ABHandmade Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 Carving and embossing completed. Dries and waits for further stages of work. Not everything turned out the way I wanted :(. Some misses will be taken into account next time. Some details: Used leather insertion technology (described in "The Art of Embossing Leather" by Al and Ann Stohlman). The maximum height of the bas-relief is 18 mm (0.7 inches). Used leather 3-4 oz. Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 21, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 21, 2018 That's pretty good Andrey...earsh sare a bitch, eh? Bet you heard that in his voice Quote Learnleather.com
ABHandmade Posted November 21, 2018 Author Report Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) On 11/21/2018 at 9:30 PM, immiketoo said: That's pretty good Andrey.. Expand Thank you, Mike. On 11/21/2018 at 9:30 PM, immiketoo said: .earsh sare a bitch, eh? Bet you heard that in his voice Expand My English is too bad Honestly, it eludes my understanding. Edited November 21, 2018 by ABHandmade Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 21, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 21, 2018 Sean Connery has a very distinct accent. Ah well, never mind! Quote Learnleather.com
ABHandmade Posted November 21, 2018 Author Report Posted November 21, 2018 Mike, I would like to hear your opinion regarding my attempt to imitate the structure of the skin. Unfortunately, the reflections in the photo significantly mask this effect. I hope that after painting it will appear more pronounced. Quote
Members battlemunky Posted November 21, 2018 Members Report Posted November 21, 2018 I heard it @immiketoo. I'm just glad you didn't choose this pic of Mr. Connery @ABHandmade: I lol everytime I see this one. Sorry to detract from your rather awesome embossing Andrey! Quote
Members JD62 Posted November 22, 2018 Members Report Posted November 22, 2018 You continue to amaze! your subjects are easily recognized, that's hard to do in relief. I've tried it in wood carving a few times with out success. Quote One day at a time my friends John
Members YinTx Posted November 22, 2018 Members Report Posted November 22, 2018 You guys are absolutely stunning with these realistic portraits in leather. My hat is off to you. YinTx Quote YinTx https://www.instagram.com/lanasia_2017/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK6HvLWuZTzjt3MbR0Yhcj_WIQIvchezo
Members ScoobyNewbie Posted November 22, 2018 Members Report Posted November 22, 2018 Oh, no! Not Zardoz! Might as well play “I talk to the trees” Quote
ABHandmade Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Posted November 22, 2018 On 11/22/2018 at 2:30 AM, JD62 said: You continue to amaze! your subjects are easily recognized, that's hard to do in relief. I've tried it in wood carving a few times with out success. Expand Thank you! I would like to see some of your woodwork. I am always amazed by this kind of art. On 11/22/2018 at 6:06 AM, YinTx said: You guys are absolutely stunning with these realistic portraits in leather. My hat is off to you. YinTx Expand Thank you, Yin. I will say the same about you. Your work with the imitation of the upholstery which you recently shared is great. Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 22, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 22, 2018 On 11/21/2018 at 10:20 PM, ABHandmade said: Mike, I would like to hear your opinion regarding my attempt to imitate the structure of the skin. Unfortunately, the reflections in the photo significantly mask this effect. I hope that after painting it will appear more pronounced. Expand Andrey, the skin texture is excellent. Again, your nose and lips are perfect. Watch out for the eyebrows. It looks like you made indentations for the hairs as opposed to raising them up. Its a lot of work to raise them but its worth the effort. On 11/21/2018 at 11:54 PM, battlemunky said: I heard it @immiketoo. I'm just glad you didn't choose this pic of Mr. Connery @ABHandmade: I lol everytime I see this one. Sorry to detract from your rather awesome embossing Andrey! Expand Wow...that I have never seen! Quote Learnleather.com
ABHandmade Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) On 11/22/2018 at 6:57 AM, immiketoo said: Watch out for the eyebrows. It looks like you made indentations for the hairs as opposed to raising them up. Its a lot of work to raise them but its worth the effort. Expand Thanks for the advice, Mike! I will certainly take this into account in the next work. On 11/22/2018 at 6:57 AM, immiketoo said: Wow...that I have never seen! Expand I, too Edited November 22, 2018 by ABHandmade Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 22, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 22, 2018 Andrey, after comparing the original picture to your piece I realized what was bothering me. The top of his head is more pointed in the picture. Yours is more rounded. A subtle difference, but it stands out to my eye. Also, the right side(Viewer's left) cheek crease by the nose has a curve that doesn't exist on the original. But the other side does. Its almost as if you swapped those lines somehow. These are the small details I was talking about the other day. Quote Learnleather.com
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 22, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 22, 2018 Pardon the crude markup of this picture, but the lines show what I mean more specifically. Quote Learnleather.com
ABHandmade Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Posted November 22, 2018 I agree. With the "pointed of head" it will be possible to try a little to rectify the situation during coloring. But with the cheeks, it seems, I seriously missed . Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 22, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 22, 2018 I wouldn't call it seriously missed, as he is still recognizable an every well done, just refining the details for 100% accuracy Quote Learnleather.com
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 22, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 22, 2018 Here is something I do to help if I am struggling with a piece. 351726A3-10F1-4DB8-A284-9F7E271BDA27.MOV Quote Learnleather.com
ABHandmade Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Posted November 22, 2018 On 11/22/2018 at 7:34 AM, immiketoo said: I wouldn't call it seriously missed, as he is still recognizable an every well done, just refining the details for 100% accuracy Expand Well, always want to do better. True, it does not always work Quote
ABHandmade Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) On 11/22/2018 at 7:49 AM, immiketoo said: Here is something I do to help if I am struggling with a piece. 351726A3-10F1-4DB8-A284-9F7E271BDA27.MOVFetching info... Expand Awesome tool (and your possession of it), Mike! EDIT: Thank you so much! Edited November 22, 2018 by ABHandmade Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 22, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 22, 2018 It’s two apps on my smart phone. Photo overlay and screen record. You can easily compare your art to the photo this way. Actually, you don’t need screen record. I just did that for you so you could see it. Notice how the things that are dead on stay still and those those that are a little off seem to move? Your eyes and nose are perfect. Quote Learnleather.com
ABHandmade Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Posted November 22, 2018 On 11/22/2018 at 8:25 AM, immiketoo said: It’s two apps on my smart phone. Photo overlay and screen record. You can easily compare your art to the photo this way. Actually, you don’t need screen record. I just did that for you so you could see it. Notice how the things that are dead on stay still and those those that are a little off seem to move? Your eyes and nose are perfect. Expand Mike, your advice is really priceless! And yes, it seems to me, it's time to change my smartphone Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 22, 2018 Moderator Report Posted November 22, 2018 Glad to be able to help. Quote Learnleather.com
ABHandmade Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Posted November 28, 2018 Painting on bas-relief is complete. Tomorrow I planning applying the top coating. I will be very grateful for any comments and criticism, especially if they allow to make improvements. Quote
Members battlemunky Posted November 28, 2018 Members Report Posted November 28, 2018 You have a gift my friend! Quote
ABHandmade Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Posted November 28, 2018 On 11/28/2018 at 11:11 PM, battlemunky said: You have a gift my friend! Expand Quote
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