Time for another one and this time the LO features the jamaican/ghanan wrestler Kofi Kingston and my son of course. I am in a bit of a hurry at the moment. The father, the son and the holy album with LO´s are planning another trip and I would like to have a few more ready by the time we are leaving. One never knows, we might run in to a few more wrestlers, which is never sure but if we do it would be nice to get some autographs on the album/LO´s. I currently have four LO´s in production and this is the first one I completed.
I have used two Basic Grey-papers, one Crate and six different CS. The whole idea was to lift Kofi Kingstons jamaican gimmick so I started out with the flag as a background. Looking for inspiration and ideas on Internet I found this picture of a rastafarian lion (yes, it must be the smoking thats hollowed it!) and I thought that it would fit in nicely. I drew the lion, as good as I could, cut out a template and then cut out two lions in a shiny black CS. It was a time consuming procedure with many non-printable words to spice it all up. The yellow/green/red-flags are of course "reggae-colours" and I also used the colours as a background for the photo but deliberately put them in a different order because it looked stupid with the yellow on the left hand side. I know, sometimes I am a bit strange. My wifes Bosskut Gazelle was kind enough to cut the name out for me, in blue to match Kofis shirt. It saved a lot of the time I "wasted" on the lions. A little Glossy Accent from Ranger made the letters look even better. I do like to cut most things by myself but I must admit that the Gazelle is a handy tool and that I will have to learn a little more about it when we finally move down here (and here would be Karlstad) for good.
And what about Kofi? Well, he was a very nice and pleasant person who signed the album, took time for a chat and also posed for a picture with the father. But that LO will have to wait till after the summer. You can view close ups of my handy work, I wrote that whilst giggling, at http://trentscissorhands.blogspot.com/ .
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009 GMT Views: 421
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Registered: November 16, 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 26620
Mon, May 11, 2009 @ 6:18 AM
As always, Trent, your layout is perfect. I love your lions and think you do beautiful hand work. Even though machines can do it faster, sometimes it just takes some of the special pride out of a work of art such as this. I always love all the thought you put into the planning and execution. This is awesome. I do like the way you balanced the page using the flag colors around the photo. And the gloss looks great on your lettering. Fabulous layout, as always. Can't wait to see more!
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Registered: August 14, 2005 Location: a little chick at heart! Posts: 30785
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 @ 4:09 AM
it came together nicely! i hope you print out these details and attach them to the backs of your pages so future generations "get" all of the thought you put in to your LO's.
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