TwinOaks Report post Posted April 16, 2008 If I may offer a humble suggestion...since the piece has a Japanese art motiff, have you considered replacing the leather lace where you replaced the woman with silk cord? Take a nice flat 2mm silk cord and lace it the way (tsukamaki) katana handles were wrapped? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaverslayer Report post Posted April 16, 2008 Twin, I like that idea, unfortunately not on this one. The holea are so close together that if I were to have to pull all that lace out, the silk thread would not fill the hole now. I'm going to remember this though, as I am really liking the Japanese theme, and am thinking of doing some more in this style. Thanks for the sujestion. Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaverslayer Report post Posted April 16, 2008 Hi Ken,I like the way that turned out. I wasn't really that fond of the way the first lady turned out, but really didn't want to say anything. This one looks good and I think the way you lace your vests, this will look like it was all planned from the beginning. Nice save! Clay, never be afraid, let us know what you are thinking, so many of us truly value your opinion. And as long as there are no rules about having to plan from the beginning at the ILoFG, then I have nothing to worry about yet. Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crystal Report post Posted April 16, 2008 Lop off her head - I like that. Darn near gave me a heart attack when I saw the hole, but have to admit - head #2 is nicer. A great save I would never have thought of - another way to get some cool coasters... Can't wait to see what's coming up next! Crystal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClayB Report post Posted April 16, 2008 Clay, never be afraid, let us know what you are thinking, so many of us truly value your opinion. And as long as there are no rules about having to plan from the beginning at the ILoFG, then I have nothing to worry about yet. Ken Ok Ken, you have 2000 fans here telling you how they love your latest and you think I'm gonna jump in and say "geez Ken, you screwed up!". It's bad enough I have to keep checking over my shoulder in case Guido and Luigi are still looking for me, these badlands aren't big enough to hide me from all your fans!!!! As for what I didn't like, it looked to me like you cut and beveled in the eyebrow and lips on the first lady and that made them really pop out and look unnatural. I tried to sneak my comments into another post and hope you would see it. I think faces are really hard to do and I avoid them. They are another one of those things I'd like to work on sometime and figure out. Hopefully we can get some of the people that are good at them to do some tutorials on them in the future. If there were rules about having a plan from the beginning, I'd be in big trouble. I hardly ever know what I am doing till its done. Your "fix" turned out really nice and if you wouldn't have showed us all what you were doing, I bet everyone would have thought it was planned. Clay (hiding at the urologist's office today, nobody will think to look for me there, right???) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
