The second one is crafting, and more specifically, rubber stamping. My idea to combine these two came from a photo that I'd seen that was taken and posted on Twitter by Matt Roberts, one of the producers of the show. It was a shot of the actors portraying the main characters, Jamie and Claire, taken outdoors in minimal lighting. It was very atmospheric, and it stuck in my mind. After a few days I finally downloaded it and converted it to grayscale, thinking that it would look wonderful as a silhouette and that it just might be an image that would lend itself to being carved in rubber. I do like the look of hand-carved stamps. Here's how it turned out.
That's the edited photo and my subsequent carving up above.
And this is how it looked when I inked it up with some Versafine and stamped it. Didn't get Jamie's nose quite right and I tried to correct it a bit (hence the second stamped image post nose job), but all in all, not too bad for a first try.
Wow -- great job on the stamp carving! Thanks for the news about the Outlander series. I love the books, although I have only gotten through the first four. I am nervous about it being recreated on the TV screen because I have a picture in my mind of what the characters look like, and I'm not sure the real actors will meet up with my "vision".
ReplyDeleteI've found that I don't really have a concrete picture of the characters in my mind, but I do have strong notions about their personalities. So I don't worry much about whether an actor necessarily looks like the character, but rather whether they will act in the way that I've come to expect. That said, I have enough of a mental image that if the casting is very different, then I find it jarring. So far I can't complain about the cast of Outlander. I hope I can say the same after seeing the series.
DeleteWow that is a wonderful stamp, clever you so pleased to "see" you again. :)
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DeleteNever tried this...your first time is Awesome!!!! By the way, how did you convert your picture to grayscale....in what program? Curious to know how.
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I think that most editing applications have some way of converting to grayscale or black and white. I used Pixelmator on my iMac. When I was on a PC I used Paint Shop Pro — loved it and wish that I could have continued using it with a Mac, but that wasn't an option. iPhoto also has a filter that will convert images to black and white. I find that it's just easier to see what needs to be carved out or left untouched if the image is simple.
DeleteWhat. Fabulous stamp! I love the Diana Gabaldon books and I'm desperately trying to find out if they will be shown in the UK
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