digital versus collaged atc's

Hi a very quick posting this time. Got to thinking about some of the issues I was thinking about when I wrote the last post, so I had them in my mind last night when I was creating my entries for the Artful Ideas swap on Flickr.

I had been playing around with the theme, Steampunk, using digital techniques to experiment and amuse myself. The outcome was very acceptable, I thought; Mona Punk.



Using digital teechniques I was able to resize, reselect and move elements around very easily. When I trie to reproduce this as a "cut 'n' paste" version I found a very different kettle of fish. Even tho' I had a clear idea of what I was going to do, It was no easy matter to carry it out. resizing was tedious, I introduced new elements because cutting out some of the originals would have been a chore so I decided in the end to simply stand back and start from very nearly square one.

In the end, I have probably got close to the digital version, except for the goggle yes but it was not easy.



Did it work? was it worth the extra effort? I think the eyes give an extra "rfun" element. My son actually bought me a selection of crafting items for christmas which included a whole pack of these eyes so expect more of the same. Have fun with your art/crafting.