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Thanks for the feedback, guys! The intention for the owl inset was that it was a different 'scene' from the background gears. In retrospect, I should have left the gears out of it. It wouldn't have hurt to have some clean space in there, as so much of the project is very busy anyway. For the record (and in my defense), my engineering expertise lies in telephony software, which these days requires no knowledge of how gears should work! Michelle: Thanks! The background was done with a standard Tandy fine backgrounding tool (A 104-2).

Ooops! Re-post! My girlfriend is a fan of steampunk and owls... thus:

It's been a while since I posted to LW.net. Here's something that came off my bench recently. My license plate has read WTCHKNG for years. This was nabbed from Tolkien's work. The Witch King of Angmar was the leader of the Nazgul, or Black Riders. When the time came to make a bib for my tank, it didn't take long to figure out what I wanted. The Eye of Sauron was an easy choice. Thanks to Three Mutts Customs on the tips for construction!

Tom, you are a rock and roll leather god!

I would have pinned the ribbon on it as well! Fantastic work!

Greetings, all! It's been a while! On the strength of the Tokien Sketchbook Cover that I did for my friendly neighborhood designer earlier this year, I was recommended to a playwright who narrates parts of a musical piece that he wrote called 'Astra'. He reads from a script taped in a huge 60's era cookbook. This cover was created for that book and paid handsomely Cheers!

Gorgeous work, Kate! Thanks for stepping through the process with us. I have a question... What do you use to mask off the squares while air-brushing? How do you get something to adhere without marring the grain side finish?