Saturday, April 28, 2018

Giraffe

A Giraffe for my girl 



My girl has fell in love with giraffes since a little girl. Like me, as long as a choice is giraffe she'll pick it. Since I had started drawing owl on my clothing, I jokingly asked her to buy a plain dress or top so that I can draw giraffe for her too. She winked at me and mischievously acted scare. That's the way we communicate . No "Yes", no "No". We'll see.

Surprisingly, she really got a white dress for me to draw. I was excited that day.(Day118) .   We have a brief brain storming of what she wanted, even my hubby joined in. We had silly ideas and laughed at them.

She wanted the giraffe to be eating grass, but the greens (pen) colour runs after each wash. We decided on  ice-cream. 
" what flavour? "
"chocolate? "
"no, the giraffe is brown" she wants some colour.
" Durian? "
"No, not enough colour."
" Strawberry flavour? " sounds good.
"what about lavender with blue berries?" great!

Undoubtfully,  I scrolled the internet and Pinterest.(which I had saved as I read in the past)

Finally I was ready. I felt more excited than drawing my owl as I really want to draw a giraffe I that I like and most important, she must like it too.
this is the new dress

I did a quick sketch of the body at the back of the dress.
The giraffe will hang over one shoulder all the way to the front where the giraffe will be enjoying the ice-cream.
Just as I was engrossed into my drawing, a home delivery came. After I collected the parcel, signed for it, I realized my pen has dried up. I thought I had forgotten to cap it but after a few tries, I had to admit the ink has dried out. I need a new pen. I will go Spotlight to buy. This is one of my favorite place to buy craft work and artwork necessities. They seem to have everything and more, may be.


love it's tail


I did a rough sketch of giraffe's head and place it below the fabric


Many times when I got too engrossed with my work, I forgot about taking a photo. I drew a sketch so. that I can position it in a good spot on the dress. Some good print can made a person look award if it is place wrongly on the cloth, especially for a female. 

I love these fabric pens




what flavour is my ice-cream?

The neck is the easiest but longest, and most tedious.

I asked her to take a photo but she's a bit shy. She told me her colleagues love it too. 

Let's hope she'll take a photo the next time she wears it

done:28-4-2018


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