Skull & Roses Wallet

[AMMO]

Whipped this bad boy together in my spare time over the course of the last week. Kind of a Day of the Dead theme trucker/biker wallet.

[eglideride]

Sweet! I might borrow elements of this design for a wallet I just started!

[AMMO]

Right on. Have at it. Skulls and roses aren't copyrighted haha.

[Harag]

Very nice. I'm doing some tooling and would love to colour different parts in different colours, care to explain how you do that? Do you dye the whole thing black, then add the yellow. I tried that and it didn't work for me. If you dye the background back and leave the skull, then dye that yellow, how do you dye the edges near the skull in black without going on the skull, I currently use a dauber to put the oil dye on.

[AMMO]

on this project I used only dyes and a tan antique so you can't dye it black first if you want to have it be a different color. You can use a dauber on the larger areas but you pretty much have to use a paint brush for the details.

[Harag]

Thanks, I thought that might be the case, How do you clean the brush afterwards? I've tried water and that doesn't seem to work.

[AMMO]

I use water but I try to make sure that certain brushes are used for light colors, certain brushes for dark colors,and certain brushes for black.

[Harag]

Thanks, I did try water and it didn't seem to do anything, though I have learned I need more brushes.

[Cyberthrasher]

Thanks, I thought that might be the case, How do you clean the brush afterwards? I've tried water and that doesn't seem to work.

use whatever the base of your medium is. If you're using water based dye - use water. if you're using alcohol based (spirit dyes) then use rubbing/denatured alcohol.

[mato]

looks good can i ask how did you get the background afect with the circles ??

[AMMO]

looks good can i ask how did you get the background afect with the circles ??

That's just a backgrounding stamp. You can find them at any leather store.