I’ve been thinking about doing a face from a different angle for a while, wanting to see if I could make it work on the same doll design. Here is my 3/4 view face-
Of course I needed a little push to go from thinking about it to actually doing it. This was that push-
That blue on the side of the eye. And this is how that ended up there.
There are many challenges in putting together a tattooed fellow. One is that I need a toile fabric for the tattooed parts and a plain fabric for the head and hands. The fabrics are over-dyed so the color needs to match, and to a lesser degree, the weave texture. If there is a section of the toile fabric that is plain, Hurray! I can cut my parts out of that. Sometimes I have to squeeeeeze and I’m thinking as I cut it, I’ll make this work somehow. Maybe I was thinking that I’d sew the little part of print on the inside. Or fiddle with the seam allowance. But then, later, probably many months later, when I sewed it up, I’d forgotten all about that. And when I stuffed him, there it was. And another blue print section on the other side of his face, now covered with hair. Because obviously, this was an opportunity for creative problem solving.
And I am so glad I made that little goof-up because who knows how long I would have waited to try this 3/4 view and I love it!
You can see that the ear is not sewed at the side seam as I usually do. And the other ear is right around on the (usually) back of the head.
Other details include another toile with a castle- I’m seeing a trend here. Also, a great old brass button and some very vintage white ric rac.
I love this! I’m always telling my kids (and students when I was teaching) that if you want to be good at something, you have to be willing to take a lot of chances and make a lot of mistakes. “Ruined” things are great for taking risks with because it’s not like it’s going to get worse.
I think he turned out great. Good for you for figuring it out & using it to your advantage!! You are a true artist my friend! :)
This is a wonderfully creative move. I love how he came out – I actually had to stop and wrap my head around what you had done because it looked so natural that way!! Hooray for you!!
thank you for this very interesting post.
as usual i love this guy. the tattoo people are my favourite and one will be mine some day!
So clever, Mimi! Great creative solution. Yes, you needed that problem to find this wonderful response to it!
I really like the movement the 3/4 view gives to him. Fantastic! Will you do more like this?
It worked out great! Yay for variety!