Storm

I might also say the same! Lucky is the man married to the same lady for so many years that can say something as nice as you did! Congrats!!!!!!

Very nicely done. Simple and clean with great craftsmanship. Good work on this one!!

Ahhhh! Those were the days. I had a pretty good time back then but can't seem to remember all of it! HA! San Francisco in the 70s!

Super fine craftsmanship. Love the elvish and the poem. It all works so well together. That sketchbook should last a lifetime.

Well it is my first one and I did put clothes on her just to be on the safe side.LOL! Need to let her dry and a finish of Satin Shene.

Very nice! I am about to finish a sort of hippie girl pinup. But I have to take my son to Target to buy a game.

Yo! Did you ink the bikini top and bottowm on later? LOL! Might ask admin about the nudity. No problem I think I can handle that.

Ok! Was that carve a pin or carve on the head of a pin. Now carving a pin is not such a problem but it will take a bit longer for the other. LOL! When I say outisde the box it is more to the idea of saying something I do not normally do. I have thousands of patterns in my collection. Some are Western Floral or based on Remington paintings or Japanese tattoo flash. For me doing something different makes me have to think and that helps my brain stay young. Now if I could just get the rest of my body to follow along I would be good!! HA! The beauty of classic and or vintage tattoo flash is its' simplicity. Of course it totally screams 30s, 40s and 50s. The next ones are a bit more detaild but truely vintage. Thanx, Storm

Oh my God whatever you do don't tell your old man! LOL! Thanks so much. More to come. They need color though. Storm Thanx Dave, I think we can find challenge and inspiration all around us if we take time to look for it, Storm

Well now that you have started to do bike seats..... :poofan: Wonderful in every sense of the word! Now make one out of Croc hide and lace her up with Kagaroo Lace and you can start an original line of Aussie bikes seats. Call it the Nick Dundee!! They will be desired! Of course there is also King Brown, Taipan, and Sea Snake. You are the bomb! Storm

Was just looking for ideas and Leather Ink gave me some food for thought. So I stylized an old school Swallow Tattoo and carved it. It is his way of thinking outside the box and,,,,sometimes it's nice to go outside the box. LOL!!

There ya go! I would say that she was very handy indeed and you shold do something nice for her. The acrylic looks good for a first go round. Also check out Paul Burnetts on line classes her on the site. He is one of the best and the classes are free to members. When it comes to color and carving he is a living treasure! Storm

Thanx everyone for the kind words and compliments.

These are looking really good but do you think you might reduce them so that one can see it all at once. I like your rose the best!!

Hi Again, Will start to see what I can put together for you as soon as I can. It is not that complicated to post a picture. JPEG format is the best and even then you should try to get the size down a bit. If it is too big it is hard to see. If your husband knows about computers and has something like Photoshop then that should take care of the problem. Also remember that there is a option to click on the image and see how she looks. You can also edit out the first image and then resize and re-attach. You will get it! Storm

Welcome to the site. Affraid that neither of your JPEG made it through. Looking forward to seeing your work. Know what you mean about the tools. I had to re purchase all of my tools. I guess you coould that they were stolen too in a matter of speaking. My Ex-Wife got them and all of my patterns and books an so forth. I have some extra stamping tools if you would like. Just pay for the shipping after you get them. Drop me a via Email with your snail mail and we'll see if we can't help you out. Once again welcome and all the best!!! Storm

Here is the finished two tone test piece. Three coats of Super Shene carefully applied by brush and a couple of passes of All-In-One "Prairie Tan". I think it works either way...natural with a little sun and oil or dyed.

Bex, The symmetry comes from creating one half and then flipping it over and redrawing it and incorporating the overlap. The I draw the Initial. At this point what I do is take the top half of the leaves and the initial and scan them into the computer. Using Photoshop I then bring in the two elements in as layers. I dupilicate the leaf work and create a third layer. I flip this layer down and snug it up under the first leaf layer. I then cleanup the initial and place it where I want it to be. I also carefully erase the white space inside the top and bottom of the "S" to be able to get and idea of what is beneath/behind the letter. The symmetry is planned and not hard to create. I will then print out the rough copy and then tape it down and place a sheet of frosted mylar over the top. Using an extra fine Sharpie pen I will carefully trace the composite image onto the film. When I transfer to the cased leather I am again trying as best I can to follow my line work and keep the smoothness and cleaness of the design. But this also carries over to using the swivel knife, where I try and refine the lines and fix any possible mistakes. So to recap...you start with the left half and flip it over and create the right half and having done that you flip it down. So in essence you have taken one image and turned it into four elements and a symmetrical pattern. I also try and incorporate subtle variations. In nature there are subtle variations in leaves and branches and due to Chaos Theory, if you will, symmetry is not always seen. Hope that helped answering the question. Storm

Dave the font is self drawn but based on an old script. Storm

The original is about 6"x6". I will let her dry over night and do some two tone coloring on it and drop that in tomorrow sometime. Think I will use it for the back of my new journal.

Beautiful black elegance! Belongs on a clean black and chrome bike!!

This is with the EcoFlo All-In-One color Praire Tan.

Here is the latest. Needed to make a wallet, as I have only one insert left(Tandy does not make them anymore...Go figure) thought I would try and come up with something very different. I will let her dry and give her a coat of All-In-One. Had to essentially take some tools and reduce their size to be able to fit into the nooks and crannies! The one I like the most is my new A104-3(My own number) She's have the size of an A104-2. I am really liking this new take on antique designs.

Thanx Kate...More stuff on the granite as I write. After talking with Brent(Go2Tex) I am in the process of putting together some documentation on how we went from the classic acanthus and such to our more recent "Western Floral". You are right though there are so amny possibilties. I just got through modifying an A104-2 to a much smaller version for backgrounding the intricate pattern I am carving now. Wanted to se how small I could go for a wallet. I will be posting the test piece soon. Storm