BustedThumb Report post Posted February 28, 2010 Ultra-noob here. I've yet to even buy the equipment, I'm here to learn and listen and see if I can make a go at this. I'm a tattoo artist, and a very crafty kind of guy. I'm mostly interested in carving and tooling, and hope to use my visual vocabulary to etch designs in a different kind of skin. My recent interest spurred on by seeing work in person from an LA artist, who runs Wasteoftalent.com I don't intend to copy her work exactly, but could anyone point me in the direction how she gets some of those finishes? Namely the black with carved out natural leather lines, I'm thinking it's a paint and not a stain or dye that she covers the piece with before tooling it, but then she also uses stamping and stuff too, so I'm a bit confused. So far, I'm planning too start out with just a few stamps, a freehand groover, and a few DIY wallet kits and such from Tandy, maybe their basic LW starter kit too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terrahyd Report post Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) WELCOME TO LEATHER WORKER .NET ;;BUSTED THUMB;;; THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW TATTOO ARTIST HERE I AM SURE. BET YOU FIND INFO' YOU SEEK ...GET SOME BASIC STARTER BOOKS AT TANDY WHILE YOU ARE THERE AND BEGIN TOOLING.. TAKES TIME AS DID TATTOOING.. YOU WILL PICK IT UP JUST FINE ....<BR> after thought;;;pick up some ROUNDERS while at tandy,,make cousters ;;tool ;;lace, and have use of them ,just a thought ,,,Doc,,, Edited February 28, 2010 by terrahyd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King's X Report post Posted February 28, 2010 Welcome to the forum! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abn Report post Posted March 1, 2010 B.T., welcome to Leatherworker.net. Regarding your question, it looks to me like your artist friend used a combination of techniques to arrive at her look. Most of it looks like it's block dyed. (Do a search here to learn about that technique.) However, I'm guessing the crisp lines may have been made by a freehand groover after the dye job was done. But that's just a guess. What's nice about leatherwork is that it doesn't require a huge investment to give it a try. I hope you enjoy it! Best, -Alex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicago johnny Report post Posted March 4, 2010 hey welcome to the forum.where you at in chi town.? Im down in tinley park. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
