It is finished!!!

... my gradient mesh project that is. And remember when I showed you my progress a few days ago? Well, after that I decided to go in a little different direction. Ok, a compleeeetely different direction :)  That's right, I changed my image just days before it was due! But it was becoming clear to me that I was not going to have the patience/time/skill to complete Aimee's photo before tonight. So I purchased this lovely photo from Emmalynne Photography on etsy and gave it a go!

{Isn't it darling?}

And here is my attempt to recreate it in Illustrator:

I could seriously keep working on this for 100 more hours and I am a little embarrassed about how not good the spoon handle looks, but I was up late the last few nights finishing up as it was, and finally I just had to put my mouse down and call it a day :) I'm taking the "it's murky on purpose" approach with this one!  I will be turning this in tonight so that I can be all ready for my grandpa's memorial service with my family tomorrow. It feels good to have one more class crossed off the list! Now, just a final tonight and I'm home freeeeee!