JAN/FEB Challenge - Portraits!

[starrley]

Quick question, the way I read the instructions, we're supposed to have a stitched frame, not a literal one, right? I'm asking because it could affect a lot of people's projects. I am stitching a frame on my portrait right now because I thought that's what we were supposed to do.

[Miss Clawful]

Here be the answer starrley.

Just want to encourage people to give their projects a frame - whether that be an actual frame or a stitched / made one!
Not making it a rule, but I do think it would add to the whole portrait thing in a good way!

I do think mad props to those that stitch their frames, because for me, that's some seriously tedious boring work there.

[blackmageheart]

Thanks Miss Clawful!

It's fine either way, starrley. I've stitched a frame on my first project, for the lolz. My second, supposing I can get it finished in time, I will get a real frame for. So, yes - either is good!

[monkeypeaches]

YIkes, I need some help! I really want to use this picture for my portrait but it's proving extremely tough to clean up in KG Chart. Does anyone have any tips as to how I can make it so there aren't as many random stitches of colors? For instance, I want the shading on his neck to be one color, not 10! Is it just a lost cause?

[MeiTow]

Try using less colors Monkey. I put it in KG with 10 colors (it gave me 15 lol) and most of the shading/face area is big blotches of color with a different one here or there that you could probably clean up pretty easily.

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I am planning on putting up another WIP as soon as I get this darn beard done. It's driving me crazy with all the color changes! It's making my backside look like crap.

[Kareesh]

I am planning on putting up another WIP as soon as I get this darn beard done. It's driving me crazy with all the color changes! It's making my backside look like crap.

I know how you feel. Oh my goodness. The change of colors, but they're all blue! Enough to make me go crazy.

I'm thinking I'll post a WIP sometime tomorrow when I have better lighting to take a picture.

[SofaraStarfyre]

My portrait is coming along! I can't wait to finish it and turn it in.

[Kareesh]

Heh...just realized I put my post in the wrong thread. That was suppose to be in the charity quilt section. Oh well, I love looking at ya'lls portraits. I think this will be a hard vote, as usual.

[MeiTow]

I know how you feel. Oh my goodness. The change of colors, but they're all blue! Enough to make me go crazy.

I'm thinking I'll post a WIP sometime tomorrow when I have better lighting to take a picture.

If I had realized I would have cleaned it up more and combined colors. lol All of these colors are in my beard. I have about 4 of them left that I haven't used yet.

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[monkeypeaches]

Try using less colors Monkey. I put it in KG with 10 colors (it gave me 15 lol) and most of the shading/face area is big blotches of color with a different one here or there that you could probably clean up pretty easily.

Kanji.sth

I am planning on putting up another WIP as soon as I get this darn beard done. It's driving me crazy with all the color changes! It's making my backside look like crap.

Thanks MeiTow! That definitely looks better and easier to clean up. However, I have since decided to do a different pattern that was a bit easier to work with, and will be saving Kanji for when I have more time. I actually spent about 3 hours cleaning up the pattern I'm using now because I couldn't imagine going through as many color changes as you are! That would take some serious patience that I just do not have. So I smoothed out a lot of my pattern and knocked it down from 25 colors to 15.