Montag, 17. Oktober 2011

Spider shadow stencil


Look who is here!


This spider was really tiny! Just a few mm! Not more... You see how big the leaf is in the back... but due to the sun and the dark shadow I saw her! I just had to take a picture.


The silhouette of this tiny one was so cool! I just enlarged the picture... and made a black and white image with it. As a program I used gimp, it's freeware! For the editing process I used the smart sharpen tool of gimp. You see how good it is working because it was able to get all the little hairs visible! 


But I also wanted just a clear stencil / silhouette. So I used inkscape (also freeware) to vectorize and smooth the outlines. 


I hope you like her as much as I do :) Her and all of her tiny spider clones! ^^



5 Kommentare:

  1. That is so cool! What a genius way to get the silhouette of Mr. Spider. Adding the web line elevates it to superb cuteness! another beautiful post, Claire - I always get inspired when I open your blog.

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  2. Awesome! Love the idea of using a real spider silhouette.. you are one clever lady! Thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo party.. can't wait to see what you share next!
    Hope you stop by and enter my giveaway for a chance to win up to $100 in mdf craft goodies @ http://pinkapotamus.blogspot.com/2011/10/mr-woody-giveaway-win-up-to-100-in.html

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  3. wow, wonderful, what e great picture and silhouette. I love the tiny hairs! Great Idea!

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  4. I love how you see stuff nobody else notices.

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