Embossed dog

[TwinOaks]

Here's the remake of the piece I killed (mentioned in '..Dyes..')

The body of the dog doesn't have much tooling for musculature, but it is fully embossed. The right side of the dog is higher than the left, and the head is pushed out even more. The dog is totally white, except a few blotches on her muzzle. That presents a slight hurdle since I wanted to keep a natural leather look. Interestingly enough, Eco Super Sheen and Resolene have a slightly different tone when dry. I used the SS on the dog, and the Resolene on the background. It's hard to see in the photos ('cause I don't have a lightbox or a good camera) but the head is raised about 3/16" above the background. Also included is the source pic, for comparison

[Oscar B]

Still looks good.

Looks like he found the Oreo's.

[TomSwede]

You sure got the expression on that dogs face down real good and that does it for me.

I like it alot!

Tom

[ClayB]

Hey Mike,

You did a really nice job on the dog, especially capturing the facial expression. I find straight on faces hard to do, but you got it. It really looks like she got caught doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing. Thanks for sharing the pictures and glad there wasn't a boo boo on this one.

[Regis]

Mike,

You sure nailed the face really well. I thought you said you just started recently. Nice work.

[TwinOaks]

Sorry for the delayed response...I just got home.

Thanks everyone for your comments. Regis, I did just start. Infact, the very first piece I carved was back in Nov. of '07. The real issue for me is finding time to beat on the leather. The pieces I've posted are really the only pieces I've done- the posted dog pic in this thread is number 9 (number 8 is hanging out to remind me about being careful).