gatchamarie
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16-08-2010 13:53
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Hinotori
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16-08-2010 23:23
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gatchamarie
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| quote: | Originally posted by nuni
I'm curious, you do you start with a sketch or a picture in mind? |
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Thanks, Nuni! All of you guys ... you don't even know how much you made me feel happy and encouraged these couple of days!
Trying to directly answer your question, Nuni, I usually first build a picture in my mind, taking into consideration adequate dimensions, colours and design, then I draw it down once, as it's going to be cut or constructed! This is the method for flat cakes, with embossed features (e.g. that of Spiderman or Ben 10 as per attached).
I'm saying this because cakes are different ... some need drawings and some need to be built up, and created, as you're going on with the work, especially when we're talking about multi-tiered cakes which require figurines, or flowers, on top, or around them! Having planned the structure, and the colour palette, of the whole cake beforehand, I then mould shapes by hand, trying to make them resemble what I have in mind, or what could have been requested by customers, and try to put them cleverly around the cake in order for the final product to be attractive to the eye.
Trying to be brief ... as I mainly deal with clients, most of the times they come with a character, or theme, in mind. I browse through a lot of pictures on Internet, or else depend literally upon the picture a client could have brought me, giving them my opinion as I deem necessary! When I'm doing something for myself, or my family, it's another thing! I'm free to venture freely with my imagination!
I try to choose pictures which could be adapted into a cake form, trying not to have many wastage from the baked cake, as I don't use moulds or ready cake forms. Then, I adapt it myself, enlarging, or alterating it according to the required size or pose. To be really honest, I also am very glad when I immediately find an adequate picture on Internet which I could enlarge to the necessary dimensions and so would only have the need to draw and cut along the outlines, sparing me the hassle of drawing freehand!!! I then trace the final design over cardboard piece by piece, as if making a collage (e.g. a drawing for the hair, another for the pieces of clothing, another for the eyes, etc).
I wasn't that all brief, wasn't I?!!!
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17-08-2010 08:04
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