Members Tangent Creations Posted August 8, 2007 Members Report Posted August 8, 2007 Hey all! I was inspired to try this after flipping through Clay B.'s albums (awesome work in there btw). This is a dragon cut out just his head and partial wing. Now I am working on musculature and details...he's not done yet. He's maybe 10-12 inches tall total. Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted August 9, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted August 9, 2007 That looks real good TC, I just love dragons. What weight leather are you using? Ken Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
Members Tangent Creations Posted August 9, 2007 Author Members Report Posted August 9, 2007 Hi, thank you Ken, I love mythilogical critters (and am building inventory for Gen-con (sp) ) This was cut from a scrap of 10-12 oz (I love our scrap bin ) Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Members MatthewD Posted August 9, 2007 Members Report Posted August 9, 2007 (edited) Looks great.. I like the spikes on the back of the neck and head.. Edited August 9, 2007 by MatthewD Quote
Members Tangent Creations Posted August 9, 2007 Author Members Report Posted August 9, 2007 Thanks Matthew, here's another dragon that I did last night...also not done (Yeah I know his arms are messed up...I was tired ) All inspired by the awesome carving and embossing I'm seeing on this board! Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Members MatthewD Posted August 9, 2007 Members Report Posted August 9, 2007 What pattern book are you using for the dragons TC? Quote
Members Tangent Creations Posted August 9, 2007 Author Members Report Posted August 9, 2007 None These are free hand drawn directly onto the leather, my own personal style. Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Members Tangent Creations Posted August 9, 2007 Author Members Report Posted August 9, 2007 here he is again, almost done Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Contributing Member ClayB Posted August 9, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted August 9, 2007 here he is again, almost done This was inspired by something I did????? Well, what you are doing is really neat and it's fun to see the progression. The pattern is great too. Wish I could draw. Thanks for sharing the pictures and I look forward to seeing a lot more. Clay Quote ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
Members MatthewD Posted August 9, 2007 Members Report Posted August 9, 2007 Very very cool TC.. Quote
Members Tangent Creations Posted August 11, 2007 Author Members Report Posted August 11, 2007 A couple more dragon projects... The first is again a larger head and neck only dragon. Wing (s) will be added later. The second is a little brainstorm I had and I will be finishing it tonight and seeing what people in one of our groups think about it tomorrow... It is teeny tiny. Maybe 2 inches long. The cap rivet is a medium size to show how small this dragon is. I am tooling him with a small modeling spoon and point end tool. He will have wings added after he is painted. Then he will be hung from a pin and have a jewel in the curl of his tail... Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Members unicornwoman Posted October 10, 2007 Members Report Posted October 10, 2007 How fun! I am looking forward to seeing pix of the completed piece. Please don't forget to post them! MatthewD asked about patterns. YOU obviously don't need this resource, but I can recommend GREAT BOOK OF DRAGON PATTERNS by Lora S. Irish It is a lovely book with 31 patterns in it. The copyright on pattern use is tolerable as she allows 3 pattern copies for personal use and unlimited completed projects. (I HATE those pattern books that put in the fine print that you can only make 1 project for yourself. Why buy the book? But that's another rant!) Anyway, GREAT BOOK OF DRAGON PATTERNS is available at Amazon.com. **IF** you click through to Amazon by going through this link FIRST http://www.disaster-area.org/ a portion of your purchase goes to a College Scholarship Fund in honor of a dear friend who died in a car wreck a few years ago. I've been considering these two books, but haven't purchased yet: Dragons: A Book of Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) by Marty Noble Dragonart: How to Draw Fantastic Dragons and Fantasy Creatures by J. "NeonDragon" Peffer & Jessica Peffer These are also available at Amazon.com. Quote Melody D. Snow The Unicorn Woman (established 1980) Lillian, Texas, U.S.A. Miniature Tackmaker, Leathercraft Artist, & Freelance Writer http://www.unicornwoman.com
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