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Published: 2017-03-20 18:42:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 3436; Favourites: 351; Downloads: 32
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Part of my 'Things To Do With Yesterday's Paper' series.ΒMedia: Pen and ink, soft pastels, collage, digital.Β
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Hooray! Thanks for featuring 'Paper Butterflies'. 
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Thank you very much.
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yw! I *might* have interest in writing something for this. See my profile for examples. Would you mind?
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Not at all. You write beautiful words, so please feel free to use my image for inspiration.
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Β yay! I will certainly note you if I come up with something.Β
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Yes, please do.
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Note sent!
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Read it and love it. It made me chuckle. It's delightful and suits the image perfectly.
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Thank you very much.
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That cat is so mellow I think he just had a nice big dubeΒ Β
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Ha ha. Thanks.
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The fusion of digital and traditional media, as well as the newspaper texture used on the butterflies is pretty interesting here!
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Thank you. It was very experimental. The background was done with soft pastels, for instance, which I then scanned and played around with digitally. The blades of grass were drawn with coloured pens and I repeated the pattern on Photoshop. It's a real mixture of traditional and modern techniques, and it worked out well. (I hope).
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Oh, how nice! I do specially like the contrast between the saturated green/blue tones, and the monochrome cat and butterflies.Β
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Thank you. Yes, I enjoyed designing this one.
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Thank you very much.
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Β I like your style of work. You do it with such perfection. Greta job with colors on thisΒ
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Thank you. Much appreciated.
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You are quite welcome
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This is just so wonderful Andy. Kind of has a spring look to it with the grass and the butterflies around. The sky is nice too, Awesome work hereΒ
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Thank you. I love your butterfly.
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Oh your welcome and glad you like it
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Thank you.
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Amazing work as always.Β I can see parts of kitty on the butterfly wings.Β
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Ha ha. Well spotted. Yes, I designed the newspapers especially.Β
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Oh, I'm glad I noticed that
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I came up with the idea a couple of years ago. I have three cats and I noticed how much they enjoyed (or were fascinated by) sheets of newspaper. They sleep on it, they scratch it and they sometimes dive under it. I started to wonder why they were so entranced by sheets of old newspaper and came up with the rather daft idea that they enjoyed making origami sculptures out of it. I began to scribble some ideas into a sketchbook and then turned it into a project. It's been very popular on sites such as Redbubble and Fine Art America.
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It really is unique and yes my kitty Annikah loves to lay on newspaper.Β Do you have an artwork of this kitty doing origami?Β That would be really cute.Β I had a cat book with photos of cats and their artwork.Β Some of the artwork wasΒ a chairΒ they had scratched to shreds and it was called the shabby chic look or something like that.Β It was very whimsical and funny.
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There's one called 'Origami Fish' you might like. It's in my 'Things To Do With Yesterday's Paper' Gallery.
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That was so cute!Β I love it when I can read the headlines
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Amazing concept. I love the newspaper butterflies.
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Thank you very much.
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If this was my mum's cats they'd have more butterflies in their mouth than in the air 
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Yes, my cat, Caspar, is an excellent insect catcher. It's amazing watching him leap into the air to catch flies and moths. I wish he'd leave the butterflies alone, though. I like butterflies.Β
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Especially on toast. 
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Awesome work Andy love this one as well. I love how he is looking up at the butterflies
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I did a version of him looking cross-eyed. I really liked it, but it made the picture very comical.
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Oh you did? Did I see it 
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