Saludos querida comunidad, el día de hoy le s comparto un trabajo muy especial para participar en el Splinterlands Art Contest Week 258, se trata de un colgante de pared hecho en la técnica de macramé, el personaje retratado se trata de Naga Fire Wizard, carta de Splinterlands donde nos cuentan que es un personaje muy inteligente y hábil en todas las armas conocidas, además sabe usar la magia la cual la hace un oponente muy fuerte. Espero que les guste.
Greetings dear community, today I share with you a very special work to participate in the Splinterlands Art Contest # 258, it is a wall hanging made in the macramé technique, the character portrayed is Naga Fire Wizard, card from Splinterlands where they say that she is a very intelligent character and skilled in all known weapons, she also knows how to use magic which makes her a very strong opponent. Hope you like.
Proceso / Process
The first thing I did to do this work was to look for the image of the letter and cut out the image according to the proportions that I wanted to make the macramé portrait. From this cut image I was able to make my pattern by determining the colors of thread to use. As soon as I came to the decision to use 17 colors of thread, the more colors the more difficult the work, but I was determined to make a great project.
I used brick-colored acrylic yarn for the background and black for the outline of the figure. For the face I used two shades of red and two shades of pink, for the hair I used three shades of green, on the clothes I also used three shades of green but different from the first, for the necklace, the tiara and the spikes on For the head I used two shades of yellow, for the stones I used three shades of purple. It is important to use at least two or three different tones per color area to be able to make highlights, shadows and mid-tones, meaning that this works under the same fundamentals as painting.
As a support I used a lollipop stick and two clothespins, with the brick-colored yarn I cut thirteen 50cm strands and left one strand attached to the ball. I took the strands in half and made a lark knot to join the strands to the stick, leaving the long strand on the left side. The long strand is for tying the knots while the other 27 serve as guide threads.
With the long strand I made 5 rows of simple knots, that is, the strand wraps each of the guide threads twice, then I added the black color for the outline of the horn, then the light yellow and the dark yellow, each of the Colors that are needed as the figure progresses must be held on the back side, in this way the threads cross behind when changing colors.
Little by little I was making the knots corresponding to the figure. It is worth saying that it is very important to use the corresponding tones, for example the two shades of red did not have much difference between each other, that is, one was only a little darker than the other, but when the face is finished we see how there is an effect of light and shadow in the red face, those details make the difference.
The same thing happens in the pink part of the face, the difference between the two shades of pink makes the part of the character's chin look more illuminated. The same happens with the purple stones which you can see that shine effect thanks to the three shades of thread.
Once I finished the figure, I divided the guide threads into three parts, in groups of 9 threads, with a red thread I made a sliding knot and cut the threads. With brick-colored thread I cut 6 strands of 20cm and made a braid that tied to the stick to make the handle.
Resultado / Result
I am fascinated with the result, it is the first time that I have used so many different colors of thread for a macramé work and I feel that it was a great achievement, I hope to continue overcoming more and more challenges like this 🥰
Imágenes tomadas con dispositivo Samsung A54. Portada editada en Inshot
Pictures taken with Samsung A54 device. Cover edited in Inshot
Espero les haya gustado. Les invito a leer mis próximas publicaciones y siempre estaré dispuesta a responder sus preguntas y comentarios, también pueden seguirme y contactarme en cualquiera de mis redes sociales. ¡Muchas gracias!
I hope you liked it. I invite you to read my next publications and I will always be willing to answer your questions and comments, you can also follow me and contact me on any of my social networks. Thank you!
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