Paper or Pixel?

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Meet Cate! Mom describes Cate as her "easy-going" girl.
Kind-hearted Cate helpfully posing for her profile.
Pixel?
If one were to trace it...hmmm
Does that profile seem to belong to our blossoming Cate?
or paper?
Here is the hand cut version.
Doesn't it "feel" more like Cate?!
This is Cate's "firecracker" sister, Carson.
Now Cate's silhouette will sit beside her sister's!

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Meet Cate (above)! Mom describes Cate as her “easy-going” girl. See her on the beach? How cute! Look at her profile photo… if one were to digitally trace the shape, it would look like the “Pixel” version. But take another look at her. The paper version shows my results which comes from a personal impression of her as a child… not just a flat image. Lovable big sister, Carson, is a real firecracker who already has her silhouette made. Now Cate’s silhouette can display next to Carson’s!

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Meet Davis. He is 5 yrs old.
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This is Carter. He and Davis are twins!
Davis is very social & loves music.
This pair is Davis!
Carter enjoys sports and reading.
This pair is Carter!
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This is Will and he is 2.
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Here is Will's profile.
Pixel?
This is a digitally traced profile.
or paper?
This is hand cut.
Doesn't this better match your impression of Will?
Tracing does not use the most important element, your human impression of that child..
Davis, Carter and Will

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Meet 5 yr old twins (above): Davis and Carson. They’re profile photos looks like the same child! But the hand cut profiles reveal they are in fact different! And younger brother Will, with the curly hair profile, makes an excellent case of showing the difference between a digital trace, and the paper version. Tracing leaves out the most important element: the personal impression the child himself leaves with an artist!