Lets flash back to 2014.

I made a soft portrait of the one and only Guy.

For the first six years of our relationship, everything was about paintball! Guy lived, ate and slept paintball! So it made sense (at least at the time lol) to portray him in his paintball essence!

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I started out sketching a pattern, then starting to work in fabric.
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I worked the details with embroidery. Can you see all that beautiful hair I embroidered, just to sew a sandanna over the top! haha!
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Arms and legs were stitched directly to the body.
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Even the pants got the embroidery treatment to look more like paintball pants!
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I shaped a pb marker and goggles from wire, aluminium foil and polymer clay, and Guy helped me paint them.
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More embroidery for the jersey. His actual real life jersey is on the left.
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and all finished
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The real life Guy
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The Softie Guy

If I were to make a softie portrait of Guy today, It would be suite wearing, cheeky grinning corporate Guy! But his heart is still the same funny, cheeky, caring one that I met some 11 years ago.

Happy Valentines Day. Even if you don’t have a “valentine” I hope you take a moment to appreciate those that you love, those that take you on those crazy adventures and those that make your life that little bit special!

<3 Cate