Lately I’ve decided to take the idea of working on my career more seriously, I want to work hard and be more successful at things I enjoy. Most of those things tend to involve writing so as a present to myself I decided to buy a proper keyboard for my ipad so I could write even while my computer is busy rendering video and things like that. Really I just want a better laptop so I can multi task while editing videos… but that’s much more expensive than a keyboard so this is my interim solution!
Anyway I decided to decorate it so I would remind myself why I’m working so hard: you guys!
This is my end result:
For this tutorial you will need:
 This is my keyboard:   I wanted the main focus on the back of the iPad to be the coat of arms for the VLB and then on the inside a spring theme.  It wasn’t quite bright enough for me so I decided to jazz it up a bit with some more water colours.  While it was drying I worked on the inside area.  I cut out a piece of a daisy/grass painting I had done earlier and fitted it to the blank part of the keyboard at the top. I used a little bit of glue to hold it down for the next steps. PVA or paper glue is fine for this, it’s really just to stop it sliding around.  Then I covered the area in clear contact.  It was a little hard to cut it so it was snug around the corners but I did my best to keep it smooth and clean.  Now the back! My painting was all dry by this point so I cut it to fit the back of the keyboard without overlapping the curved edges.  I added a thin layer of glue again to hold it in place.  And stuck it down.  Then it was just a matter of covering that with contact too.  I made sure to go smoothly and carefully around the curved edges so there weren’t any creases.  Taadaa!  Spring on the inside and VLB on the outside!  I absolutely love it and every time I see it, it makes me want to get to work on something awesome!  Hope you guys enjoyed and let me know if you give it a try! |
