair doesn't go well with it. I'm still fixing her lips... and the brown highlights turned out great, I doubted it would since it was a suggestion from a funny friend. I want to murder myself. Something about this one makes me hate myself sooooo bad.

And I finally completed this, and I also want to murder myself because something in it is making me feel extremely dissatisfied. ._.

Am I going through another self depression? I think I'm just hungry.

Bye again.

This is a part of my Arabian Nights Series! Truthfully, the 'Arabian Nights Series' doesn't mean anything. 

I just said so. So, yeah.

She's a genie, in chains and all, but I'm having a debate with myself, since the holy leaves on her head was supposed to show that she once was a godess but now has turned into a monster. And I don't think greek gods have anything to do with genies.

Also, my father's awfully pissy nowadays, and is contantly throwing his flames at me. I really shouldn't tolerate him too much -.- Probably the reason I get bullied the most is because I accept that I'm the weakest and I don't really fight back. When I do, I get scolded. The others never got scolded like I do. Sigh.

Arabian Treasure

I finished it! QvQ

Sketches and the Undone. 30th April.

Yay! Art stuff! I was worried I haven't been posting about my art when this is supposed to be an art blog...

 These are some really old stuff that I decided not to finish...

 This is a sketch I did a few weeks ago... I was trying to create a new character, I think.

 I recently continued this sketch, I did her face and sharpen things up. I think I'll be lining this soon.

And this, I haven't finish it yet ._. I still have to colour a bit more then recolour with colour pencils and then have it scanned.

:D

Say, does my stuff looks like they have same faces?