Members Sheilajeanne Posted September 26, 2018 Members Report Posted September 26, 2018 No words for how awesome that is! Did you use a photo as a reference? Quote
Members Riem Posted September 26, 2018 Members Report Posted September 26, 2018 Yeah, the word 'awesome' sets the appreciation bar rather on the low side... That is way beyond superior! Wow! Man, I felt like I knew her when she looked me in the eye like that... Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
ABHandmade Posted September 26, 2018 Author Report Posted September 26, 2018 41 minutes ago, JLSleather said: LOVE teh subtle coloring! Makes ALL that floral stuff look, ... well.... less. Thank you, Sir! Probably, if I, apart from the brush, used an airbrush for coloring, it would be possible to improve something. Although, on the other hand, coloring only with a brush looks more hand-crafted, so to speak? Quote
Members battlemunky Posted September 26, 2018 Members Report Posted September 26, 2018 Is that Cameron Diaz? My god man that is really amazing work AB! Quote
ABHandmade Posted September 26, 2018 Author Report Posted September 26, 2018 45 minutes ago, Sheilajeanne said: No words for how awesome that is! Did you use a photo as a reference? Thank you, Sheila. Yes, I used the photo as a reference. I am very far from those who have the talent to draw something from memory (I do not know how to say it in English more correctly). Quote
ABHandmade Posted September 26, 2018 Author Report Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, battlemunky said: Is that Cameron Diaz? My god man that is really amazing work AB! Yes, it's an attempt to portray she. The main thing that she did not see it never Thank you for compliment, @battlemunky! 49 minutes ago, Riem said: Yeah, the word 'awesome' sets the appreciation bar rather on the low side... That is way beyond superior! Wow! Man, I felt like I knew her when she looked me in the eye like that... Thank you, Riem! Edited September 26, 2018 by ABHandmade Quote
bikermutt07 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Posted September 26, 2018 I thought it was the girl from Rogue One, but I guess it is Cameron Diaz. It looks really awesome. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted September 27, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted September 27, 2018 3 hours ago, ABHandmade said: Thank you, Sir! Probably, if I, apart from the brush, used an airbrush for coloring, it would be possible to improve something. Although, on the other hand, coloring only with a brush looks more hand-crafted, so to speak? WAIT ... WHAT?@! THis is what you call 'needs improvement'? It may be hand made, but "hand made' is not the same as POORLY made. I did a short article about this a while back, but it's only in English Check it out... I think you apply! http://www.jlsleather.com/hand-made-well-made/ In fact, you got a web site, or pics on FB or any of that? I would not hesitate to link to your work as an example that HAND made can still be WELL made. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Sheilajeanne Posted September 27, 2018 Members Report Posted September 27, 2018 AB, that is completely correct the way you worded that. Even some very, very good artists I know need photos to work from. I follow a FB page called "The Art of the Horse" and one of the most frequent requests from the artists is for reference photos they can use. Many photos out there are copyrighted, or you need the permission of the horse's owner to draw or paint the horse. Quote
ABHandmade Posted September 27, 2018 Author Report Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, JLSleather said: It may be hand made, but "hand made' is not the same as POORLY made. I did a short article about this a while back, but it's only in English Check it out... I think you apply! http://www.jlsleather.com/hand-made-well-made/ In fact, you got a web site, or pics on FB or any of that? I would not hesitate to link to your work as an example that HAND made can still be WELL made. Sir, thank you for link on article. I really liked it and absolutely agree with every word in it. I also think that the word HAND is the key word in the word-maid phrase "hand-made". HAND but NOT the Foot; ) I have a page on the FB https://www.facebook.com/ABHandmade/, but it is in Russian and, frankly speaking, it is not enough informative. And there is a board on Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/avb_home/my-leather-works/ But, taking into account the fact that I started to work with the leather less than a year ago, not all the works placed there can have the status of WELL made . 6 hours ago, JLSleather said: WAIT ... WHAT?@! THis is what you call 'needs improvement'? Well, something like that;) In fact, I suspect that with an airbrush and sufficient skills for its application, can get a awesome result (your works, which I saw here, confirmation of this). I do not have such skills yet, but I also want to learn it. This will allow me to select one or the other tool (or both) to get the best result in each case. Therefore, when I talked about choosing a brush instead of an airbrush, I was little being disingenuous.. Brush is chosen simply because the I not yet mastered airbrush sufficiently. Edited September 27, 2018 by ABHandmade Quote
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