The less noise you need to edit out of the background, the better! This also makes it easier to see where you figure ends & where the wall (or whatever is behind you) begins. – Stand in front of a plain (preferably light) backdrop. Some photo tips that I wish someone had pointed out to me: My actual picture was taken in a tank top and undies, hence why I picked a different picture for the tutorial □ But you – you are going to want to wear something that shows your shape! Yay!įirst, you are going to want to take a picture of yourself – in something very form-fitting (like leggings or a tank) or just undies. Hence, the all-digital LT.Īnd guess what? The process was pretty easy, so I made a bunch of screen shots so I could share the tutorial with you □ And the best part is, you don’t have to have Photoshop □ I used GIMPshop, which is a FREE software that is very similar to Photoshop (except free). The book suggests printing your picture & tracing around the lines to create the croquis – which is fabulous, but I don’t have a printer at home and I was a little skeeved at the idea of printing out a picture of my undie-clad body on the office printer (or at Kinko’s! Oh God!). Mine has a little outfit (bathing suit?) because I feel a little creeped out at the idea of a nakey me floating around the internet. But now little mini-me’s are popping up all over the internet, and I’m a sheep at heart so I took some pictures and drew out my own. This is not normally something I would use – garments look sooo different on a bunch of stylized croquis than they do on normal ol’ bodies, plus, I’m pretty ~aware~ of how my body looks – so I didn’t see much of a point. It is suggested that you make your own croquis to aid with planning out future sewing projects. I was inspired to make one of these after reading chapter 2 of the Colette Sewing Handbook, A Thoughtful Plan. Isn’t it just the cutest thing you ever did see? Ok, maybe not… it’s kind of creepy lol. Look! I made a creepy line-drawing of myself!
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