Black dayplanner with raven

[TomSwede]

Had this laying on my desk for half a week now but since shots inside was to crappy I waited for the rain to stop pooring down.

The carving was difficult for me and it was thoroughly discussed on the board with lots of help and thoughts, foremost from ClayB and Crystal. I ended up with daring my hand at trying to draw up one that I could carve from the original image and it a mix between the one Clay posted and the research from Crystal that showed that Ravens have lots of hair in their faces.

I'm pleased with the carving for now and think the backside came out well too except for the eye that is farthest away. That was a carving mistake from me and the face contour line took a wrong turn.

As usual I didn't manage to close the braid properly. I need to study and train that thoroughly sometime. I rounded off the corners in an attempt to escape the trickyness there and got pretty good coverage.

Anyways, bring on the critique. I can handle it.

Tom

[Crystal]

Wow, Tom! That looks really, really sharp! I really like how you did the bump-out on the sides of the planner. That gives it an extra little twist that looks really cool. Excellent job!

Crystal

[MADMAX22]

THat looks really good, the raven did turn out great.

[Hilly]

Tom, you pulled it off with great style, as usual. Great work!

[TomSwede]

Wow, Tom! That looks really, really sharp! I really like how you did the bump-out on the sides of the planner. That gives it an extra little twist that looks really cool. Excellent job!

Crystal

Thank you for the help Crystal, without you and Clay It had only come out half as good.

The bump on the sides shape is something I have played with even before getting into leathers. I often turn to my kithen and look up round and oval objects and put them to my patterns and draw shapes around them, be it in a design or the shape of a pattern. I used this on the just posted skullbelt aswell.

THat looks really good, the raven did turn out great.

Thanks Madmax!!! Yeah, I'm very happy with the Raven considering how little I've ventured into this kind of designs.

Tom, you pulled it off with great style, as usual. Great work!

Thanks Hilly!!

Nice words from you!!

Tom

[King's X]

I really love the design outlay. I never thought about doing that round and pointed tip on the outside like you did. Very nice.

[Big Papa Leather]

Looks great. I think your use of the little bump out design adds character and visual appeal.

Two thumbs up!

[AndyL1]

Yep! We got another nice one here! Good job dude. I like the profile you put on that piece.

Cheers,

Andy

[Vikti]

Love it!

Damon

[TomSwede]

I really love the design outlay. I never thought about doing that round and pointed tip on the outside like you did. Very nice.

Thank you Kings X!!

Like I said earlier, kitchen is where the ideas of shapes is born BUT I have also seen many albums and dayplanners etc here that has an extra piece sewn onto the back and often that piece uses this curved shape but the actual shape stays rectangular.

Looks great. I think your use of the little bump out design adds character and visual appeal.

Two thumbs up!

Thank you Scissormedic!!

Yep! We got another nice one here! Good job dude. I like the profile you put on that piece.

Cheers,

Andy

Thank you Andy!! It is not the best thing when you are braiding the edge tough, gotta make sure you get the holes matched up so you have one centerhole on the bump.

Edit: Thank you Vikti!!

Tom

Edited June 15, 2009 by TomSwede