Two More Bracers

[TomSwede]

Hey all, summer semester is over. I only worked 80 hrs out of my scheduled three weeks ,-)

This is my latest two bracers and I am also tossing a couple of pics of another type of skin art, tattoo.

Recently I dumped the edge beveling tool and just gone over to sand the edges and then burnish with Tandys bonefolder. Sanding is boring and dusty but the result is sooooo much nicer.

very happy with my edges now and no mnore stropping that tandy beveler that works ok on hard leather and not so well on softer bellystuff.

The silver bracer was very well received by the ladies when posted to facebook. many times I have been asked about the metallic paints I use. They're from Danish brand ROC dyes.

It doesnt cover well and there is a problem with it creating small and very visible airbubbles/blistering effect on top of surface. It is a pain to work with silver when you have a design like this with many edges and crevages to paint into. If the paint bleeds into the swivelcuts it looks bad so very delicate painting. It took 5 hrs to complete the paint :-0

The black and red was a gift for a friend/flirt. Her X bashed her over the years and she finally stood up and put him to prison on an domestic violence charge.

The red eagle is a symbol for freedom and her initials on there.

Thanks for viewing!!

Tom

[dscott]

whats up man

as always great work getting good at the skin art also great work

[AndyL1]

Hey Tom.

Nice work. Excellent photos too! That silver came out really nice, and I really like the way your edges look.

Cheers,

Andy

[TomSwede]

Thanks David and Andy!

Edges was very tricky before I threw out the beveler, with sanding it just a very smooth ride to burnish the edges.

Tom

[Crystal]

Awesome as always, Tom! The silver really did turn out nice. But my favorite will always be your red/black combos. The lettering in that is really nice.

Crystal

[TomSwede]

Thanks Crys!

I agree black/ red is fav and also alot easier to work with. Maybe you noticed that letters in black/red is not carved. I just traced the liones with the stylus.

Tom

[leatheroo]

hi tom, love your bracers....i like the silver the best...yes, i know how hard it is to work with!!!!!! the tattooing is really getting good..cheers

[MADMAX22]

Looks great Tom, I like the red and black as usual but that silver one really looks kickass as well.

[TomSwede]

Thank you vey much Roo and madMax!!!

Tom

[Boothill Bob]

Hi Tom..

Verry beutiful work, make us Swedes proud:-)

[JohnBarton]

Fantastic work. Very elegant and powerful. Makes me want to have one just to let people know I mean business! I bet the silver was nuts to work with. I use a very little in some logos and it's a pain there. I can imagine doing it over a large area as you did. You have some major patience.

Did you do the tats or is that all work that's on you? Jay Paranich - Tattoosbyjay on here did me a nice one earlier this year that I still need to pay for - (I will hook you up Jay!!!)

Regarding the mess with sanding - get a shop vac or some other vacuum cleaner and make yourself a wide nozzle to place near where you are sanding and it will eliminate a lot of the mess. The other day I did not turn ours on and after three minutes I was covered in leather snow flakes. You should find the quietest vacuum you can though.

Edited August 14, 2010 by JohnBarton

[TomSwede]

Fantastic work. Very elegant and powerful. Makes me want to have one just to let people know I mean business! I bet the silver was nuts to work with. I use a very little in some logos and it's a pain there. I can imagine doing it over a large area as you did. You have some major patience.

Did you do the tats or is that all work that's on you? Jay Paranich - Tattoosbyjay on here did me a nice one earlier this year that I still need to pay for - (I will hook you up Jay!!!)

Regarding the mess with sanding - get a shop vac or some other vacuum cleaner and make yourself a wide nozzle to place near where you are sanding and it will eliminate a lot of the mess. The other day I did not turn ours on and after three minutes I was covered in leather snow flakes. You should find the quietest vacuum you can though.

Thanks John!!!

Tats was made by me onto others Tats are supposed to be my sidegig to leather but we'll see how far i can take it. need to improve on my drawing skills also.

Thanks for tip on vac. cleaner, I will definetly try that, never thought about that you couldn't modify the cleaner into something useful

Tom