Freak's Koi

[Beaverslayer]

Great job freak. The colors are so vivid, and make the piece come alive.

Ken

[CitizenKate]

Freak, that is one of my favorite things I've seen posted on this forum. Can't wait to see what you come up with next!

Kate

[freak]

Thank you one and all. It's a good feeling to be able to post on a forums with so much talent as this one. It can be a little intimidating for a greenhorn like myself sometimes. This is the first thing i've done that i really feel good about.

Freak, that is one of my favorite things I've seen posted on this forum. Can't wait to see what you come up with next!

Kate

Kate you are far to kind and i thank you for it. That's a HUGE complement and i think it just gave me some braggin rights.

freak

[Zilla]

WOW!! VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE!!! I love the colors you used and the shading work on the water is just WOW!

Kev

IT'S DONE !!!!! I'm gonna put a frame around it and call it done. It's been a few years since i've done any wood or steel work i just might make a frame.

Anyway i did go back and add a line of white to the edgse of the waves and the scales. I think it added a nice little touch.

Again thank you all for your comments, mucho appreciated !!

Ur friendly neighborhood freak

[KazariK]

Freak...

I have to ask a question if I may.. Ok, I know this thread is like 2 years old but still got to ask LOL..

if I may say - HOLY FREAKAZOID Batman! thats Freaking incredible!

anyways, I do actually have a question..

In looking at the non colored and the colored versions I notice that details really pop in the colored. When I look at the colored am I seeing what appears to be reverse tooling? (I was told about reverse tooling is basically doing some work from the back side of the piece to give raised sections to the leather. As example, when looking at the head, there appears to be a couple of spots of raised detail. Of course that could just be an area that didnt get tooled, but it looks soooo smooth!

Hope the thread is not to old!

Kaz