Lots of very interesting answers there. Thank you!
What I have in mind will be a slightly realistic owl (within the confines of cross stitch) but as part of a design with woodland plants,so not too photographic but design themed.....if that makes sense? I think that may be what Linda was saying?
Once it's drawn up, I'll be blog posting as I work as this will be my own work and not a commission, so I'm allowed to blog as I go.
I have occasionally started to blog a design that has then been taken up by a magazine so that I have to casually drop it from my blog as they don't like me being too public with it.
Squirrel: one of the upcoming Gold magazine designs may be right up your street then? I'm not sure when the publishing date is but I guess it will be the middle of next year.
I love the owl you did...and have started stitching him. All those crazy colours are great!
I've also got 2 owl charts from Lady Kell waiting to be done plus that Owl from The Gringer.
I have Mary Hickmott,s Barn Owl, too. He's on my 'Must do list'.
Back to the question!
I don't like cute...huge eyes and daft, unrealistic poses or those animal baby type designs.
I love owls...I wear a lovely silver one on a chain ...almost as much as I love PUFFINS!!!
I'm going to join the majority and say both as well! I do like my realistic animals to be very realistic, and my cute owls to be obviously cute and colourful.
After all, cross stitch is all about choice isn't it!!
I think it depends on what the purpose of the design is meant to be. If it is meant to be fun and flighty.....pun not intended.... then a cutesy owls would work better but if it is meant to depict a real life scene then a more realistic version is called for.
We have 3 of the buggers in the backyard and I just despise them as they leave their darned owl balls all over the yard and they are truly disgusting to have to clean up all the time and god forbid you step on a fresh one.........
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Oh dear, Rose! My owl will not have any nasty stuff to go with it!
Parksfarm: your owl photo is great for seeing the colours and shading up close. That's a fab photo!
These posts are great! I love everyone's stories...
I'm like everyone else, I'd do both, depending on where it would go: cute for a nursery, realistic-ish for a framed piece on the wall.
Back in the 70's, when I was first teaching myself needlecrafts (I did needlepoint and embroidery before cross stitch) I designed an owl for the back of my husband's chambray shirt. Very hippie-dippie!!! -lol
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Amanda G wrote:Lots of very interesting answers there. Thank you!
What I have in mind will be a slightly realistic owl (within the confines of cross stitch) but as part of a design with woodland plants,so not too photographic but design themed.....if that makes sense? I think that may be what Linda was saying?
Once it's drawn up, I'll be blog posting as I work as this will be my own work and not a commission, so I'm allowed to blog as I go.
I have occasionally started to blog a design that has then been taken up by a magazine so that I have to casually drop it from my blog as they don't like me being too public with it.
Squirrel: one of the upcoming Gold magazine designs may be right up your street then? I'm not sure when the publishing date is but I guess it will be the middle of next year.
That's just what I mean, glad someone could make sense of it...
Rose wrote:I think it depends on what the purpose of the design is meant to be. If it is meant to be fun and flighty.....pun not intended.... then a cutesy owls would work better but if it is meant to depict a real life scene then a more realistic version is called for.
We have 3 of the buggers in the backyard and I just despise them as they leave their darned owl balls all over the yard and they are truly disgusting to have to clean up all the time and god forbid you step on a fresh one.........
Rose, you should check out owl pellets on ebay, you've got a gold mine there. Kids dissect them and identify the bones in them...I know, sounds gross, they are rather expensive for what they are.
I'm not sure when the publishing date is but I guess it will be the middle of next year.
