vector Report post Posted May 6, 2010 HI , All, This is a culmination of many hours. I have learnt so much along the way and thanks to those on here who have posted various tutorials and posts which have helped. I was making this for a friend, its one of two semi matching armguards. I had better luck with the colouring and shading on this one but I will finish off the second and post it here as well, later. I wanted the shading to give a "camouflaged in the forest" look. I also wanted the shading to darken as it rolled around the arm thus highlighting the dragon itself and throwing the "shadow lizards" into the doom n gloom of the "dark side" of the arm The edge on photo is my favourite, it shows up the depth and tooling nicely (and mistakes . Un fortunately the button was crooked. It self aligns when its worn, via the elastic. I forgot to prop it when taking this shot. I also did not notice the slight kink in the lower horn tip until this very moment, the image really stands it out.. now I will always see it Its amazing how we are blind to some things during the making. The stitching idea sorta worked? I wanted it to look like part of the boarder. I tooled a celtic knot boarder(not a great stamp I must admit) and used its centres to mark the stitching holes. I used green and red thread so that every other hole/stitch was almost invisable. Ie only the red showed. The upper part of the "mane" back of the head under the horns was an attempt at feathers. I wanted a hairy dragon (its brother is scales) with a feather topped main.. didnt quite work out but I think it looks ok. The tribal (black markings) was intended to make the dragon a little unique and match its brother armguard. I was happy with the depth I achieved on these. The other shots were not sharp.. I have a lot of trouble getting focus on this old camera but hopefully you get the gist. Im about to post it off to its new home, hopefully it portrays the depth of brotherly love and affection the gift is intended for. So much more to learn so little time to spend on it...back to my day job Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Penden Report post Posted May 7, 2010 I love the effect you got with the green! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wangqhd Report post Posted April 7, 2015 nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
