Contributing Member ClayB Posted March 10, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted March 10, 2008 Here's mine- appologies for not taking pics of the naked carving. I got all excited about my first colored carving that I forgot to snap pre-color pix. Sharpie and artists' acrylic on tooled 6/7 vt. Hey Mike, That was fast and looks really nice, especially for your first colored project. I am still working on mine, hope to finish the coloring today. Thanks for playing along and getting us all started. Clay ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
Contributing Member ClayB Posted March 11, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted March 11, 2008 Ok, here's mine. As I mentioned in the other challenge, I decided to put both patterns together and make a project out of it so it's now a photo album. The coloring is a little brighter than what I am used to but what else can you do with a zebra? I used acrylic on both the zebra and the floral pattern. Overall, I was pretty happy with it. ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
Members Tina Posted March 11, 2008 Members Report Posted March 11, 2008 Ok, here's mine. As I mentioned in the other challenge, I decided to put both patterns together and make a project out of it so it's now a photo album. The coloring is a little brighter than what I am used to but what else can you do with a zebra? I used acrylic on both the zebra and the floral pattern. Overall, I was pretty happy with it. I really, really like this album Clay. What you can do to take some brightness away is rub some atiquing over all (if you dare*S*) I dont know if that will be better, just different:-) Some day I'm going to do this Zebra, just dont have the time for the moment but it came out the way I had hoped for, Awesome:-) "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
howardb Posted March 11, 2008 Report Posted March 11, 2008 Ok, here's mine. As I mentioned in the other challenge, I decided to put both patterns together and make a project out of it so it's now a photo album. The coloring is a little brighter than what I am used to but what else can you do with a zebra? I used acrylic on both the zebra and the floral pattern. Overall, I was pretty happy with it. Oh, I dunno, I think Zeeba's are that bright in real life. :D Beautiflu work Clay. I love the sheridan carving! The mixture of the two styles is very eclectic and I like it. Definitely would not have thunk that one up and I have a twisted mind! Brent Brent Howard CALG, HLG
Contributing Member ClayB Posted March 11, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted March 11, 2008 Brent, I was surprised that the two patterns fit together that well, and that they looked good together. Seems like a strange combination. Guess some of the twisted minds here on the forum are rubbing off on me. I dont normally like very bright colors but on this I kinda do. Thanks for the comments. Tina, I am glad you like how this turned out because I was thinking of giving it away as a "thank you" to the person that provided the patterns for the first two figure carving challenges. I wonder if she'd PM me with an address? ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
Members CitizenKate Posted March 11, 2008 Members Report Posted March 11, 2008 Ok, here's mine. That looks really nice! Kate
Froghunter Posted March 11, 2008 Report Posted March 11, 2008 Superb use of both patterns Clay! I wouldn't have thought of using them together either, but they almost look like the SHOULD be together! And a personal thank you to you as well. Your carving as well as some others here have really inspired me to work on my skills. Keep them beautiful works coming! (I may even try the zebra, even though it intimidates me a bit!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pounding on dead animal flesh, who woulda Thunk it!
Members Tina Posted March 11, 2008 Members Report Posted March 11, 2008 Brent, I was surprised that the two patterns fit together that well, and that they looked good together. Seems like a strange combination. Guess some of the twisted minds here on the forum are rubbing off on me. I dont normally like very bright colors but on this I kinda do. Thanks for the comments. Tina, I am glad you like how this turned out because I was thinking of giving it away as a "thank you" to the person that provided the patterns for the first two figure carving challenges. I wonder if she'd PM me with an address? Wow...*Speachless* It is like people are saying in here to newcombers, leather workers are as nice people as you ever are going meet:-) "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Contributing Member ClayB Posted March 12, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted March 12, 2008 (I may even try the zebra, even though it intimidates me a bit!) Froghunter, This pattern intimidated me a little too but I decided to do it anyway (since I was the one that picked it). By doing things we aren't real comfortable with, we learn and grow. This pattern wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. I hope you will give it a try and if you have any problems with it, just ask for help. It's been fun seeing all the stuff you have been doing and I think you will do just fine on this pattern too. It looks like I'll be doing it again, my daughter loved how the zebra turned out so we decided to do the same pattern on a CD case. Clay ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
yaklady Posted March 13, 2008 Report Posted March 13, 2008 Here's my submission to the monthly challenge. It was definitely a challenge. This is the kind of thing you need to do to improve your carving and painting skills. I had to look up a photo of a zebra to get the color correct, but the red shadows for the stripes on the pattern were accurate. No two zebras have the same stripes, so any way they go on is acceptable. I have never looked inside the mounth of a zebra to see what color the gums are, so that had to be a guess. Since the muzzle is gray, I decided to go with that color scheme. The shadowing of the muscling should be done before the stipes are painted on. I enjoyed this pattern and hope that lots more people do it before the month is over. Kathy All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
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