Pink Carnation Notes
— Additional Information and Images —
To the left, at the top of the image, is the first draft of the pink carnation flower. At first, I started making a large Pink Carnation, but I soon realized that I would not have enough time to get those petals right, and then start work on the stem, before the carnation clipping wilted too much to use as a model anymore. I had to down–size the image.
Unfortunately, I only spent a little more time on the flower after the down–size. I think I switched my focus to the stem too soon after that. I should have kept my attention on those carnation petals while they were still fresh. The stem would last longer, so there was less rush with it.
The bottom left image (above) is the first draft that I showed to a friend, too soon. Although I was making the flower for Sunshine, I showed that early draft copy to a new friend, Lilies, first. I wanted to hear what she thought about it. But she laughed at it, which kind of irritated me (I had told her it was still a work in progress), but it did not stop me from working to smooth the flower out more, as you see in the next flower over (bottom right, in the image above). That is, essentially, the version I sent to Sunshine, on . Since the flower was for her, after all, she was the one that got to see the first finished version. At least Sunshine did not laugh at the flower I sent her, even though the version I sent her was clearly not ready either.
Over the years since, I have only spent a little more time with the Pink Carnation. It still needs a lot more work than I have given it.
I do not much like the button I made here, to the right. This is also a revised version of the Pink Carnation, the button-ized version, but it seems, to me, not to be a good match for that button background. I thought I would post it here anyway. Maybe some of you out there will like it better than I do. Perhaps I will make a different, better, button background the next time I get back to work on the Pink Carnation.
Michael A. Crane, Jr.
Artist/Webmaster/Writer
