evil dude

[leatheroo]

My new tools from barry king arrived today....oh how sweet they are!! On advice from some good friends i thought i would try something different and decided to give the carving thing a go.....this piece is tomswede tattoo flash inspired, thanks tom.

Now i have to decide what to do with him....dye, paint ....decisions to be made. I decided to post a photo before i stuffed up the next stage..if i dont stuff it up, i will post another pic.

cheers

[TomSwede]

Yup, that's a carboncopy of me!

Looking very good and I'm eagerly awating what will happen to me next.

A little helper: My eyes are red.

I think it'll look great when done, maybe some cool shadings with that airbrush would be a nice touch. If I was lucky enough to get my hands on one it would be the first thing I would practice for figure carving.

Keep those creative juices flowing!

Tom

[ClayB]

Hey Caroline,

That looks really nice. That's not your first attempt at carving though, is it? You really got some great depth going on in that. I wonder if you could make a carving like that into a mask? I cant wait to see how you color it. I am sure it will look even cooler when you are finished.

Clay

[bcurrier]

I agree with the comment on depth. Your modeling is excellent. What tool(s) do you use?

Bill

[outcast]

Really nicely done! I didn't know Tom was that evil lookin.

[bustedlifter]

First carving my eye! Looks good, kind of reminds me of my chihuahua, the ears anyway.

[Tina]

Great work Roo,

I just love the grin on the face:-)

[Drac]

excellent piece! looks like a cartoony version of the Green Goblin (yeah, I'm a comic geek).

[leathernut]

that came out real sweet!! nice job..got some nice depth,curious what kind of tools did you pick up from barry king? and what did they cost? i wanted to upgrade some of my own soon..

[leatheroo]

tom, i was not saying that this was you, i got the idea from the tattoo link you sent me, but now that i look again, maybe.....lol

i have carved a few celtic designs on some quivers but other than that my carving lessons were 30 years ago in school and my tools are that old. this was done on 2mm leather, i carved the outlines (with my 30 year old swivel knife that has never been sharpened) then molded the leather from the back with modeling tools that have little balls at the ends. after i was happy with the molding i then did the beveling last. i tried beveling, then molding but the bevel all got push back up.

I used the four tools i bought from barry, two bevelers, one big (he sent the wrong size, but i will keep it) and one small and one round and the background tool.

Leathernut the tools were $20 each and the backgrounder 30 but they are really worth it. I ordered direct from him.