Tree Reaper Posted January 14, 2012 Report Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Cut and bevel. You have two raised areas, one being the area around the eyeball and the other being the eyeball itself so I see back to back beveling to raise both areas to reduce the flatness of the leather, probably use blockout around the lighter areas of the lid if using dye. Under cutting the leather won't do anything for this that I can see. You can see the raised affect by using a modeling spoon on the back of the damp leather after all the work is done. Each step in the eye is a raised progression. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but you can let me know. I didn't have the lighter blue so my eye looks like it was out a little later at night than yours! Kevin Edited January 14, 2012 by Tree Reaper Quote
Members DoubleC Posted January 14, 2012 Author Members Report Posted January 14, 2012 Cut and bevel. You have two raised areas, one being the area around the eyeball and the other being the eyeball itself so I see back to back beveling to raise both areas to reduce the flatness of the leather, probably use blockout around the lighter areas of the lid if using dye. Under cutting the leather won't do anything for this that I can see. You can see the raised affect by using a modeling spoon on the back of the damp leather after all the work is done. Each step in the eye is a raised progression. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but you can let me know. I didn't have the lighter blue so my eye looks like it was out a little later at night than yours! Kevin Once again, I didn't get the rest of this message, this time just the first. It is incredible how you did that Kevin and in such a short time. Shame on you letting your horse 'run wild' on weekends, LOL. I like this much better. Thanks again, Cheryl Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
Tree Reaper Posted January 14, 2012 Report Posted January 14, 2012 After it was done I could still see errors from the tracing. It would be nice to have the image on a laptop next to you for clarity. The white lines in the image show the deviations to be corrected. Anyway I think you can see how it raises up from being flat. On thicker leather you might have to skive the back to use the modeling tool. Quote
Members DoubleC Posted January 14, 2012 Author Members Report Posted January 14, 2012 After it was done I could still see errors from the tracing. It would be nice to have the image on a laptop next to you for clarity. The white lines in the image show the deviations to be corrected. Anyway I think you can see how it raises up from being flat. On thicker leather you might have to skive the back to use the modeling tool. Oh yes, I can see how it raises the design. And I actually did have Sienna's eye on a laptop in front of me when I did it. But instead of painting to try and add definition, I want to try what you did to get the definition, and use dye instead of paint. You took less and made it more and no it's not perfect as to shape, mine was too rounded even though I had the picture right in front of me. Horses have round eyes that are actually almond shaped when they are calm and soft like she was the day I took the picture. I was brushing her, and afterward I took the picture, and her eyelid had drooped from relaxation. I looked at my dog after we talked about your Golden and said, 'yes of course, when I get better I will immortalize you in leather too.' I think if I can get my all-in-one or SOME program on this thing which I think I've used before but I'm not sure, to convert sienna's eye to B/W then I can print it out and make a template for carving, and the use the techniques you've shown me to define something very hard to define, an eye. It's only so hard to do Kevin because it IS the window to the soul (mood, whatever you want to call it) and getting that down on leather is hard. It's hard even in a picture if you don't have the exact angle but I know this is only going to get better. Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
Tree Reaper Posted January 14, 2012 Report Posted January 14, 2012 Clay B might be the eye guy ... http://www.dimensionsinleather.com/workshops3.htm Quote
Members DoubleC Posted January 14, 2012 Author Members Report Posted January 14, 2012 Clay B might be the eye guy ... http://www.dimension.../workshops3.htm ROFL, those were workshops held last year, and NO WHERE could I find out where in America they were held. I don't think they've updated their site yet for this year. Now I could get into a 6 day conference in Queensland, but that would be a fer piece to swim :-) I think YOU are the eye guy and I'm going to try your techniques and continue carving these until one of us gets them right, or good enough to fool the average smoe :-) Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
yaklady Posted March 18, 2012 Report Posted March 18, 2012 Check out "Carving Horses" under the figure carving heading. There's a tutorial on carving horse eyes there. Quote All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
Members DoubleC Posted March 18, 2012 Author Members Report Posted March 18, 2012 Check out "Carving Horses" under the figure carving heading. There's a tutorial on carving horse eyes there. Hi Yaklady. Thanks. This is rather an old thread and things have come a way since then, but that doesn't mean I won't check it out. I'm always looking to improve. Kevin (Tree Reaper) took my best one and made a mold for me. This is how 'we're' looking these days Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
yaklady Posted March 18, 2012 Report Posted March 18, 2012 Sorry I didn't see this sooner. It looks like you've made some progress on it. Looking good. Quote All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
Members DoubleC Posted March 18, 2012 Author Members Report Posted March 18, 2012 Sorry I didn't see this sooner. It looks like you've made some progress on it. Looking good. Oh don't apologize. I still have my very first on I tried to make that looks like a deformed microbe. I like the reminder of where I've been and rwhere things are now. Cheryl Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
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