Today I passed a ginkgo tree at school (see a branch at right). Its leaves have just recently come out. Since I am a particular fan of ginkgo trees, I decided to pick a leaf. Then I thought, going with the idea of nature-inspires-fashion, this leaf looks quite like a skirt... Hmm. So I scanned the leaf and photoshopped the stem out of the image. (Original leaf scan seen below)
I (D) next color-edited (brightened) the leaf, layered it on top of a croquis (sketchy dress-form for tracing) I found online, and created a digital green corset top with a mesh baby-blue-colored underlayer. The original croquis is seen at left and the final photoshopped leaf/croquis/"corset" combo is seen below.
Artist/Scanner/Writer: D
Materials: Real ginkgo leaf, PhotoShop
Happy spring!
xD
Croquis Image Credit (used for photoshop dress image).Ginkgo Leaf: my own scan.
that is so cool
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Can you make one for me??AE
ReplyDeletevery cool!!! i love where you got your inspiration from.
ReplyDeletethank you for your comment!
ReplyDeletethis is SO cool!! i wish i had a dress like that :]
That's so cute!
ReplyDeleteLove it, found it on the Ginkgo pages blog
ReplyDeleteI show your lovely Ginkgo 'dress' on my blog:
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Thanks!
Cheers, Cor
Hey, may I show this pic on my blog?
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Hi, came across this when researching gingko for a necklace I am making - hope ok to show on my blog - with credits of course. Please visit my blog sometime
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