Boredom + kk scraps = ? Now with new colours!

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Boredom + kk scraps = ? Now with new colours!

Post by hellcity » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:04 pm

It's been a while since I did anything experimental with teh hairs, so tonight, after a 5 hour shift at work, I put the kids to bed, sat down and pulled out some scraps. You see, I work as a checkout chick currently. This makes me lose the will to live, so I have to do other stuff to take my mind off it ;) Actually, I'm looking for a less braindead job ;)

ANYWAY. I had some crap black bits and some petrol green. The black is a *bitch* to seal so smooth dreads were out and I'm kinda bored of making them anyway. So I made these. Bumpy wrappy ones. And I kind of love them. In all their kooky, utter imperfection. I think I'm going to make a whole set of 'em. Once I'm done with the swap dreads. And a few design jobs. And moving house. Please. Shoot me. Heh.

So. Whatcha think?

ETA AGAIN! I had a day off today and I also have a cold. So I did some more on this lot for the hell of it. The colours are washy since it's nighttime AND in bathroom light, but the second colour is a hot pink/fuschia. The more I do on these the more I love them. I'm pretty effing stoked with them actually. I think they are by far and away the best work I've done. Yay for experiments in dodgy dread making! I really want to finish them and install them now so I'm going to have to order more hair since I've been working with bits and bobs I had lying around.

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ETA : Here are some daytime pics that show the colour/texture MUCH better :)

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Post by MrsEss » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:19 pm

They look funky!
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Post by toxic trish » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:59 pm

DreadstarMonstar wrote:They look funky!
Agreed I like the abnormality of these
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Post by mrs. mole » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:26 pm

makes a nice change! gives hope to us who are rubbish at getting the smooth look.

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Post by Phoenix » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:40 pm

I really like the texture of these.

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Post by hellcity » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:21 pm

Thanks ladies :) I think it's the weirdness of them that appeals to me hehe. I think they'll look pretty rockin' as a whole set.
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Post by BloodHoney » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:05 am

If I wore those in an install, I could see those being my favorite because of the organic nature. Bumpy and twisted and well-made.
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Post by Synful-Synthetics » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:34 am

I am so in love with these. The texture makes me happy

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Post by hellcity » Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:22 am

BloodHoney wrote:If I wore those in an install, I could see those being my favorite because of the organic nature. Bumpy and twisted and well-made.
Thankyou :D I have developed a preference for more natural looking dreads too. With enough unnatural elements to make them awesome of course heh.
Synful-Synthetics wrote:I am so in love with these. The texture makes me happy
Thankyou - me too. I'm always wretchedly envious of everyones amazing talents with textured/wrappy dreads. I'm pretty chuffed to have come up with my own interpretation ;)
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Post by convenientlust » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:32 am

the new pics definitely help show the colors and texture... both of which look great!

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Post by hellcity » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:28 pm

Added photos of my progress with these. I cannot *wait* to finish them and get them on my head now. I'm going to order more hair so I can finish them.
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Post by starlotus » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:07 pm

Wow, these look awesome in the new pics. I would love to see them on your head!

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Post by danixdorko » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:23 pm

Ah these are gorgeous! I'm getting more and more into the wrappy and more textured looks, and these are definitely my style. Great job!
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Post by kurokawaii » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:26 pm

they are delicious!!
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Post by xalternmommyx » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:41 pm

those are yummy!

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Post by hellcity » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:28 pm

Thanks :D I'm super excited to finish them and install. It's a bit sad really hehe.
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Post by danixdorko » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:59 am

It's not sad at all! I love it when people actually get excited about their new hair otherwise it's just like "Oh. Well.. Special?"
You have a right to love them, they look awesome!
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Post by hellcity » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:24 am

LOL true. Well I ordered the rest of the hair for them. I'm so in the zone right now. It's kinda awesome because I've been so 'off' with dreading for a while. It's also kinda bad because it's so freaking hot here right now and extensive steamer running is NOT helping that situation!
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Post by oxalchemyxo » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:29 am

wow I love these. I just posted a show-off on some dreads I made that look sort of like these. I'm in the process of making a video tutorial. how did you make yours? maybe we stumbled on the same idea at the same time :)
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Post by MrsEss » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:49 am

They're awesome Dominique :D
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Post by Racher » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:30 pm

boredom + kk scraps= crazy awesome!!! ^_^
it's the awesome things like this that make me want to start a dread making hobby :i2:

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Post by trippytroll » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:38 pm

wow! i absolutely love them big time!
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Post by hellcity » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:51 pm

oxalchemyxo wrote:wow I love these. I just posted a show-off on some dreads I made that look sort of like these. I'm in the process of making a video tutorial. how did you make yours? maybe we stumbled on the same idea at the same time :)
It's kinda weird actually. I backcombed the crap out of them like always and then instead of a smooth twist, I sort or wrap upwards and around with my thumb, then twist, then form the 'bumpy' bits. Then seal, then wrap then seal again. That's a terrible description but it's kinda tricky to explain!
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Post by HairAndStuff » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:44 am

It's kinda weird actually. I backcombed the crap out of them like always and then instead of a smooth twist, I sort or wrap upwards and around with my thumb, then twist, then form the 'bumpy' bits. Then seal, then wrap then seal again. That's a terrible description but it's kinda tricky to explain![/quote]

However you do it, it's totally working for me! I love your marbling and your textures and fantastic! *swoon* I really wish I could get the hang of what you're doing because mine look nothing like that lol
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Post by chiisaimomo » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:58 pm

those colors together!! sigh, so jealous of the texture. I need these in my life :lol:

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