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Straight photo, no editing except some cropping to center the image.

This was a wall hanging I bought from Earthbound that I repainted. The original finish was this butt ugly, half assed white wash, so I sanded it off.

At first I wanted to paint the body a bright turquoise or sea foam green, but my attempt at mixing those colors resulted in a much darker blue. I thought it looked more like the ocean, so I decided to make the goddess' body the surface of the earth. I deliberately didn't make the land look like real continents (mostly out of laziness), but the result is a very primordial looking planet.

The circle was painted a very dark, almost navy blue with speckles of white for stars. The thicker clusters of stars at 10 o'clock and 4 o'clock are the Milky Way.

Two coats of matte petroleum lacquer were added to seal the paint. Once that dried, iridescent violet seed beads were strung on fishing line and glued into the spiral groove on her belly. With the original white wash the groove looked okay, but once it was painted over it looked at bit out of place. The beads were a big improvement.

Lastly, I macrame'd a hemp cord to replace the original string it hung from. It's tied to D-ring attached to a screw on the back.

Description
Straight photo, no editing except some cropping to center the image.

This was a wall hanging I bought from Earthbound that I repainted. The original finish was this butt ugly, half assed white wash, so I sanded it off.

At first I wanted to paint the body a bright turquoise or sea foam green, but my attempt at mixing those colors resulted in a much darker blue. I thought it looked more like the ocean, so I decided to make the goddess' body the surface of the earth. I deliberately didn't make the land look like real continents (mostly out of laziness), but the result is a very primordial looking planet.

The circle was painted a very dark, almost navy blue with speckles of white for stars. The thicker clusters of stars at 10 o'clock and 4 o'clock are the Milky Way.

Two coats of matte petroleum lacquer were added to seal the paint. Once that dried, iridescent violet seed beads were strung on fishing line and glued into the spiral groove on her belly. With the original white wash the groove looked okay, but once it was painted over it looked at bit out of place. The beads were a big improvement.

Lastly, I macrame'd a hemp cord to replace the original string it hung from. It's tied to D-ring attached to a screw on the back.