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A Barber’s Shop in the Wellcome Collection, a public-domain coloured etching after W. H. Bunbury and decided it needed a very bad Tuesday. I cropped off its caption and border, built a custom @Recraft Style from it, and told a Georgian barber to cope with selfie sticks, delivery scooters, drones, video calls, robot vacuums and a smart mirror with opinions.
The result is Opening Night at the Barber's Puppet Theatre: eight acts in which the Maestro keeps trimming through everything with a perfectly straight face, the Customer panics for all of us, and a black cat in a bow tie steals every scene. Nobody in 1807 asked for a robot vacuum to eat their wig, but the etching took it remarkably well. The Style is public, so you can ruin a Georgian's afternoon too.
Curtain Up: The Infinite Selfie. One face, five mirrors, zero regrets.
Act I: Special Delivery Tsunami. Your pizza has arrived, and so has everyone else's.
Act II: Drone vs Scissors Duel. The Maestro blinked at nothing.
Act III: The Video Call Tribunal. Your worst haircuts have joined the meeting.
Interval: The Hair Symphony. It's a good hairstyle, but the wigs sing.
Act IV: The Robot Vacuum Colosseum. The wigs didn't make it.
Act V: The Smart Mirror Roast Battle. The mirror's feedback was not requested.
Curtain Call: All Disasters Bow. Five stars. Would panic again. series continued in the comments
and the continued series :
Last one from the series to close it out! Also added a quick look at the animation tests and BTS in the main post above if anyone wants to see the puppets in motion.
Perfect finale Sakshi! "Curtain Call - All Disasters Bow" is the perfect wrap. Love how you kept the vintage etching style but made it so chaotic with the drones, scooters, roomba and review puppet. The audience detail is amazing. Watched the BTS too - puppets in motion is next level!
This is so creative Sakshi! Love the concept - a Georgian barber dealing with selfie sticks and drones is hilarious. Turning a public domain etching into this chaotic barbershop scene is genius. Best Recraft entry I've seen!
Thank you .!
Wow, this looks absolutely stunning!
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