Members Tangent Creations Posted March 8, 2008 Members Report Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) Hey all, don't think I ever got this up here when I finished it... He is a handdrawn (directly onto the leather) blue tail dragon. He is modeled after the local skinks... I carved him on 14+oz leather (scrap from some armor project or other) I admit I cheaped out on the background...my thumb had temporary ( a few months worth of temporary) nerve damage after I finished this one... Then he was painted in acrylics, resisted and antiqued. Critiques welcome!! I need to know what I should focus on improving! I feel this is the best "carved picture" I've done! ...but know that I need to 'do more'... If I already posted him I apologize, it's been a loooooooooong year!! Edited March 8, 2008 by Tangent Creations Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Drac Posted March 8, 2008 Report Posted March 8, 2008 looks great to me! now let's see more! Quote frissenfrassenmussafrussen...
Members tazzmann Posted March 8, 2008 Members Report Posted March 8, 2008 WOW! Wish i could draw HALF that good! nice job! Quote Michael S Tully Vancouver, WA Night Owl Leather [url="http://www.nightowlleather.com"]http://www.nightowlleather.com[/url] [url="http://www.kz650.info"]http://www.kz650.info[/url]
Ambassador leatheroo Posted March 8, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted March 8, 2008 way cool Quote "]http://leatheroo.blogspot
Members Spider Posted March 8, 2008 Members Report Posted March 8, 2008 Looks good. I love drawing directly on the leather. I sometimes use it like a sketch pad and see what comes out. This turned out pretty good. A few added textures could help but it does look good as is. Quote From the insane mind of SPIDER... http://spiderflesh.com Myspace: Spiderflesh Facebook: Spiderflesh George
SCOUTER Posted March 8, 2008 Report Posted March 8, 2008 I Love the way the tip of the nose and wing seem to overlap the background... Very nice! Quote
Members Maeshin Posted March 8, 2008 Members Report Posted March 8, 2008 Very well done ^_^ I particularly like the veins in the webbing. Nice attention to detail! Quote For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: It might have been --John Greenleaf Whittier
Members Tina Posted March 8, 2008 Members Report Posted March 8, 2008 Really like your dragon, extra plus for drawing right on the leather:-) Quote "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/
TomSwede Posted March 8, 2008 Report Posted March 8, 2008 To me it looks like it's finished! Very beautiful dragon it is. Have to say I really envy you guys that can sit down and just tool your art down on a piece of leather that is not destined to be anything other than beautiful art. I can't do it, gotta have a goal or apurpose to get my juices going and a closing in deadline is when I work best even if it feels a bit discomforting. Love to more of this stuff, excellent! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members Tangent Creations Posted March 8, 2008 Author Members Report Posted March 8, 2008 Thank you all! I had made him in hopes of making some extra bucks at GenCon. So I was working against a deadline. I made 3 dragons that are finished and one that never made it past the tooling stage. Didn't sell a one...ugh. Oh well... At least he looks good on my wall! LOL! Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Members Spider Posted March 9, 2008 Members Report Posted March 9, 2008 Thank you all! I had made him in hopes of making some extra bucks at GenCon. So I was working against a deadline. I made 3 dragons that are finished and one that never made it past the tooling stage. Didn't sell a one...ugh. Oh well... At least he looks good on my wall! LOL! Hey I went to the Anime Convention last year and they would not appreciate this kinda work there. Sorry. I am one of them but with a wicked twist. I think the only thing that would work will be a Cosplay suit out of leather. Well, as you can see we like it here so let's start with that. Quote From the insane mind of SPIDER... http://spiderflesh.com Myspace: Spiderflesh Facebook: Spiderflesh George
Members Skipknives Posted March 9, 2008 Members Report Posted March 9, 2008 just found this thread,,i likes it,,,i thought it was a scooter-seat at first,, Quote Skip Slocum Phoenix Arizona http://skpslocum.googlepages.com/home
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