No Mirror Tiger

I thought the butterfly challenge was fun and thought a Tiger one would be cool. It turned out better than I thought it would but not as good as I THOUGHT it was be while I was doing it. The things that look like ears are supposed to be tribal-type stripes...oh, well. I'm going to use this as my Avatar for this week.

Your turn!

D.

Wow that actually turned out pretty grrrrreat! Good idea!

LOL! Will try soon

Denise that's really good ...... I'll be trying this soon ...... Hope I don't poke my eye out ..

Ha! Funny! Will have to try!

MAN! That is awesome, for no mirror!

I'm surprised at how well you managed to lay the base down - it's PERFECT!

I took that challenge, and surprised myself!

What do you think?

Here's my SECOND try. First time I got so much black in my eye trying to line it that I had to abort attempt! No wonder Mark Reid stresses the importance of watching the tip of your brush!

DANG GIRLS...you guys did so well! Diane your eyes look great. Martha...ouch! You both did a great job.

D.

Guess I'll have to try the butterfly no mirror challenge. Least I won't have to try to line my eyes! The colors in my base didn't show well on camera. It's your metallic yellow/metallic orange combo Denise. Love it for tigers!

Wow! you all did good...for being blind practically! My face would look like bruises all over if I tried.

How can you do that!!! Cool

Ha! Looks like the ones I do WITH a mirror!!!

Tuli* wrote:Ha! Looks like the ones I do WITH a mirror!!!

Ditto

It was surprisingly easier than the butterfly! I didn't even ATTEMPT the eye liner, though! What shocked me most was that the base turned out so well. I couldn't feel if I was laying down any color at all. And the funny thing is, this tiger looks at LEAST 10X better than my first few tigers!

Wow then rthling, u are one talented person indeed!!

Know what you mean Diane about the base. I kept dabbing and dabbing. I reversed my order as well. Usually put down the white first then blend in but one the "no mirror" figured it would be a safer bet to put the white down last so I could feel where it was when I started my black lines. Didn't help much though.

Tuli* wrote:Wow then rthling, u are one talented person indeed!!

HAHAHA! I wouldn't say that! Did you SEE my no mirror butterfly? That one's a HOOT!

The colors look really good Martha. The cake is wearing pretty evenly too because I use the yellow a lot to fill in the middle and the orange a lot to round out the face. I'm glad you tried it. I thought my base would be more splotchy too but it worked out well. I used the pearl white for my white.

I painted for Emma's photo class yesterday. I did a tiger on a teen boy that had red hair. I used a combo of the copper/gold & the orange yellow and he looked really good. When it came to the white, because his skin was so light, the pearl wasn't working so I used a combo of wolfe metallic white and white that I had as a "skull" cake and I really liked it. It was opaque yet shiny enough to go with the other pearls in the design. So I may make a pearl white/white split next paint order. I think I would use it a lot in eye designs like Christina Davidson uses Snaz white.

I'm excited to show you guys the pictures when I get them.

D.

Oooh, good idea! I have Snaz white, Tag white, Paradise white, DFX white, and DFX metallic white. Would love to get another shiny white but am still debating brand. Funny how they all have their "best" uses.

I finally found the time to have a go on this one.
Here's my no-mirror tiger.
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sorry for the huge picture. I either get them in here teeny tiny small or they are huge.

Oh boy... this sounds like a real challenge! I'll definately have to get in on this one... once I get my new camera next week.

Redstar...your symmetry is really good....mine stunk. I can see you had nose trouble like I did...that's the hardest part IMHO.

PUNKY! Glad to see you. Please join us in the silliness.

lol, yeah, I thought I had the nose. I chickened out on the teeth though and the purple ended up over everything. Oh well, I had fun, and it was surprising to see how much different it looked like to what it felt like while I was painting it.