Fanart: Rodney's Life

[anna_luna]

I finally finished my Valentine's Day Trade for fleurrochard. She traded me a wonderful song and I wanted to make something a bit different for her... And then this idea took over my brain and I've been working on it for weeks.

fleurrochard said she wanted "something about Rodney and music"... so I present to you: Rodney's Life:



Medium: Cut paper (inspired by Robert Ryan and my 6th grade art teacher who we used to do stuff like this with)











The text reads:

"When I was young, I fell in love with music,
but then I was told that music did not love me back,
so I looked for something prettier than music, and found the stars,
and in their orbits and colors and equations, I found music again."

This was a difficult project, but I love the result, the papercuts look awesome on many different backgrounds, but I finally decided to scan them over the stripped paper... I might experiment with them some more later.

Also, I'm sorry for the yellow stripe on the left.,.. my scanner is broken and just puts it there...

Comments

[arboretum]

this is really pretty!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you so much! I loved making these as I hadn't done papercuts in such a long time.

[wicked-socks.livejournal.com]

this looks awesome!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I was trying something new and I'm glad it turned out alright.

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

Very sweet.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I almost despaired making them, but I'm happy with the result.

[sars.livejournal.com]

Really really lovely *hearts*

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! It was fun to make these.

[ditraveler.livejournal.com]

oh wow this is beautifull!!! I love it! how do you cut those letters? is this small or big?, is it with a exacto knife? I suck at cutting, I thing I got an F in kindergarden in paper and scissor cutting LOL. wonderful job!!!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much!

Each sheet is Din A4 sized (a little longer than letter sized) and the letters were *a nightmare* to cut. I did indeed use an exacto knife, and went through 2 blades making all four. Also, there are bits of paper everywhere in my house now.

The secret to good cutting is a good sharp blade (although that can backfire, I often cut *myself*, thankfully there were no accidents during the making of these papercuts) and a surface that the blade can cut into, like a bit of cardboard.

[miscellanny.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you! I love Rodney and anything related to him.

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

HOw lovely! I just had a dream about Rodney and music.

[anna_luna]

Really? Wonderful then! I hope you approve of my interpretation of it. Rodney and music stories are always among my favorites.

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

That is amazingly wonderful!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I got the idea and I just couldn't let it go.

[sundancekid.livejournal.com]

Oh WOW, that's so cool. I especially love the stars coming out of the telescope. So neat.

[anna_luna]

Thank you very much! The telescope one was the last one I made and I'm really happy at how the stars turned out.

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

Oh...these are really nicely done.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! These were something new for me to do and I enjoyed it immensely.

[burnishedvictory]

Gorgeous. I love the telescope.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I had fun trying to reflect the stages of Rodney's life through silhouettes.

[rilestar.livejournal.com]

These are really beautiful.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I had a great time designing them and spent *forever* cutting them.

[seratonation.livejournal.com]

aww that is so beautiful! aww just *squee*

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I love Rodney and I tried to capture some of the things I love about him.

[leyna55.livejournal.com]

OK, I am seriously impressed by your mad paper cutting skillz. Such pretty designs with the words & lines & stars.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I love cutting paper and I'm glad you like it. I loved coming up with the designs for the words and the stars and the musical notes.

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

Wow!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you!

[spike21.livejournal.com]

that is really lovely. Thank you for sharing it.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I had fun making it, even though it took longer to make than I expected...

[milenaa.livejournal.com]

That looks so amazing! You must have the patient of a saint to cut out all those tiny shapes :)

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! It did take a lot of patience, thankfully I didn't make many mistakes and didn't have to start over. It was fun, you should try it.

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, beautiful! And a surprisingly spectacular medium, too - I absolutely love the effect!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I had a great time exploring this new medium.

[clear-as-blood.livejournal.com]

I love this. It reminds me of some of the projects I used to do in art class.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I used to do something like this in art class too, but never with this much detail...

[courtney-mudie7.livejournal.com]

aww.. thats so pretty. and the words are beautiful!

awesomely done!

[anna_luna]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like the words as well as the papercut.

[northern]

Wow that's beatuful!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it!

[zee.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous! I'm so impressed.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I enjoyed making it a lot, even though it took longer to make than my usual projects.

[fififolle]

That is just beautiful! You are so talented. *loves*

[anna_luna]

Thank you so mush! This was really a lot more work than I anticipated, but I'm really pleased with the result.

[taiteilija.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. Especially the third one's just fantastic.

How did you manage to cut out such thin lines without tearing them apart? *g*

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! The third one is actually the last one I made... so maybe I was getting practice?

I cut the construction paper with a really sharp exacto blade over a "soft" surface so the blade could sink in. When I saw the paper staring to bend instead of being cut, I changed the blade... I went through 2 segmented blades with 10 segments each... but mostly it's just having patience and taking it slow.

[bellewhan.livejournal.com]

wonderful, so simple and so effective. The patience required must be phenomenal. Is each ‘page’ one cut or are their layers?

[anna_luna]

Thank you very much!

Each page is one cut (one Din A4 sheet) and can actually be hung vertically on a window if I wanted to. I had to cut it very carefully and slowly. I think it was worth the hard work though, I'm really proud of the result.