Helena Is Ready!

About 3 weeks ago (Jesus, time flies!) I introduced you Helena, or the project to create Helen. Some of you may remember her, if not, there's the post:
Meet Helena 😂 - A Dream Came True The Wrong Way

At that point Helena was put together but just barely, so I can show you how she's going to look like. It was kind of fake it till you make it, so I can do the post.

This is how Helena was looking like, when I started working on her again, this morning. Not exactly a nice view of this lady.

So my work started with beheading poor Helena, as someone pointed out that she had no nose and that was true.

I wasn't sure how to do her nose as I've never done such thing. One solution would have been embroidery but was too lazy for that. The other option was two small buttons. My collection of recycled buttons are nice, have two jars full of buttons and because this is also a recycling project, I took out two black buttons and sewed them on Helena's face.

Then I remembered that I was planning to add her orange hair, but never got the chance to go yarn shopping, so I had to look around the house to see what I can use. This is how I got that yarn, which was sitting around for years, waiting for me to resume embroidery, but have never had the time.

Although I know how to make a wig, it would have been time consuming and pretty difficult to make a proper one, given the fact that the head is more like flat 😳, so again, I opted for the easy solution and made the ugliest wig possible and hid it under the hat. By the way, I decided to sew the heat to her head as I was afraid the pigeons will steal it 😂

At that point this is how Helena was looking like. Her lisp were bothering me, I said I need to apply some botox treatment, but in the end I didn't, It's ugly though. The other thing I did not like it was the huge contrast between her skin tone, hair, eyes and lips. Although the canvas I used is not white, it's very light yellow and has a light blue strap on the right side, Helena still looked pale. I thought some real blush would do but still went for some nice red coloring pencil :D

What followed was not easy. I had to decide if I want her arms raised, by using a wooden stick or opt for a different solution. At first, before I bought the clothes, I thought I would hang her up (wasn't even a she back then, she became a she when I picked up the T-shirt and saw the name Helena on it) but she's too big and heavy. Making her arms raised seemed a good solution but the truth is, I can't leave her out during winter as winters can be tough here, so instead of the arm version, I decided to make her a spinal cord instead, to be able to sit straight.

Attaching the head to the neck wasn't easy either as should have been done before attaching her body to the pants. Obviously it's easier to b smart afterwards, but nothing is lost as it is about gaining experience, right? Good thing you don't see the ugly stitches I made on the neck.

And another trick I did was dress her up with her T-shirt backwards 😂 She deserves to wear her name on the front of her T-shirt and besides, no one knows it's backwards.

Next I thought a little make-up would not hurt as she was still pale. By the way, look at her hair :) I thought why not make her look cool.

What do you think? Would I make it as a make-up artist? 😂

And finally, standing ovation please!!! Here is Helena, already at her post, working!

Sooooo, bringing Helena to life was a lot of fun! I had no idea how to make a scarecrow when I finally decided to make one. Then after browsing videos and all kinds of tutorials, I decided to go rogue and do whatever my mind tells me and this is what has come out of it. I'm pretty satisfied with it, even though there are things I would change. Her face is one of them, I would make her eyes and lips nicer and the work I've done is 💩.

Now comes the surprise. I put Helena out to her place a few hours ago and after an hour, I was hearing some noise in the balcony. I slowly approached the door and saw the pigeons walking on the ledge, up and down without any problems. There were two, occasionally looking at Helena, checking her out. This means my ledge will be full of 💩 just like before as the pigeons are not afraid of her. Maybe Helena will be full of 💩 too ☹️, will see, but I truly hope not as I'll be very angry!

So I guess my career as a scarecrow designer has ended before it has even begin, but it's ok, I'm ready for the next adventure.