some oak leaves on the scanner

[LakeOtter]

I put some shapely, smaller oak leaves (from my yard adjacent to Ocala forest) onto my scanner. 

I did not squash them flat with the lid (rather I laid paper over them) but since they had twisted shapes, even forcing them flat-ish did fold over some of the lovely U-shapes (the U-shapes waiting for undercutters or lifters on leather). You can see where these few folds happened, so when I trace over them I will draw U-shapes there instead of the folds.

In case you'd like some of this size or species to trace. Each full image equals one 10x8" or so standard sheet of paper. and is around a half MB each.

I'm still a novice but wanted to draw up something original.

Edited June 16 by LakeOtter
added reason for scanning

[dikman]

I've often contemplated trying this then using photoshop to make up a pattern. Looks like it might work.

[Chipster99]

I just traced the leaf right onto the leather…

[bsshog40]

That turned out pretty nice! Great work! 

[LakeOtter]

Nice big oak leaf... I often associate that sort of leaf of chipster99's with more Northern areas, but then I think I saw some similar to this  changing colors on a different road about 10 minutes from here.

Cool that you showcased the dried leaf with the good carving

Edited June 18 by LakeOtter