Dog Art

[electrathon]

I read the title line and thought that you were going to have a picture where your dog walked on your leather and you were convinced your dog was an artist.

[Tree Reaper]

He's a con artist when it comes to treats.

I read the title line and thought that you were going to have a picture where your dog walked on your leather and you were convinced your dog was an artist.

[Tree Reaper]

Well I hammered out another one and I think I have the mouth right but I'll let you all decide if other changes should be made.

Thanks for looking.

Kevin.

[LNLeather]

Hey, wow, that's even better!

I am not very good at it, but probably the next thing is to learn is how to make fur...

Great job though... I would use those coasters every day!

Oh, and I could tell Jes is a Good Dog, by the way he's lookin at you with those big brown eyes.

That is a great breed of dog - loyal, affectionate & great with kids.

Edited January 13, 2012 by LNLeather

[Tree Reaper]

Thanks Cheryl;

There's something with the nose that seems to be missing, almost too flat like a pigs nose.

I don't know how to improve that and get it raised, maybe open up the nostrils and bevel the edges inside the nostrils but there isn't much room to work.

Kevin

[LNLeather]

Hey, you are right. I had to copy your pic and then zoom in to see it better.

I had a thought and did a Google Image search for dog nose close up

It is amazing to look at the close ups......

Why don't you try that and you will see that the nose has a different shape than just 2 holes.

and a slight crease up the middle. This is interesting!

and maybe a modeler will help to round the edges?

[Tree Reaper]

The nostrils have that slit from the hole down on an angle and I think that's what is missing.

If I put those in it will reduce the nose area making it less flat, I can also model or bevel the inside of the hole.

I think I'll work on a few noses without the dog to see if I can work it out.

Thanks for the idea.

Edited January 13, 2012 by Tree Reaper

[Tree Reaper]

I may be close to having what I want after reworking the nose.

[DoubleC]

Thanks Cheryl;

There's something with the nose that seems to be missing, almost too flat like a pigs nose.

I don't know how to improve that and get it raised, maybe open up the nostrils and bevel the edges inside the nostrils but there isn't much room to work.

Kevin

Kevin, I noticed the nose right off, which I didn't on your first one so I went back and looked at it. But I swear I can't figure out why they're different. I just carved my horse's eye looking at a picture I took, on my laptop while I did it. It was my second attempt and I thought it looked pretty good, but I couldn't get a good picture of it for the life of me, to put on here. So I hooked up my scanner to this computer and took another one to post, and let me tell you, it shows every hair out of place. Things I could see with my poor old eyes. Like the eyelashes...I'd painted over them 3 times because I didn't really pre-plan, just painted. When I did them the 4th time I scratched down into the raw leather and didn't get them covered up again. I'm not upset, but like you I know it's not right yet. I think animals are hard but when you get them right, it's so cool.

I am not up to even trying my dog yet, has all this wild spaniel hair, etc. Has 4 different colors on her face, and some that are kinda blended, LOL. Anyway, I'm going to try and make a template of the eye, run the pic off etc. but it was fun doing it free hand.

Anyway, both of yours are beautiful, just different and I can't tell why on the nose. Sorry I could be more help. Cheryl

Edited January 14, 2012 by DoubleC

[DoubleC]

I may be close to having what I want after reworking the nose.

Well I didn't even SEE the third one, shouldn't come here this early. Great job. Cheryl