Help I Am Stuck On My Rabbit

[Boriqua]

So someone asked for rabbit and I drew this. They love it and I figured no problem. But .. I have a problem

There is a "mask" area that I want to sit back but I also want the ear to sit proud. I am stuck at the transition. I am having the same problem at the fold of the ear. Seems like I would need to flip the bevel on these two problems but I think it would be weird .. or not ?

[Boriqua]

Here is another pic so you can see where i am trying to go ..

Thank you for any help

Alex

[pete]

a bit confusing on the end result from your description. please "draw" a picture of the rabbit (as shown above) and shade in the mask part. That way it will be MUCH easier to show how and where to bevel.

IT CAN BE DONE!!!!!

pete

[benlilly1]

The mask area you could background and around the ears just bevel but, I would use a shorter beveler.

[Boriqua]

I have attached 2 pix. One is a cropped copy from the leather test .. I hope its readable and one is the drawing. The blue I want reccesed looking so I beveled it to the inside. The ears I want proud so I beveled them to the outside of the drawing. I dont know what to do where the inside bevel and the outside bevel meet.

[Boriqua]

The mask area you could background and around the ears just bevel but, I would use a shorter beveler.

I went to the tandy site but from thier images I cant figure out which one is narrower. I hate to impose but would you know what number?

Alex

[Boriqua]

I went to the tandy site but from thier images I cant figure out which one is narrower. I hate to impose but would you know what number?

Alex

I found the tool your talking about .. whew a little pricey and I wish they had it checkered. Might be dremeling up something.

[benlilly1]

Hold the beveler you have tipped inward to lessen the area of bevel. What # from Tandy are you looking at?

[Boriqua]

Here is rabbit one with bevel to the inside

Here is rabbit 2 to the outside

I like image 1 MUCH better but I cant figure out how to do a stamped background since the "mask" is an inward bevel. I am thinking just do a fade on the stamped background from bottom to top so the face part is free from background stamping and it bleeds into background stamp as it goes up. Dont know if that makes sense. I also was kinda liking the smooth bevel on the right side since it gave me more opportunity to model.

I think picture 2 is alright since I am talking mask and the mask part is proud but ... well I just dont dig it as much.

Here are the steep stamps I was referring to.

http://www.tandyleat...p_keyword=steep

Thank you again

Alex

Edited March 26, 2013 by Boriqua

[shtoink]

The answer might not be with another stamp added to your collection. I have seen some amazing detail created with a sculpting tool. This will allow you to get subtle transitions on your mask without the need to mash things down into the background. There are a great deal of post in here, but this one and this one were what I found the quickest, and they do a good job of explaining what I mean. The first one even has a tutorial within the thread.

The good news is, you can probably get away with a spoon from the kitchen or go to your local art-and-crafts store and pick up some cheap modeling tools meant for sculpting clay until you have the opportunity to locate a proper set meant for leather. The rounded end of a stick, bolt, or nail could even suffice, it's limited to your imagination. This way, you can get your current job done without having to disrupt your work flow much and it can be done for little to no monetary investment.

Edited March 26, 2013 by shtoink