Halloween Costumes are a wonderful source of inspiration.Chubby babies in funny costumes always make me smile.
What is nice about babies in costumes, is that they're are already pretty much shaped like beads, and they are always
adorable.
If you are looking for a character figure, adult costumes work well for those. They're online and a great resource. The thing about many costumes, is that they've already done the simplification and the research for you. If you're making a small glass figure, you can't have too much detail, but want the "essence" of what you're trying to convey. Costumes have narrowed those decisions down for you, and you can take the inspiration and go from there.
If you've used a costume as a bead inspiration, please send me a costume and then bead photo. Let's post them. And if this write up reminds you of some inspiration that you've recently used, I'd love for you to comment about it here too.
See you tomorrow,
Marcy
Marcy, You're an absolute genius! What a great way to find inspiration!
ReplyDeleteIts a great picture and a fun way to get inspiration. I'm not good enough to do character beads yet.
ReplyDeleteMarcy, you put it perfectly into words-- the essence of what you're trying to convey. You are so right. I hadn't thought about baby costumes in this light, but what a fun way to do research :) What a little cutie in that pic!
ReplyDeleteI use little baby costumes all the time for inspiration! Marcy, you and I HAVE to get together sometime. I think we would get along like a house on fire!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone.
ReplyDeleteLori, I think we're very similar about so many things. I bet we'd start talking and have a hard time stopping.
Marcy