malacandrax

Patch Process

Added 2021-06-14 17:51:49 +0000 UTC

Okay- so disclaimer it is Not giving me a preview of these images, so I may be jumping back in if they turn out in the wrong order.

Hey!

I don't know how many of you will have seen on twitter, but I've started making patches for myself after being deeply dissatisfied with what I could find online (in my limited searching- I find that I need to know an artist specifically or I just get mainstream patches... 'not today satan' etc)

The Billie patch (1st sequence) was actually me going 'I wonder if posca works on fabric' and I tested it on the smallest scrap, which bit me in the ass, because I did that face with no planning or sketch and it came out perfect, no way I was going to do it that good again. SO i stitched it onto a bigger bit of black fabric, which is surprisingly unnoticeable in the end!

The rainbow strip was made because I didn't like how clean and manufactured store bought flag patches are, I wanted something undeniably gay, but a little more personal. I chose the colours to be a bit softer (I'm aware the dark brown should be black, I had no grey to pastel-ify it with, like I did the others) and I've seen little rainbow strip lapel pins before, so I sort of copied that in fabric form.

The last one is Brian Molko in the 'Pure Morning' video, which I watched so much when I was younger. I put a screenshot through a binarization filter, and tried my best to copy it down.
It was going really well, and then I foolishly placed it over my photo to see how it lined up (badly) and I went back in and completely ruined the likeness. While it wasn't a good copy, I still think it looked good before I went over it.
SO I made another :'). I also sort of fixed up the first, because seeing it on the desk was embarrassing me.

I also added strips of the colours I think of when I try and remember it (his lips particularly were sort of coral coloured and the androgyny struck me hard as a teen)

Hopefully I'll be making more in future to share here!