JohnD Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) Sorry about the bad pics, But I only have my cell phone camera. I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I would. A friend of mine asked me if I would make a seat for him, a tribute to his grandfather. He said all he wanted was his grandad's inititals, The years and the words strength and honor. This is what I came up with. He hasn't seen the design as he's refused to see it til it's done. I know there are quite a few flaws and imperfections, the most obvious being the backgrounding at the bottom of the "C" of the initials. if anyone has any tips on how I should fix this one in particular, please let me know. I'm doing it for free and he has said he doesn't care if it's not perfect, but...you know. It's still cased and taking the tooling, so I'm going over it to try to clean up some of the tooling. Edited April 2, 2008 by JohnD Quote (rdb):God looked down at the world, and said "See, right there in Witchita, next to the railroad tracks, I didn't put enough dandelions".
David Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 Sorry about the bad pics, But I only have my cell phone camera. I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I would. A friend of mine asked me if I would make a seat for him, a tribute to his grandfather. He said all he wanted was his grandad's inititals, The years and the words strength and honor. This is what I came up with. He hasn't seen the design as he's refused to see it til it's done. I know there are quite a few flaws and imperfections, the most obvious being the backgrounding at the bottom of the "C" of the initials. if anyone has any tips on how I should fix this one in particular, please let me know. I'm doing it for free and he has said he doesn't care if it's not perfect, but...you know. It's still cased and taking the tooling, so I'm going over it to try to clean up some of the tooling. Really can't see much wrong with it John, It looks nice and clean. David Theobald http://theobaldleather.com Quote
JohnD Posted April 2, 2008 Author Report Posted April 2, 2008 Thanks David, If you look at the bottom of the "c" of the initials you can see where, around 11:30pm last night I obliviously tooled my way out of the lines of the oval background. My first reaction was and remains to just leave it, cause my wife says no one will notice anyway. John Quote (rdb):God looked down at the world, and said "See, right there in Witchita, next to the railroad tracks, I didn't put enough dandelions".
Members ChaChi Posted April 2, 2008 Members Report Posted April 2, 2008 Looks great to me. We are our own worst critics. Remember that. I love tribute pieces. I think if you really want to fix the spot around the "C", just enlarge your oval backgroud so the letters are all inside it. Should be easy enough to do and you have space outside the letters to pull it off. Truthfully. I wouldn't have even noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out. Still had to look pretty hard to see what you're talking about. If it were me, I'd background all the way outside the letters in that oval shape you got. Keep us posted. Quote I gotta have more cowbell !!!!
Contributing Member Jordan Posted April 2, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted April 2, 2008 I think it will blend together nicely with dye and finish, You will most likely be the only one to notice the flaws, an unfortunate byproduct of the creative mind. Quote
Members Spider Posted April 2, 2008 Members Report Posted April 2, 2008 I think the only thing wrong is that you haven't finished that Lego truck....Cause this looks bangin. Quote From the insane mind of SPIDER... http://spiderflesh.com Myspace: Spiderflesh Facebook: Spiderflesh George
Members Sawyer Posted April 2, 2008 Members Report Posted April 2, 2008 good work on tooling, cool ass design, where did you get it? Quote
Members sodapop Posted April 2, 2008 Members Report Posted April 2, 2008 i gotta say the tooling that all of you guys do on these seats is very impressive...it on the lines of design/tooling style wise that i can see myself doing down the road... nice Quote Darryl..."Imagination is more important than knowledge"...Albert Einstein...
Contributing Member rdb Posted April 2, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted April 2, 2008 God looked down at the world, and said "See, right there in Witchita, next to the railroad tracks, I didn't put enough dandelions". As a prominent self-critic, once you finish that seat off, the customer will ride with pride and memories. His friends will ask where he got it from, and say wow!. Quote Web page Facebook
SCOUTER Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 John, Great Job! (The pic are good too) I really would have never noticed the background "walk" if you didn't mention it. Plus the whole reason curse words were invented were for moments just like that! John @ 11:31 pm last night- We've been there many times. Quote
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