An inspitational story

On a fine day sometime in the middle of the term, I was pondering life's many questions. My mother called me into the kitchen and I subconsciously followed her command. She offered me tea and I rejected but I eyed a strawberry. I took it with my two fingers and examined it. 'Twas then when a light shone on me and I realised... It was the chosen- no, it was actually the ideal skin feature I wanted on my avatar, both alien and interesting, I tried the idea and out popped Heidi Klum, my final submitted avatar!

'Strawberry skin? How preposterous!' The other children chanted. But by creating Heidi Klum, I believe the strawberry has worked well. Don't you think?

I was inspired by a previous picture that I photoshopped when I did her hair. I attempted to photoshop my own hair... but it looked very fake. I decided to try and do it on Heidi, to make her a violette instead of a blonde. I think it worked quite well, and complements her skin colour.

The lips... I really wanted to make them contrast! I tried different colours but I found that yellow simply was best. No other colour stood out as much (without making the lips look super weird) I think they make Heidi look a bit quirky.

What inspired the eyes, I hear you ask. Well, they're from an actual animal... but they're slightly bigger than in the original image. I decided to colour them purple to match the hair. Mr Powell said to put them behind the strawberry skin then mask it and I did so. I think it looks more natural. The eyes don't glow as much and suit Heidi more.

I thought rainbow eyelashes would make the eyes stand out, and they do! The eyelashes are so big and multi-coloured that they attract a LOT of attention to the eyes and therefore, the eyes are one of Heidi's most visual features. When I applied the eyelashes, they didn't cover the area I wanted them to and instead of stretching, I decided to simply add extensions to them. Now I think that they are big and turned out how I wanted them to.

Where's Heidi's nose? I hear you ask. Well, I felt that it just wasn't working the way I wanted to and I decided to get rid of it! It makes Heidi look more alien and strange. I think it looks awesome!

Heidi's 'tattoo' is quite faint, because she is quite relaxed. If you look at excited boy, he has a very visible tattoo because he is excited!

I didn't have much inspiration either than that strawberry!