" think the best we can do is treat it as a set of boundary conditions to help us define for ourselves what does and doesn't suit us. That's the aspect I'm finding most useful at the moment."
Love that.
I feel as if Kibbe gives us a set of useful guidelines (not rules) about line, detail, proportion, that are all about flattering who we are vs. making us conform to some unreal idea. These guidelines complement an understanding of colour.
Thanks for starting this thread, Approprio -- it's a fun and fascinating one. Caro, your enthusiasm is making me want the book itself. Approprio, I couldn't agree more that the internet Polyvores are mostly pretty awful and unhelpful...
Your typing, though, has been fascinating! Having spent a fair bit of time trying to figure it all out and having also spent a lot of "time" with forum members here (and in some cases also in person) I wanted to shout "BRILLIANT" at most of your designations and even at your hesitations.
I had planned, actually, to start a personal "Kwibbeling" thread as part of my "Evolving my style" series, but now I don't feel like I need to; the discussion here has been just what I was hoping for only better!
So, do you think I'm right in thinking FG for myself now? I had originally thought DC, but more and more suspect FG, but (as I have confessed on another thread) have some trouble...um...shall we say, reconciling, myself to some aspects of Kibbe's FG styling suggestions (or at least, to my understanding of them, which is possibly mistaken).