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Thank you, Brian! Unfortunately, the lack of formal training is a more significant factor

Thank you, @Scoutmom103! Thank you for such compliments, Gene! This work took about 100 hours of pure time. Of these, 5–7 hours are the preparation of a contour image on a computer (I do the tracing only manually), 35–40 hour - carving, modeling, embossing, the rest of the time - coloring and finishing. UPD. Probably, this is quite a long time, because, unfortunately, I don’t have any artistic education, so each new work is at the same time a kind of teaching and working out some techniques. Andrey.

Thank you, @spacedog!

Sir, this is a great honor for me. No kidding!

Thank you for compliment! Thanks, Brian! This is my first image water experience. Not everything turned out as I would like Here I took into account the error in the display of a whiskers - heretofore I used to make cuts with a swivel knife and the white paint seep ugly into the surrounding "fur". I decided to try to make them raised (swivel knife, beveler, modeling spoon). The result I liked more

Thank you, Tom! Thanks! Thank you! “Lazy” water in the background is something that I need to work hard on. Maybe I have to try an airbrush to get smooth color transitions on large areas. Thanks for compliment!

Picture of a tiger walking in the water. Size: 30 x 21 cm Material: vegetable tanned leather Technique: carving, modeling, embossing. Coloring: spirit dyes, acrylic paints. Finishing: polyurethane varnish (matte and glossy). The main focus of this work is on the realistic representation of the animal's fur (dry and wet), whiskers and hair. The body's volume and depth of the carving and embossing, although present, are not the main goal and serve only as a tool to make the image more believable. The use of partial varnishing, as well as a combination of glossy and matte varnish, are intended to emphasize the difference between the dry and wet areas of the image.

This madness is beginning to take catastrophic proportions. Now, logically, Facebook should ban the pages of restaurants, shops, etc. - after all, there, oh horror, sell the cooked animal parts.

Very nice bag!

Sir, thank you for your compliments on my work - both here and in the gallery. This is my first experience in creating a women's bag, so I was very nervous, for fear of problems due to lack of experience. Thanks again for your support and kind words.

My longest carving & embossing project lasted 7 days. I use a plastic bag with a ziplock. Cooling, in my opinion, is required to prevent the formation of mold. If the leather is periodically ventilated (to perform part of the work) and the temperature in the room is not too high, a refrigerator is not necessary. But this is just my personal opinion, based on a little experience.

Thank you for compliment! Thanks, @bikermutt07!

Thank you, Tom!

Finally finished the bag. Development of the pattern strongly delayed me, so I did not have time finish it on Yana's birthday But judging by her happy facial expression today, when I handed the gift, it did not upset her much