badjustice

Sweet! Now you need to cover that seat for'em. Can he actually ride around with a gun attached to his bike in Alabama?

I made this for my son he love Super Mario. I havent posted in a LOOOONG time. Merry Christmas Matt Justice

Dale, It's nice to see another Michigander, I'm in Farmington Hills. Welcome to the forum. Matt

I do all my design in Adobe Illustrator and then plot it out on my vinyl cutter with a sharpie placed in it instead of the cutter blade. I use that plastic roll stuff you buy from Tandy. I know most people don't have a plotter but you could use a Cricut cutter used for scrapbook die cutting. I hacked my wife's using a software called Sure Cuts a lot and it made the Cricut able to use your own fonts and shapes. There is also a program called Inkscape (free) that allows you to make the vector graphics without shelling out the money for the Adobe Illustrator. If you do this I wouldn't use the markers that you can buy from Cricut, they don't stick to plastic very well sharpie works the best and they sell a small sharpie that I think will fit. I scan out a hand drawn pic or a photo then trace it out in Illustrator. I like doing it this way so that I can put my drawings with computer fonts. Hope this helps. Matt I did this one on paper first to test it out on my plotter.

I myself like it too. But I'll tell you no one can read the dang thing. I have to tell everyone and then they say"OH, I see it now!". Matt

I like this one. Matt

Gary, cool looking seat! Is that for a bicycle or a motorcycle? Matt

No, I think I just don't like paint on leather. I like the look of oil dyes. Paint in my opinion takes away from the tooling. At least not on something small like this. Larger projects I think look good painted especially with large untooled (I think I'm making a word here) areas. Like this mask. But I'll try just about anything, I'm not afraid to screw it up. I'll just make another one and give this one to my son who likes it.

I Don't think I like it. Making a new one in the morning. It will be brown. :-( Matt

OK, I'm going for it. Matt

I think I'm going to leave it alone. I like that no one can see it. I might make another one and put something rude on it. ;-) Matt

You know it's funny, everyone asks me that. Don't look at the black and it will say JUSTICE CUSTOMS. Matt

Thank's Ken and Tom. Yes, it is my design. I'm glad you like it! I like the white idea for the web but would the acrylic paint be tough enough for a wallet? I've painted some projects before and they looked great but never something that was going in my pocket and getting used as much as a wallet. Do you guy's have any tips to make this work? I can paint it no problem. Should I hot set it with a heat gun? Matt

I needed a new wallet to go with my new belt. Not sure what color to go with. Matt

Thank you Roger, that is some good info. I never know how to space the dang things and just wing it the best I can. I like how tight that lace looks. I'm going for the X pattern look only using the basket weave. I wanted some space between the lace. That is one killer seat! I really like that shaider too. Is that from Hide Crafter? Matt