Color schemes are always challenging. I wanted to keep the colors simple, since so much of it was going to be “silver grey”. As I see it, the “leather” can either be brown or black, but I think it looks off when there is a mix. After some debate, I settled on black and then decided to use white as a contrast color, rather than the more traditional dark shade. The rich red color has a lot of blue into it which keeps it from feeling too “blood red” and softens it against the black and the white.
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Okay, so a question…
Dreamed asked: If you could travel to any time era, in any part of the world, when and where would you go? Why?
Wow… hard question. I have no idea… not very helpful is it?
I guess if I had to go somewhere and visit a period of history, I would want to visit Mainz in Germany when Gutenberg was printing his bible in the mid-1400’s, just so that I could see the press. A little odd, but as a rare books person, I just really want to see it.
I would not want to have to wear the clothing of the early 1400s… that just does nothing for me.
On an utterly unrelated note, I found this beautiful Valentine paper doll on Flickr. I love the way water color looks when it’s well done. Makes me almost want to try traditional media… almost.
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I knew this would look epic in color! =D
Love the color scheme. The red, black and white together look very tribal, like maybe Maori or something along those lines.
love this, definitely one of my favorites, do you ever do outfits from movies? like the hunger games? “hint, hint” : D
I don’t do many costumes from movies and I have no plans to do a Hunger Games set. I just don’t find copying costumes from movies very interesting. I have done a Harry Potter set and a Star Trek set. Toria, over at a Paper Closet, has done a beautiful job on the Hunger Games already, so I don’t really feel any need to fill in that gap.
Thanks for asking though, I always love to hear what people would be interested in seeing. 🙂
i know this isn’t your usual thing, but this doll is completely awesome! stunning variations on breast plates and skirts ~ so much fun!
: D
What is the red and steel thing right by the long dress?
I’m sorry. I’m not sure which thing you’re referring to.
It looks like a skirt, but then it has a fold of fabric that looks kind of like a sleeve on the left side….