TomSwede Report post Posted March 12, 2009 This one's a special for a friend and I did mainly because I felt it was a good practice with the golden dye. It was a while since I played with that. Also I got the chance to play with the new eco-flo saddletan antique :wtf: is that compared to the old. Brown cream VS rich oily black brown goo that is beautiful to use as a filler in textures and crevages. I had to use a sharpie to get a good black fill in the text on this one. THAT TAKES ALOT OF TIME AND A STEADY HAND...hm..gotta work out new techniques to get me back on track. It was a pain to paint the gold into the carved swirling things (no good with words today) and I used the sharpie to make the edges around those more defined. Some of the process and pics is available at my blog from the link below. Criticism is welcome as allways!!! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tina Report post Posted March 12, 2009 You collect all the tough girls over there? :-) Love the tattoo pattern, very cute lil'bro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leatheroo Report post Posted March 12, 2009 sweet work tom, love the colors and lettering Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Hatley Report post Posted March 12, 2009 MAN I WISHED I COULD DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING.. ALL I HAVE BEEN INTO LATLEY IS ZIPPERS IN JACKETS & CHAPS. YOUR WORK I EXQUSIT.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 12, 2009 You collect all the tough girls over there? :-)Love the tattoo pattern, very cute lil'bro Thanks alot sis, yeah I finally got to do the tattoo swallow that I've been envying David Theobald and Keving King about;-) sweet work tom, love the colors and lettering Thank you Roo!!! MAN I WISHED I COULD DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING..ALL I HAVE BEEN INTO LATLEY IS ZIPPERS IN JACKETS & CHAPS. YOUR WORK I EXQUSIT.... Awww seriously Luke!!! I wish you were here with, sharing a beer and discuss leather and off course practice too..but..before beer;-) Thank you very much!!! Now, something came up. As usual I take my pics before final coat of sealer so now I have put a coat of that on AND it brings out lots of yellows from the saddletan...bawl. Hm, I've put it aside and gonna judge in better light and clearer head tomorrow if it is too yellow or ok. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Jordan Report post Posted March 12, 2009 Very Nice Tom!! I'm a fan of your work, even if I don't know what "Carpe Diem" means. By the way, under your picture it says;"leather specialty: not dyeing" Well I think you can change that anytime now. You can definatly put the color to it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tashabear Report post Posted March 12, 2009 Very Nice Tom!!I'm a fan of your work, even if I don't know what "Carpe Diem" means. By the way, under your picture it says;"leather specialty: not dyeing" Well I think you can change that anytime now. You can definatly put the color to it. Carpe Diem is Latin for "Seize the Day." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Jordan Report post Posted March 12, 2009 Carpe Diem is Latin for "Seize the Day." Man, was I way off. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 12, 2009 Very Nice Tom!!I'm a fan of your work, even if I don't know what "Carpe Diem" means. By the way, under your picture it says;"leather specialty: not dyeing" Well I think you can change that anytime now. You can definatly put the color to it. Thank you Casey!! I'm honoured and after todays fluke with the leather sheen I just fell like getting to know more about dyes and especially stains. Hm, old saddletan felt like a two component stain, like black oil and brown stain but the new acoflo seems like just a brown cream. I'm not sure antique is the right name for it. Well, just thinking out loud, lol. Carpe Diem is Latin for "Seize the Day." Thank you for the help Tashabear!! Yep this girl wanted wanted this text but from what I've seen and know about her seize the night would be the better expression;-) Wild thing she is. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustyMelton Report post Posted March 12, 2009 Oh man that's nice Tom, a really nice piece. I'll bet the party girls proud of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Oh man that's nice Tom, a really nice piece. I'll bet the party girls proud of it. Thank you very much Rusty!!! She likes what she's seen in those pics but she'll have to come fetch it in person and she does not live here but I wanna see a return wrestling match between her and my brother ha ha but that's another drunken story;-) Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tashabear Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Thank you for the help Tashabear!!Yep this girl wanted wanted this text but from what I've seen and know about her seize the night would be the better expression;-) Wild thing she is. Tom Nice to know those three years of high school Latin weren't wasted. :-D "Seize the night" is "Carpe Noctem," by the way. Man, was I way off. Thanks! What did you think it was? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
