Tuesday, October 27, 2009

silhouette tutorial

sadie's silhouette needed some updating (last time i made her one was when she was tiny! and bald.) you've seen these all over, right? well, here's the way i like to do them. simple and easy and quick.

Click below for more details!


you'll need:
a piece of thin white paper

pencil
black paper

frame


first, take a picture of the person's profile. (or your pet-even a favorite piece of furniture would look cool) then, print it out to the size you want.

trace the outline on the white paper (holding it up to a window works great) around the head and shoulders, make sure to get little hairs, etc. this makes it look awesome.
staple your tracing to the black paper.

then, carefully cut around your trace, catching all the little hairs and details.
tada, cute silhouette(s)!
then pop it into your frame of choice. soo cute, huh?
this is sadie's old one. aww my little conehead.
for reals! thank goodness her head looks normal now.

***If you have used any of my tutorials, I'd love if you'd add a quick pic to my flicker group! Thanks!***


7 comments:

Watson Ink. said...

Hehe! Your last comment made me smile :)

a girl in a gorilla suit said...

thank you for sharing this! i wanted to put my kids silhouettes in little mini-frames to hang on our chirstmas tree but i wasnt sure how to do it...now i am excited for Christmas! haha

thanks again! ♥

Mrs. Laura Kay Pettit said...

Thanks for the idea! I'm thinking it could be fun Christmas gifts for the parents of my students. Hmmmmmmm.

kamille said...

cute! it's funny because i just took a picture of max's profile yesterday because i need to update his silhouette! great minds think alike :) haha

Shelly said...

Thanks--this is really cool!

kakalderman said...

Thank you! I just did ones of my little girl and my dog. They turned out GREAT! Thinking of doing all the grandkids for my parents for Christmas. Super easy!

anaalbimoreno said...

Revisando tu blog para guardar la dirección como muy intresante por los tutoriales tan bien explicados. Gracias.

 
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