Another year, a lot of planners. All are collaged on a hardcover, 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches.
Drawn over with different colors of pen and gold marker. The eyes are painted with glow-in-the-dark nail polish -- hold it directly under a light and it glows for maybe 5 seconds, so for a better effect I need to get actual glowing paint. This has the least continuity from front to back, but I love it... it's weird.
I made this cat-swan maybe two years ago; it was so precious to me I needed to wait until I had the right project. However I actually have used this image many times already, because I scanned it. The cat-butterfly on the back was a whim and I loved it so much I made another.
A couple of arty, rich cyclopes sitting in a field of blue flowers at night. Obviously. The green monster is formed from a fur coat. I like how the robot is grinning. Every planner had a cat so I kind of needed another; I find the cat-butterfly morph so funny I threw it in.
The patterns, hair and body are all from the same editorial which made it easy to create a cohesive theme. This came together the quickest, with the simplest composition, until I decided I wanted her to have a necklace and it was surprisingly hard to find something that "worked".
All were worked entirely with Mod Podge original. They were built up with around seven or more layers, then wet sanded with 400 grit sandpaper. I painted four more layers of Mod Podge then dry sanded. THEN I painted a coat of clear acrylic sealer, waited four hours, dry sanded (lightly) and painted another coat of acrylic. (I am not necessarily recommending this much work. In retrospect I think I would have preferred to use the clear acrylic sealer after the first wet sanding.)
All were worked entirely with Mod Podge original. They were built up with around seven or more layers, then wet sanded with 400 grit sandpaper. I painted four more layers of Mod Podge then dry sanded. THEN I painted a coat of clear acrylic sealer, waited four hours, dry sanded (lightly) and painted another coat of acrylic. (I am not necessarily recommending this much work. In retrospect I think I would have preferred to use the clear acrylic sealer after the first wet sanding.)
For further insight into how I approach collage, try my Collage Degree post.