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This weekend was Rosh Hashanah, so I spent some time in synagogue, made challah, heard the shofar, and ate apples and honey. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, so it is now the year 5784. I often get introspective this time of year, but I don’t know that I’m ready to share any of those thoughts.
I wanted to do something a little romantic and with a darker color scheme, but fairer skin, so I could see how the contrast worked with the dark linework and the added texture. I think it works well.
All this paper dolls clothing sort of reminds me of the clothing of Regina/Evil Queen in Once Upon a Time when not in the fairytale world. I never got through season 3 last time I watched this, so hopefully I’ll be more engaged this time. I honestly think the show works better when you can binge it and don’t so easily loose track of all the threads (there’s a lot of them.) I do really enjoy most of the costuming. Everytime I argue at the TV that there’s more ethical nuance than the show allows, my husband is like, “It’s fairy tales.”
And I am like, “Okay, fair.”
So, if you look closely at this set, you might notice one of the neat things about working digitally. Two of the blouses (the red sleeveless one and the purple button up) became the templates from which I drew the two other blouses- the cream and black one and the teal cropped one. This adaptation is much more possible, because of the digital nature of the art. It’s not something I’ll probably do all the time- because I honestly like drawing- but the possibility excites me.
Also, like how many ways are there to draw a pair of skinny jeans before it gets absurd? Really?
Oh, and I messed around a little with the layout to facilitate printing and getting more clothing onto the page. Not sure I love the thicker gray line, so that might change.
Let me know what you think in a comment! I love hearing from folks.
I’m trying to think WHY the thicker gray line you used in the layout gives me a retro-vibe which, in somewise, goes with this doll. (Her hair style, at least, reprises a retro style.). In this case the thicker gray works for me, although I can see that you might think it cramps the text in the lower left some. Just my two bits. ((smile))
There’s a little bit of a retro vibe with all these paper dolls- I am trying, after all, to somewhat mimic a printing style that was common with paper dolls in the 1970s. So, yeah, retro all around.