Contributing Member Crystal Posted November 21, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted November 21, 2009 Wonderful, Tom! I really like how you combined the wings and the lion. I don't think I'd have been able to put the 2 together. Great job all around! Congrats on the white... it's a bugger to paint. Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
BWL Posted November 21, 2009 Report Posted November 21, 2009 (edited) Sometimes it is necessary to create something new and try to pushthe limits of what you do. I constantly do this but this time I feltlike figurecarving and more realistic art should happen. I spottedtheese wings when I looked for designs for thee previous bracer LochVostok and thought it'd look nice to have them on a bracer withoutborders. The lionshead comes from a drawing of a lionstatue so Ididn't aim for a realistic lion. The wings are handpainted with brushes and white diluted covacoloracrylic paint and I used a sharpie to paint the decorative feathers.Then I sealed them with Fiebings leather sheen wich I painted oncarefully because the white dissolves easily wich makes the black colorto run so very light touches with applying the sheen. Once dry Iapplied Tandys new eco-flo gel antique black to create shadows andtexture to the wings. The Lionshead is handpainted with brushes and very diluted blackspirit dye. I tried to keep it as even as possible wich is very veryhard but I wanted to give that statue look. I used no antiques oranything else on it. Tom Tom You have inspired me to make a pair of bracers for myself. I went to the local Tandy Store and bought a pattern (pattern attached) wish me luck! Michael Edited November 21, 2009 by Barbed Wire Leather Quote It's the impresion you leave that counts. Michael
TomSwede Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Posted November 21, 2009 Wonderful, Tom! I really like how you combined the wings and the lion. I don't think I'd have been able to put the 2 together. Great job all around! Congrats on the white... it's a bugger to paint. Crystal Thanks Crystal!!! I just drew the wings onto the tracingfilm first and then put it over the lionshead and filled in the blanks. You can see if you look closely that I'm fading in the white from the lion forehead so the transition is smooth there. Thats all. Yeah, white is a bugger to paint. Tom You have inspired me to make a pair of bracers for myself. I went to the local Tandy Store and bought a pattern (pattern attached) wish me luck! Michael Thanks Michael!! It is great to know that people get inspired from my work, I keep getting inspired too and it's great for the creativity!!! I can't see your pattern but PM me when you have something posted, I like to see it!! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members Tina Posted November 21, 2009 Members Report Posted November 21, 2009 Hi lil'bro, Your designs is getting more and more interesting...Great work on these:-) ps...Hittade ditt mail igår, har missat totalt i flytt och allt, skriver en rad under morgondagen 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/
Contributing Member ClayB Posted November 22, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted November 22, 2009 These turned out really great Tom, but I cant wait to see the pair with the pregnant yak on them!! I'll be looking forward to the day you come to visit. I know we'll have a lot of fun. Quote ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
TomSwede Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Posted November 22, 2009 Hi lil'bro, Your designs is getting more and more interesting...Great work on these:-) ps...Hittade ditt mail igår, har missat totalt i flytt och allt, skriver en rad under morgondagen Thanks bigsis!! One has to try and improve so glad it shows!!! Förstår att ni haft mycket att syssla med, jag också!!! These turned out really great Tom, but I cant wait to see the pair with the pregnant yak on them!! I'll be looking forward to the day you come to visit. I know we'll have a lot of fun. Thanks Clay!! Yeah I bet Kathy want me to do yaks!!! I'd like to do a longer trip and hook up with some people so I'm at least considering waypoints and coordinates. I have something exciting going on at the moment so I might end up visiting US sooner than I've planned but prolly wont have time to travel around if it works out. We'll see, it's just in initial phase at the moment and has to with leatherwork. Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members canemaker Posted November 29, 2009 Members Report Posted November 29, 2009 True art !!!! Thank you Tom for your passion for the craft. ( every piece you do is an inspiration to fledglings like myself ) Whats next I'm Hungry for more. THANX AGAIN Mike Quote
Members rhona Posted November 29, 2009 Members Report Posted November 29, 2009 Sometimes it is necessary to create something new and try to pushthe limits of what you do. I constantly do this but this time I feltlike figurecarving and more realistic art should happen. I spottedtheese wings when I looked for designs for thee previous bracer LochVostok and thought it'd look nice to have them on a bracer withoutborders. The lionshead comes from a drawing of a lionstatue so Ididn't aim for a realistic lion. The wings are handpainted with brushes and white diluted covacoloracrylic paint and I used a sharpie to paint the decorative feathers.Then I sealed them with Fiebings leather sheen wich I painted oncarefully because the white dissolves easily wich makes the black colorto run so very light touches with applying the sheen. Once dry Iapplied Tandys new eco-flo gel antique black to create shadows andtexture to the wings. The Lionshead is handpainted with brushes and very diluted blackspirit dye. I tried to keep it as even as possible wich is very veryhard but I wanted to give that statue look. I used no antiques oranything else on it. Tom Tom, Your work is kick-ass!! You rock, man!! Keep on pounding! Hehe rhona Quote
Members kimberangel Posted November 29, 2009 Members Report Posted November 29, 2009 Tom , These are beautiful. How do you get your eyelets so pristine? kimber Quote
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