Birthday gift = WIP

[DieselTech]

Guys & gals it has been a while since I have posted anything. Been like a year since I have had a swivel knife in my hand. 

Boy I'm Rusty! Lmao like I was any good before. 

This is my very 1st figured carved fish. It's supposed to be a large mouth bass. 

I am pretty Dang proud of this! I know my friend will like it too!

Well how bad is it? I am a long way from being done. 

Edited September 25, 2024 by DieselTech

[AlZilla]

I don't know, looks like a seasoned pro to me.  Clean, precise, tight. It's going to be great.

[DieselTech]

2 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

I don't know, looks like a seasoned pro to me.  Clean, precise, tight. It's going to be great.

Thanks. It is much appreciated. Lol I am really surprised it turned out this good. I improvised on a couple tools I did not have, but close to what it called for. 

[DieselTech]

Only thing I am not happy about is my fish was not centered in it's window. Again my fault, cause I tooled the fish, then decided to add a southwest style border to it. 

Time I background it, it might all blend/flow better together. 

[AlZilla]

Put something in the bottom left corner to balance the panel out. A ripple of the water out of which he's leaping, maybe.

[DieselTech]

46 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

Put something in the bottom left corner to balance the panel out. A ripple of the water out of which he's leaping, maybe.

I'm not sure I can draw that. The bass pattern is a tandy special, lol I can't draw. 

I am thinking about using a pebble back grounder around the bass & initials. 

Do you think I should put something in the center panel of the wallet? Or just leave it blank?

Thanks. 

Edited September 25, 2024 by DieselTech

[AlZilla]

1 hour ago, DieselTech said:

think I should put something in the center panel of the wallet? Or just leave it blank?

Tough call at this point. I think I'd sooner leave it blank, if it doesn't somehow tie into the other 2. Mirrored bass left and right with the initials in the center would have been interesting.

Some kind of 2 or 3 part diptych, rather than 3 unrelated panels.

I'll be interested to see where you land with it 

 

[Gezzer]

That's it , I am laying my knife down for at least a year !!!!!

Very NICE !!!!! 

If it were mine I'd leave the center blank assuming it's a bi-fold .

[DieselTech]

Ok guys. It got the the best of me! Maybe I got carried away. 

I pebble back grounded around the bass & initials. I then decided to use a tufted diamond in the center. 

I think it still looks OK. I am happy. 

[AlZilla]

Yeah, that looks good. Don Gonzales has a video where he demonstrates a quilted technique. He laid the diamond pattern out, swivel knifed it, beveled with a shader and used ... I think it's called a Beader ... in the center of each tuft. It looks similar to what you have.

Nice work.