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yes, you get to be a freak like me.

I think you got it and nice piece

Welcome aboard chuckboy . You can gain as much leather working knowledge that one can here. All you have to do is asked. I"ve only been doing leather work for a year now. I've learned a lot from the people here and i've made many of new friends that i feel i will know for some time.

Very nice Cindi, welcome the madness and thanks for sharing your work. Do y'all make other stuff as well or just the straps?

IT'S DONE !!!!! I'm gonna put a frame around it and call it done. It's been a few years since i've done any wood or steel work i just might make a frame. Anyway i did go back and add a line of white to the edgse of the waves and the scales. I think it added a nice little touch. Again thank you all for your comments, mucho appreciated !! Ur friendly neighborhood freak

If you look below the box you are typing in you will see another "box" . One the right it read "Attachments" , on the left side you will see a button that reads "Browse" . Click that button and you can then browse your pictures on your computer. Once you've done that then you hit the "Upload" button. I've even uploaded 2 pictures of the upload .. Hope that helps and we look forward to seeing your work.

You can see why that's a popular color, it's a very nice color. Mine sharing what it is ? Nice work once again Dan.

bootiephull work man !! I hope you have more pictures and look forward to seeing your next project come alive. Welcome Home Don !

Well i've noticed a few new feature that have been added. And because i noticed others have noticed as well or have you not noticed yet. LOL Cool stuff Johanna i like it. Thanks for doing all you do behind the scenes. Now if we can just figure out how to get more people in the live chat.

I could of swore i posted on these. But, i start a reply all the time then get called away from the pc or get a phone call. Anyway, I really like these two. I like the other ones but i think these have a few more of the small details . I think that adding the extra to the oval frame part is a huge diff to me. Nice work Dan !

Yeah what he said. I really like the nice rich color.

know that's money baby !! Very nice . Can you share with us a little info about them ?

This was not my design but one i found on the internet. I have tracked down the artist and she gave me permission to post my piece. I'm sure she'll love it if someone inked her tattoo design. I'll be happy to give you her info and send you the pic in black/white like she did it. I'm just not sure how to carve and tool it now that it has dye on it. Mostly cause this is water based dye. I'm thinking i can add a heavy coat of yellow again to get the area wet then do it slow and easy. Why hello kettle. Allow me to move over and share my dark unskilled corner with you.

Again thank you all for you kind words. I think the camera might make it look better then it is but my wife says i'm always hard on myself(wow that didn't sound rite). Don't get me wrong i love the way it turned out and i can't wait to start another one. Few things- There is no orange in the eco-flo so i fixed my own. I used sunshine yellow and scarlet with a 8 to 1 mix. One of the things i've really noticed about using the eco-flo dyes is the penetration ,or lack of where ever a tool has been used . Mostly where a beveler has been used. If you look at the un-dyed piece you can see the shading pretty well. When you use the eco-flo dye instead of darking these areas they turn out lighter in color. More like a highlighter . I had to add a little color in these areas. I also did about 4-5 coats of each color.

i think i would be more then fairly happy if i made something that nice. Very nice !! Do have any more pics of it ?

Thank you JohnK, i'm about a 1-1/2 hours away from Ft.Worth and plain on making the show. Not sure about taking any classes though, although i'de love to take some if not all of them. I really wanted to do a multi shading of blue but, then chose to do a more traditional style of bright colors. I think i'm still going to add just a very light touch of white on a few edges and tips of the waves. I'm out of white right now and they don't have white in the "eco-flo" brand. So it will be the only dye used that is not eco-flo. As you'll see on the tail there is a splash/dot of the violet dye. While i was putting the last coat of violet on, the whole tip of my brush came off and fell right there. That's my life and i'm use to it. I'm just not sure how to "cover it up". The only thing i can think of is to carve it into a water drop/splash. My 6 year old daughter replied ,"it's ok dad, you can just add my spots to the fish". Anyway here it is as it sits now.

Aloha, How goes it brotha and welcome to the forums. For a place to start you've done what i wish i would of. YOU FOUND THIS SITE. I have not been at it long but, i can tell you i've learn more from all the people here then i have anywhere else. If i can't find an answer i'm looking for all i have to do is ask and the same goes for you brotha. So grab ya some leather and let's see what you got. I'de all so love to see some of your engraver and scrimshaw art. Post some pics if you got'em. Aloha

Nice work , look forward to seeing more. By "regular acrylic" what do yo mean ?

welcome to the forums Steve, glad you found us. Just jump right in and start showing some of your work. We love pics and an sharing one can offer.

Whoa !? That's freakin gorgeous man. Nice Job, broveaux !!

WOW .. I mean WOW !! It clearly shows your skill and that you know what you're doing. Welcome and don't eat the plain dougnuts. It's a good chance that someone around here: i want name names ( cough-ClayB-cough), licked the frosting off. If you have more pics please show them off. The 3 you posted so far and extremely clean and nice. I just love that lastone. What type of dye did you use and how did you apply it ?

I dig it and i love the color. Nice job !

Thank you all very much. Got home late and whooped tonite. I'll start adding some color when i get a chance. Not sure what colors i want to do it in yet. Just to make sure this is clear. This was not my design. I tried about 10 time to draw a nice koi and design to go with it but nothing i did was even close to as nice as this one. I looked for about a month and compared 30 something pictures , tattoos, art and tattoo design that i liked. Then picked this one and messaged the designer for permission. She said cool and i said thanks. I wish i had an airbrush to dye this with. I'll use a brush and a lite hand and hope for the best. Either way i'm gonna be doing more of this style. I really like it and i enjoyed doing this one ,,,,so far.

I don't care what you say. I love that color and the braiding, the tooling tight and clean. I could of carved a monkeys butt and it would of looked great with all that. Nice job David !!!

I really dig seeing japanese design tattoos. When they are done by someone who is really good at it. I've seen some really bad one. Anyway, I've wanted to tool one for sometime now and i also thought what a great chance to test the different colors of the eco-flo dye. Now i'm not sure i want to dye it. I know i need to start doing some tooling or i'll never get any better. So i was doing this just for practice but, figured i'de go ahead and post it. My drawings i did of a koi fish tattoo design where coming up short, very. I need to start drawing more again also. After finding something i really liked and getting permission from the artist, i'll post what i have so far. This is by far the most carving and tooling i've done on one project. It's on a piece that's 10"X 8"