wing dress update: good, bad or ...

so my project wing dress

i know
it's been a while

been working
in silence
since the last post


using, this time, pigment-type paint in blk/blue,
the dyed (with acid dye) and steam-set dress panels are
getting the touch-up treatment
from this me, the obsessive

cautiously though, for
over-application of the pigments will
stiffen and ruin the fluidity of
acid dye on silk

below:
pinned onto the blank version of the dress
just to see



yes i've seen it alright, and, guess what
i don't like what i see

(((whaaaat??!)))

it looks a little too "busy" to me


so comes the challenge

below:
in an attempt at toning down
darkenning where it is too light
to even it out a bit

(i know, it's hard to see with these photos but
please, kinda, try...)



below:
pinned the thing one more time
i think i may be able to
live with this but...



below:
from different angles...

is this
good, bad or...ugly?

(((ooooh noooo)))

cannot tell, what a
torment that is

then came the
light bulb moment

i need a model!



so get a model, i did

what seems like forever ago
i introduced my 1/2 sister from the planet uranus
in fact, i have another uranian relative-my cousin-
she's visiting me on "opposite saturn" holiday
apparently it's a big deal over there

below:
who's that clown?
that's her, the uranian cousin



the string down her face is for her amusement,
the fan ornament on crown, that's her salute to japan
got it in little uranian tokyo she said

yeaaa, uranians...

she is from some sort of nomadic tribe
kept striking folk dance poses
at the end of my rope i said,
why can't you stand still like everyone else?
where is everyone else? was her reply

thanks to her, i still
cannot tell if it's good
guess i'll pin it back on bodice
and go into deep contemplation phase


thanks for reading!