I posted the brief for CJT2 here. Here is what we did.
We both created a starting image then swapped. Here is mine:
The background pattern I took from The Yellow Book of Creative Colouring, by John Adams Toys (aged 8 and upwards!). I have had this colouring book for decades – it is so cool! Just geometric lines. I hope publishing my work here is not a copyright issue, after all, I just did some creative colouring! I also traced most of the seagulls from somewhere but as they don’t look much like the originals now, I don’t think it is a big problem. I am so confused when I use/change other people’s work where the lines fall about right and wrong. I am not making money but I am publishing here… Ideally I would like to just draw my own pattern and birds totally from scratch but it would have taken me much longer and used more energy than I had. But that doesn’t make it right. Hmm. A bit disappointed in myself. Didn’t think I would feel so bad about it. From now on you will be seeing my own (probably terrible) drawing skills exhibited, or at least ones done from tracing photos that I have taken myself!
Anyway, here is what she sent to me:
And here is what she did to mine:
I love what she has done with my original image. She copied it so that she could paint on it, as my copier left the lines water soluble (I tested it before sending). The red was lost but so much gained! Look carefully for the fish – they are sparkling silver on the original. She has put so much work into this and I think it is so exciting to be working together and making things we wouldn’t have otherwise.
Here is what I did with hers:
(Transcript of the text below)
I struggled to come up with a way to make her image into something different, apart from interesting colouring in I was a bit stumped and I didn’t want to erase the original meaning of the self-portrait about the missing filling. I am happy in the end with what I produced, but think she did a much better job on this one!
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Text reads: You want to put your filling under your pillow? Yes I see the hole.
Well, scrap metal prices are high and teeth have dropped in value. What? You thought I did this from the goodness of my heart?
Tell you what – Get a quote for replacing your filling and I will pay for it.
BUT! You must buy an electric toothbrush ‘coz I want my assets kept super-healthy from now on.
Yes! The only money I make these days is from the “final collection” as I call it.
So do we have a deal?
Put your filling and the quote under your pillow tonight.
Sleep well!
EnergySparks 