October 2016 M3 challenge : Art Dolls

an amazing challenge

 

I've watched your video @Lynne-Marie , love how you explained all your process. and you're right your doll is so cute

 

@Lynne-Marie, thanks so much for this video! You used tricks I've never tried; I've never used "path" and had no idea what it did. Off to play.

 

GRAB THEM BY THE BALLOT: ART DOLL

I've been struggling for weeks with sad/bad feelings about this election. I know that making something helps, but I tried & tried and got nowhere. This challenge fixed it. Thank you!

I made a page, too, which I'll post shortly.

Elements from Rebecca McMeen (M3_Oct16 & Two Kitties); Lynne Marie (M3_Oct16); Quirky Heart (M3_July15); Paula Kesselring (M3_Oct16 & M3_Oct16 AddOn); Nanci Rowe Janitz (M3_Jan15, M3_July16, M3_May 16, M3_June16 & M3_Sept16); and Little Butterfly Wings (M3_April15 & M3_Oct16).

 

I got carried away, and made a page as well:



GRAB BACK

For an M3 (Monthly Multi-Media) art doll challenge at The Lilypad.

Art doll elements are from Rebecca McMeen (M3_Oct16 & Two Kitties); Lynne Marie (M3_Oct16); Quirky Heart (M3_July15); Paula Kesselring (M3_Oct16 & M3_Oct16 AddOn); Nanci Rowe Janitz (M3_Jan15, M3_July16, M3_May16, M3_June16 & M3_Sept16); and Little Butterfly Wings (M3_April15 & M3_Oct16).

Other elements from Little Butterfly Wings (M3_Oct16 AddOn) and Lynne Marie (Masked Beauty).

 

Absolutely love the M3 this month! I'll be back, when things settle down a bit... I was gone on a fantastic vacation for over 2 weeks, came home & sabotaged my laptop (spilled bullet-proof tea on the keyboard & fried the mother board). I ordered a new laptop & it was delivered the next day (yesterday - Thursday). So last night I was busy restoring, loading programs, etc., etc. I've still got quite a bit to do, but I've come a long way since the death of my beloved laptop on Wednesday morning. Photoshop CS5 is working on Windows 10, I so fretted about it. A big plus. And my restore was relatively current, only lost 3 downloads that I was able to retrieve plus a Photoshop layout that wasn't the most current version. I backup nightly, and I must have pulled these files over, etc. after the backup finished.

 

Here is mine; I put her on a simple page too.

 

I so love this and share in your feelings. I'm glad you got a little therapy out of it. Great doll!

 

I guess I posted in the wrong spot. I'm going to do a new one, but...

Here is one I made quite awhile back for the ATC swap. She's a version of another that I did for a billboard design

 

This was fun!

 

amazing dolls ladies !

I've played too :

 

@Ga_L - Love your page. When I scrolled by, the laptop made the wings appear to flap due to the color changes/angle of the screen. Cool.

 

Finally after much work from my undo function here is my doll.

 

Here is mine:

 

@Lynne-Marie Well, I was so hopeful that I could create something new for this challenge. But I went on a 2 week vacation in September/October and I am still not caught up. So I decided to share a couple of pages out of my gluebook. I looked thru it today since I realized that the art doll wasn't going to happen... Anyway, I think these two pages will technically work. I have a few personal rules for myself. I only use scissors, a composition notebook and a gluestick. I don't modify the images with paint or ink unless something is obviously glaring. I really love to dig thru the junk mail & create art out of it. When I first discovered gluebooks, I did nothing else. My dining room table was covered with clippings and newspapers and word strips. It was so much fun. But then DH got a bit agitated with me taking it over, so I now retreat to my studio if I get the urge to play with scissors.

And if anyone is interested, you can see more of my gluebook pages on my Pinterest board:
https://www.pinterest.com/mcurtt/my-gluebook/