Am I wrong for being picky?
#1
Before I go on with this post I'd like to show better pictures of the stained glass project I'm working on. I know I've shown video of game play from Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, but it wasn't very good quality and didn't show the best angle of the windows.
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/RauruTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/SariaTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...DaruniaTWW.png[/IMG]
(Rauru, Saria, Darunia)
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ss/RutoTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ss/ImpaTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...NabooruTWW.png[/IMG]
(Ruto, Impa, Nooboru)
I've begun color matching marble/watercolor/blender fabrics to the green one and after three hours only found four exact matches. I want to try to match the colors as closely as I can. I don't really want to resort to picking out colors that are...you know...the same general color and kind of the close amount of dark or light without actually being that same color. I think that might even be even harder than trying to find exact matches because its still got to look good with the other colors. And there are at least 10-14 colors on these images. I mean, I'll comprimise if I absolutely have to, but I'd really like to try and find exact color matches first.
Am I being too picky or is it okay to have a very specific plan/vision in mind and go for it?
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/RauruTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/SariaTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...DaruniaTWW.png[/IMG]
(Rauru, Saria, Darunia)
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ss/RutoTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ss/ImpaTWW.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...NabooruTWW.png[/IMG]
(Ruto, Impa, Nooboru)
I've begun color matching marble/watercolor/blender fabrics to the green one and after three hours only found four exact matches. I want to try to match the colors as closely as I can. I don't really want to resort to picking out colors that are...you know...the same general color and kind of the close amount of dark or light without actually being that same color. I think that might even be even harder than trying to find exact matches because its still got to look good with the other colors. And there are at least 10-14 colors on these images. I mean, I'll comprimise if I absolutely have to, but I'd really like to try and find exact color matches first.
Am I being too picky or is it okay to have a very specific plan/vision in mind and go for it?
#2
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No, not at all.
You have a vision of what you want your project to look like. In my opinion, you will be unhappy with the final result unless you stick to your vision.
If that wasn't true, my guess is you wouldn't be asking if you're wrong to be picky.
You have a vision of what you want your project to look like. In my opinion, you will be unhappy with the final result unless you stick to your vision.
If that wasn't true, my guess is you wouldn't be asking if you're wrong to be picky.
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#6
I have considered hand dying, but then I did the math.
Let's go with the sage pictures above. There are six of them. Each of them have at least 10-14 colors....probably closer to 14. For arguement's sake, let's say none of the 14 colors on one window wasn't in any other window...a lot of the time they aren't sharing a lot of colors, if any.
So 6 x 14= 84 colors.
That's a lot of different colors to dye by hand.
I will, however, will be buying some of Dharma's products for screen printing for my other Zelda related project.
Let's go with the sage pictures above. There are six of them. Each of them have at least 10-14 colors....probably closer to 14. For arguement's sake, let's say none of the 14 colors on one window wasn't in any other window...a lot of the time they aren't sharing a lot of colors, if any.
So 6 x 14= 84 colors.
That's a lot of different colors to dye by hand.
I will, however, will be buying some of Dharma's products for screen printing for my other Zelda related project.
#7
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,375
The bright purple, for example, is a 2:1 ratio of Chinese Red and Brilliant blue.
Black = Better Black
The teal in the same picture = Kelly green + Brilliant Blue 4:1
Grey = Grey. You could water down black for this.
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If it were *me* I would buy a set of:
Chinese Red (or Fire Red)
Kelly Green (because green is hard to match for me)
Lemon Yellow
Brilliant Blue
Black
Soda Ash
Squirt Bottles
Urea (so you don't get speckly reds)
Black = Better Black
The teal in the same picture = Kelly green + Brilliant Blue 4:1
Grey = Grey. You could water down black for this.
************************
If it were *me* I would buy a set of:
Chinese Red (or Fire Red)
Kelly Green (because green is hard to match for me)
Lemon Yellow
Brilliant Blue
Black
Soda Ash
Squirt Bottles
Urea (so you don't get speckly reds)
#9
If you have an image in your mind of how you want it to look, then that's how you want it to look! And that's that!
The problem comes when you are working against a deadline (whether it was set by someone else or by you) and you can't find what you want and have to settle for what you can find quickly.
If you don't have serious time constraints, keep looking...you'll find it eventually.
The problem comes when you are working against a deadline (whether it was set by someone else or by you) and you can't find what you want and have to settle for what you can find quickly.
If you don't have serious time constraints, keep looking...you'll find it eventually.
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