Guest Posted August 29, 2007 Report Posted August 29, 2007 Sometimes I hate allowing a customer to dictate the seat art.... But you just do the best you can with what the guy wants. Here's a perfect example. Dave Quote
Ambassador freak Posted August 29, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted August 29, 2007 I don't care what you say. I love that color and the braiding, the tooling tight and clean. I could of carved a monkeys butt and it would of looked great with all that. Nice job David !!! Quote It takes more then one freak to have a true freakshow. So take a seat , the show is about to start. Check out the freakSHOW
Members CitizenKate Posted August 29, 2007 Members Report Posted August 29, 2007 Looks good to me, man. I've had several customers take me down an artist path I did not want to follow, and ended up with something unexpectedly phenomenal. Kate Quote
Members TimberWolf Posted August 29, 2007 Members Report Posted August 29, 2007 SUPER nice, David!! I wish I had the patience to braid that way! Quote Tim Wolf, http://timberwolfleather.com
Members shirleyz Posted August 29, 2007 Members Report Posted August 29, 2007 Sweet Taters? Aren't they like yams? Regardless of your taste in vegetables, great seat! Like always. Shirley Quote badassseats As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. ~George Bernard Shaw
Members dsenette Posted August 29, 2007 Members Report Posted August 29, 2007 I could of carved a monkeys butt and it would of looked great with all that. you ain't gettin any where near my but with any tools the more i keep looking at stuff posted here (especially the bike seats)...the more glad i am that you can't really reacreate those colors in a tattoo....that particular design would look great as ink as well as the seat...but it would look best with that particular finish...i think it adds to the design alot Quote "We are all blind men touching an elephant. Each with a different view. It's only when we compare our experiences that we can truly know the complete picture" ~ Buddhist proverb
Members JustWakinUp Posted August 29, 2007 Members Report Posted August 29, 2007 Good looking stuff David I absolutely love the braiding. Those seat pans, where are you getting them? Quote
Guest Posted August 29, 2007 Report Posted August 29, 2007 Good looking stuff David I absolutely love the braiding. Those seat pans, where are you getting them? Just... The seat pans are no secret....They are commercially available from West Eagle....made in the Phillipines I believe. At least they come packed in the Manilla Times newspaper....lol (good clue eh?). They are about the heavest gauge steel of all the available pans....they are also the pans for which Fabricator Kevin makes those nifty billet brackets with bronze bushings. The pans retail for about $60 I think. Dave Theobald Sweet Taters? Aren't they like yams?Regardless of your taste in vegetables, great seat! Like always. Shirley Yup, Sweet Taters are indeed yams. I hope he's building this bike for his girlfriend....He would get some serious teasing for a seat like that around here..... :biggrin: Quote
Members bustedlifter Posted August 29, 2007 Members Report Posted August 29, 2007 Sometimes I hate allowing a customer to dictate the seat art.... But you just do the best you can with what the guy wants.Here's a perfect example. Dave I know what you mean! Sometimes you just have to wonder where people's idea's come from. Quote
Members leathernut Posted August 29, 2007 Members Report Posted August 29, 2007 hey dave seat came out great!!!nice work man.... Quote http://hellbentcustomseats.blogspot.com/
JohnD Posted August 29, 2007 Report Posted August 29, 2007 Dave, I don't see what's so bad about the art? Very well executed at any rate. Outstanding work as usual. I made a Guitar strap for a friend and he sent a drawing he wanted carved on it, a skull with a mohawk. Now, I'm not the best at drawing either, but this was awful. I asked if I could redraw it, you know so it would fit the strap better, but he said he wanted to use his drawing and to do the best I could with it. I kept putting off making the strap for weeks. My wife finally confronted me about it and said I was only putting it off cause I didnt't want people thinking that I had drawn the skull and that I should stop being a wuss and make the strap, so I did and it really came out great. The skull came out exactly as he had drawn it and he was very happy and my story has no point...sorry John Quote (rdb):God looked down at the world, and said "See, right there in Witchita, next to the railroad tracks, I didn't put enough dandelions".
ETW Grumpy Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 Really nice work. I hope I can braid that good when I grow up. Quote
Members CitizenKate Posted August 30, 2007 Members Report Posted August 30, 2007 ...and he was very happy and my story has no point...sorry :biggrin: Kate Quote
Guest Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 Dave, I don't see what's so bad about the art? John John, I didn't mind the art....it was the Sweet Tater thing that I didn't care for....not exactly what I would call a biker sort of nickname. I didn't mind the star and horseshoe....It is tattoo flash and not too bad.... I was able to talk him out of twin six guns (with ornate engraving) pointing at the star....phew! That would have been way too much on a seat. Still, not my favorite seat .... but I want to thank everyone for the nice words. Dave Theobald Quote
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