Throughout this project I failed to meet targets I had set for myself. From the beginning I was behind where I should have been and never managed to fully catch up. This resulted in me having to change my final design because of its complexity and my poor time management. I originally planned to make a green amulet inspired by the anime Dragonball, the design featured references like the 5-star ball and Shenron. The original design would have had a glossy almost transparent look and been lime green. The design was supposed to resemble a glass/crystal look. However, I did end up changing my design to something simpler and more basic. The final design was based off the yin and yang design mixed with the contrast of the sun and moon. The finish was a mixture of blue and gold to compliment the red of the crystals. I used a blue for the base and gold for the face. On the top I dry brushed the blue pain to add a filter to the gold. Around the base I used gold glitter on the blue.  

Something that didn’t work was the glitter around the base. I wanted the gold to be like a dust on the blue and to be on look. I trialled different techniques to achieve this such as, mixing the gold glitter into the blue paint first and then painting it on, using powder to make the paint more translucent so the glitter would show, and finally using different ratios of mixing. None of these methods proved successful and I eventually settled on painting a base coat and then patting the glitter of the top. Something that worked relatively well was dry brushing the blue over the gold. This project was the first time I had attempted something like this, and it came out decent which was good. It didn’t give the glossy look I had hoped for, but it still added the resemblance of a filter. Once I was finished I sprayed my amulet with a gloss to give it a shine and set the glitter.

I think my amulet was both a failure and success. In comparison to my original design, I think I failed significantly, because of how different the two are. However, by itself I think I did pretty well in terms of adapting, finishing, and putting something together.