Members Grey Drakkon Posted April 17, 2015 Members Report Posted April 17, 2015 Oh yeah, those corners...You can have some fun with it, practice with scrap and see if you can make some different shapes or just leaving the corner a bit blank, like that top left corner? I think it would have looked better without that last stamp going straight up even though it would have left a blank space. Quote "Everyone with telekinesis, raise my hand!" -Repairman Jack
Members Avion Posted April 17, 2015 Author Members Report Posted April 17, 2015 You are right on about that last stamp....I get that maul in my hand and I go stupid! I need to force myself to stop, and every move be deliberate with forethought. I am finally figuring that out. Quote
Members Grey Drakkon Posted April 17, 2015 Members Report Posted April 17, 2015 You know that saying about when you're a hammer the world looks like a nail... One of the key things I learned in my art classes was to know when to stop messing with the thing you're working on, get up and walk around a bit then come back and look at it with fresh eyes. Hard to do when you're in the groove, but sometimes essential. Quote "Everyone with telekinesis, raise my hand!" -Repairman Jack
Members Wicked Welts Posted April 17, 2015 Members Report Posted April 17, 2015 I agree with GD, nothing wrong with trying your own thing. In my perfect world, every corner ends up with two full camo impressions, one nice and square on either side with a seeder dot filling the nook in the middle and then there's a parade for me every Saturday afternoon. On my off days, I try to adjust my spacing oh so slightly as I approach a corner so I get a full impression and if not, I'll lean the stamp for a half strike in the corner and start the next run out of the corner with a full stamp over lapping that half one. This way, I get at least one full face strike 'on top' at each corner and in lieu of the parade, I'll bust out the ice cream. Yah, I'm new at least and having fun with it too. Quote
Members Wicked Welts Posted April 17, 2015 Members Report Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) .....One of the key things I learned in my art classes was to know when to stop messing with the thing you're working on, get up and walk around a bit then come back and look at it with fresh eyes. Hard to do when you're in the groove, but sometimes essential. Exactly the same deal here and thank goodness my professors forced me to do that! Many times they'd see me in a trance, tongue sticking out, hunched over a mangled armature as I'm wrenching a way to make it 'just so' and they'd tap me on the shoulder and say 'hey Mike, step back a minute and let's have a look there'.......'hhhhmmm, that handle there, that looks a little 'forced' dontcha think?' ......'you don't want that to looked 'forced' now do you?'.....'well, ok, if you're going to do it 'that way' then you bloody better go 'all the way' with it (jackass)........... Edited April 17, 2015 by Wicked Welts Quote
Members Grey Drakkon Posted April 17, 2015 Members Report Posted April 17, 2015 Hah! That sounds like my professor who would admonish us "Don't let it get precious to you!" Quote "Everyone with telekinesis, raise my hand!" -Repairman Jack
Members Avion Posted April 18, 2015 Author Members Report Posted April 18, 2015 Agree with all of the above.... Just need to know when the time quit is now and the discipline to quit! Quote
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