What do YOU like about figure carving?

[ABHandmade]

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Edited May 10, 2018 by ABHandmade

[immiketoo]

That looks JUST like a kitten we are weaning right now.  His name is Gingy!

[ABHandmade]

30 minutes ago, immiketoo said:

That looks JUST like a kitten we are weaning right now.  His name is Gingy!

Originally it was supposed that it was a tiger cub.
Either I made it unsuccessfully, or you need to treat your kitten with great respect after a few months

PS. Your Gingy is cutie.

Edited May 10, 2018 by ABHandmade

[immiketoo]

I treat all cats like the predators they are!

[spacedog]

@immiketoo That Odin is amazing, and so is your collection of tools behind it.

I have a lot to learn, but really enjoy figure carving. Obviously, I need to buy more tools.

Here is a WIP. It's tough figuring out transitions from one figure to the next. I just need to plan ahead more. That and practice.

 

[battlemunky]

I like looking at it! I carved a face into a sheath I made and that is about it. It is difficult and I don't have the time to get better at it so I am leaving it for a later time. I tried an old dead tree once too but it got super fine super quick and I couldn't get my cuts made well enough.

 

[Raksha]

Wow @immiketoo your work is just... wow! The rest too! 

I have not desided if i like figur carving yet. I'm NOT an artist. Sorry to say I did not inheret my mothers artistskill. I can't paint a picture if my life depended on it. So time will tell if I learn enough to be good enough for simple work. 

[battlemunky]

Well, you can find a pic online and sketch it onto some transfer paper and go from there, you don't have to be an artist so much as be able to put down clean cuts and bevels after you transferred the image onto the leather. The art part is easy unless you are coming up with it out of your skull.

[immiketoo]

8 hours ago, spacedog said:

@immiketoo That Odin is amazing, and so is your collection of tools behind it.

I have a lot to learn, but really enjoy figure carving. Obviously, I need to buy more tools.

Here is a WIP. It's tough figuring out transitions from one figure to the next. I just need to plan ahead more. That and practice.

 

The trick to figure carving is being able to think in 3D.  A large figure beveler will make your life a bit easier, but you can do the same with a spoon.  Remember to always carve whats closest to you first, and then work your way down to the background.

4 hours ago, battlemunky said:

I like looking at it! I carved a face into a sheath I made and that is about it. It is difficult and I don't have the time to get better at it so I am leaving it for a later time. I tried an old dead tree once too but it got super fine super quick and I couldn't get my cuts made well enough.

 

Faces are difficult, and yours is fine.  They require a lot less cutting than you'd think.  

4 hours ago, Raksha said:

Wow @immiketoo your work is just... wow! The rest too! 

I have not desided if i like figur carving yet. I'm NOT an artist. Sorry to say I did not inheret my mothers artistskill. I can't paint a picture if my life depended on it. So time will tell if I learn enough to be good enough for simple work. 

I am not an artist either.  I can draw a little, but not nearly as well as I can carve.  Like anything, its about practice.  When I started I couldn't do anything except smoosh leather.

3 hours ago, battlemunky said:

Well, you can find a pic online and sketch it onto some transfer paper and go from there, you don't have to be an artist so much as be able to put down clean cuts and bevels after you transferred the image onto the leather. The art part is easy unless you are coming up with it out of your skull.

Correct.

[Raksha]

12 hours ago, battlemunky said:

Well, you can find a pic online and sketch it onto some transfer paper and go from there, you don't have to be an artist so much as be able to put down clean cuts and bevels after you transferred the image onto the leather. The art part is easy unless you are coming up with it out of your skull.

This is what I am counting on  I do not need to reach the skill level shown in this thread. Just need to be good enough to make what I want. Problem is, I am a bit of a perfectionist. 

8 hours ago, immiketoo said:

 

I am not an artist either.  I can draw a little, but not nearly as well as I can carve.  Like anything, its about practice.  When I started I couldn't do anything except smoosh leather.

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Well, you are a leather artist - really! You need a special talent and eye to get to your level, I'm sure.  Smoosh leather is more my skill :D