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the other sister
Adryane

the other sister

The journaling is a quote I found. it reads: She looked like art, and art wasnt supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.
I am using the quote until I come up with a different story.

Credits
Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Palette Authentic (background solid, recolored) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Authentic.html
DifferentStrokes No.11 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Different-Strokes-No.-11.html
ArtsyPaint No.6 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyPaint-No.-6.html
TapedTextures No.3 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/TapedTextures-No.-3.html
TapedTextures No.5 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/TapedTextures-No.-5.html
ArtPlay Palette Knowledge (embroidered flowers) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Knowledge.html
ArtPlay Palette Joyful (pink dotted tape) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Joyful.html
ArtPlay Palette Care (brush) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Care.html
Spiral Scribbles No.1 (retired)

process...
i am fascinated by embroidered vintage photos. whenever something grabs my attention like that, i try to recreate it digitally. this is my third effort. this is a little more elaborate because there are more layers and i added the embroidered flowers. i started with the photo and extracted the older sister. at first, i filled that section with stitching (i will save that idea for another page) then decided to do something more colorful and, instead, took the extracted image and moved it to the right of the photo. i used the mask behind the extraction because she was too "lost" on the strong solid without something behind her. next, i worked on the dress. there are a lot of layers! some of them are set to multiply or soft light to give some color variation. the hardest part was the shadowing which tended to leave the stitching looking dark. i added the flowers over the stitching. seems like after the dress, most of my time was spent trying to find a balance between the little sister and the other sister. i added some transfers to the photo to give it a little bit of faded color. the taped textures add some dimension and the artsy paint grounds the photo. still not sure if i like the paint bleeding through the cut out ... but, for now, i am leaving it alone.

Thanks for looking :)
ValeJules said it well. "The design serves the story." When I look at something like this, the sum is way bigger than the parts. I love the parts, too, of course (and can I vote for the paint bleed in the cutout to be left in?), but it's the thinking/feelings that you provoke here that make this work really special.
 
Here's what I like... your ability to draw the viewer in with the marriage of the image and story...then the clincher is that you are sometimes unsure of the story... all done in an artsy way!!
 
Incredibly creative, the idea, the process, the photo to start the whole idea and process!
 
Stunning artwork and very inspirational! Love the red and the cut out space on the photo!
 
I always enjoy coming to your gallery, you never cease to amaze me!
Love what you've done here! Beautifully created dress!
 

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