Mirror Saga
Visualisation
The first part was ideation. I just went on procreate and started drawing possibilities. In different styles. And landed on the final drawing.
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The second step was to find a mirror. I looked through carousell to find the cheapest deals I could find. There were many out of my budget. Landing on a mirror listed to be A3 size which costs $8 was perfect. But when I collected it. It definitely looked bigger than I thought. I doubted myself. When I got home that's when I confirmed It was indeed bigger than the listed size. It was A2 sized.
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I learned a valuable lesson, trust my eye.
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So to solve the problem, the plan was to cut the mirror. Disastrous. A lot harder than I thought. It shattered. Very surprising. Omg.
The A2 sized mirror
Video of me trying to cut
Rip mirror
Documentation of said failed process
Redemption Arc time. I was back on Carousell in search of the next best mirror. Found this beautiful arched mirror which made me kind of glad the A2 mirror failed. I think it looks a lot cuter with an arched mirror.
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So second lesson learned is, Success comes from failures.
Arch mirror
Weird vlog of me disembodying the mirror. (I talked to myself a lot)
Documentation of new cute mirror
Painting time. Most nervous for this part because my skills in painting is no Bueno. I haven't painted with acrylic since my time in secondary school art class. But I took account of that from the start and made sure my design was simple and doable. I think my sister was surprised I actually managed to finish the mirror. She was nervous because I delayed the project a lot (due to our moving of houses).
Really bare
Actually cute ?
Yay
Documentation of painting
Disaster number 2. I did not document touching it up and adding details sadly. I was on my little staycay moment when I received a text that the mirror broke. Honestly, I was just enjoying my time that I actually did not care too much whilst everyone was freaking out.
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Lesson tres, Bubble wrap would have been helpful
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Anyway, they glued it back together the best they could and still put it up. Still looked cute and it was not all bad.
