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heres a practice piece i did...it was a tough lil s.o.b...as ya can see hes not a big fella...but i wanted to try doing some sort of leaves...i just maybe should of started off with making it larger...but all in all this had to be the most patience trying & toughest picture i've done to date...definately some rough spots with the leaves...lotsa little cuts and trying to bevel some of those spots was a nightmare and made my eyes go :wacko: ...i think i need some micro tools lol

critiques always welcome...thanks!!

darryl

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with some antique on him

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:You_Rock_Emoticon:  Nice Green Man Bro!  Good ork on the undercut beveling. That really makes the carving come to life.  Keep it up!

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thanks alot storm!!...ya that was my first shot trying that undercut business...its a cool beveler and that was one thing i learned & got practice doing with this guy...just gotta try it on something a bit larger next time...some of those spots made my little beveler look like a sledge hammer lol

darryl

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heres a practice piece i did...it was a tough lil s.o.b...as ya can see hes not a big fella...but i wanted to try doing some sort of leaves...i just maybe should of started off with making it larger...but all in all this had to be the most patience trying & toughest picture i've done to date...definately some rough spots with the leaves...lotsa little cuts and trying to bevel some of those spots was a nightmare and made my eyes go :wacko: ...i think i need some micro tools lol

critiques always welcome...thanks!!

darryl

leafman1.jpg

with some antique on him

Darryl,

I really like your design and the tooling. Your undercut bevels are good but to pop they need to be lifted a little more. Have you tried different sized stops for the inside line ends and modeling tools for other areas that need clean-up and fine finish work? Keep up the good work! I would love to have a copy of the artwork (carving pattern) to play with if that's OK with you. Just send it to <front_line 42@yahoo.com> :cheers:

Happy toolin',

Indy

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indypbear

Have you tried different sized stops for the inside line ends

i appreciate the compliments & critiques but your gonna have to put the above in english for me...cuz i don't have a clue what ya mean lol...i sent ya the design...so if ya don't get it for some strange reason lemme know -k-

thank ya there spider...glad ya dig that leafy fella...hes almost cool enough to roll up & smoke :red_bandana: hehe

enjoy

darryl

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Thats really cool! I bet if you darken the eyes and the mouth it would really pop out.

ArtS

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Hey Darryl, you gotta warn me before posting such elaborate work. Where did that come from, just the other day you mentioned being stuck!!

Very nice and clean and nice going with the pear shader (I think you used the pear) and that tool scares me a bit but I explore another tecnique now and get it later on.

I just love the green man, a celtic figure I believe. Get yourself a celtic sword, they're dynamite in good looks, and use this one for a scabbard or sumting. Dar,n I gotta get rich and get a celtic sword.

Really thrilled to see where this leads to.

Tom

Edit: just saw ArtS comment and agree. Then I'd probably try with sealing it and then go with some saddletan antiquing to enhance the shading but NOT before deciding how it's gonna be used and only apply antiquing with a brush to defined areas, my experience is that it always get a bit overall darker with saddletan over a whole piece even though sealed. The eyes/mouth look filigreed/backgrounded and that makes it easy to paint on some black dye.

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I think you did a really nice job on this too. Your leaves have a lot of shape and depth to them. Like others have said, you could probably get some more depth with a lifter, and clean things up a little with a modeler, but this is a nice piece. The green man seem to work on leather very well.

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