Why do these look so much worse in a picture?

This tank had some holes in the front and I artistically added some fabric to cover them and then added even more fabric to make it look better. I just used a ziggzag stitch and top-stitched it all on with this varrigated green thread that I had.. just gives me an undershirt for some layers and things. I did another tank similar to this, but it was black and had navy blue fabric added to it. It's weird, but whatever...

This rose top is super comfortable and I think it looks good enough to wear to a nice thing. I have some dark red fabric that I want to make some pants to go with it as well as possibly something else.. anyway, this was a nightgown at one point. I sort of just pinched it here and there and thought it looked neat and there you go. It looks worse in the picture than I remember it looking in the mirror... oh well...

This brown one was originally a long sleeved high-necked T-shirt. Very boring, and I hate high necked things. The neck and sleeves are just hand-stitched with the different color and the gathered parts are gathered with beading elastic that I threaded through wooden buttons. Totally stole this idea from an expensive shirt that I saw. It's super comfy.

This purple button up is one of several that I just made the sleeves short. Not super impressive, but super easy.

The violet one is another example of a shirt that was Youssefs. This took a bit more work because it wasn't made very well to begin with and I had to fix a few more things than normal (the whole front button section was slanted and so I did some adjusting and it now won't un-button, but I can pull it over my head anyway, so who cares?) Oh, and it has a purple butterfly embroidered on the pocket. The jeans' embroidery came from another pair that I had that I bought this iron on stuff to fix a patch at the knee (with a butterfly) and added the flowers so that the butterfly didn't look like a patch job. Well... those jeans just got too ratty and so I took off all the iron on stuff from those and added it to these jeans that I wear all the time. I guess it looks good.

This plaid job was a shirt of mine that had short sleeves and a collar. I just hate high necked things and thought it would look better with a bit less plaid. The front is just folded down with elastic in it and the straps were the cuff part on the sleeves so I didn't even have to sew them.. just cut them off the sleeves and sew them to the top

This pinky one doesn't look so good on the dress form, but is a good example of the vertical elastic idea.

Anyway, you asked for more pics and there you go. My clothes aren't that impressive even when I fix them up. A before and after type thing might have been more interesting, but over all they look a lot better then they did. :)