Craftaid 2282

[JLSleather]

1 hour ago, sinpac said:

Yellow arrow - I think what your saying is to drive the stamp deeper to give depth. The seed pod if that what we are calling it sure look more detached from the leaves?

Sorta, yeah.  If you were embossing this, you would depress the petals and RAISE the pod.  Since you're not raising it, just don't bop it down. So bevel firmly (not necessarily "deep") and then "fade" away from there gradually.

Some folks didn't like my banana,  but I think it's a pretty good NATURAL illustration.  Basically, it's a "leaf" coming off a "stem"....

So, don't 'shade' or 'thumbprint" the banana... you want to leave that in the forefront.  Be a little light beveling of the banana in the front in the middle (between the red arrows at the bottom) just like you did on your piece.  Then the rest of the banana is NOT tooled, and the area ALL THE WAY AROUND it is 'set back'.

I wrote "no bevel ridges".  Might have been more clear had I said "THERE ARE NO bevel ridges" (that "halo" you get around tooling that so many think is okay to leave there cuz it catches antstreak).

And by "deepest tooling at the protrusion" I mean it's "heavy" beveled (or shaded, or what you use) where it protrudes, and then "fades" from there.  There is NO TOOLING on the 'back end" of the arrows -- that is the HIGHER part.  

 

BTW I think you're background looks pretty darn good.  You got a little chop on the water at the 6 0'clock position for a minute, but it's not severe and still the piece looks nice.  Toss on some lace or thread in "sheridan tan" or something close and that's a nice lookin' article fer somebody.  Seriously, yours is some of the smoothest floral tooling I've seen on this site in a while (I might have used a 'vein' tool around the scrolls, but I rather like what YOU did here).

Edited January 17, 2020 by JLSleather

[sinpac]

8 hours ago, JLSleather said:

Sorta, yeah.  If you were embossing this, you would depress the petals and RAISE the pod.  Since you're not raising it, just don't bop it down. So bevel firmly (not necessarily "deep") and then "fade" away from there gradually.

Some folks didn't like my banana,  but I think it's a pretty good NATURAL illustration.  Basically, it's a "leaf" coming off a "stem"....

So, don't 'shade' or 'thumbprint" the banana... you want to leave that in the forefront.  Be a little light beveling of the banana in the front in the middle (between the red arrows at the bottom) just like you did on your piece.  Then the rest of the banana is NOT tooled, and the area ALL THE WAY AROUND it is 'set back'.

I wrote "no bevel ridges".  Might have been more clear had I said "THERE ARE NO bevel ridges" (that "halo" you get around tooling that so many think is okay to leave there cuz it catches antstreak).

And by "deepest tooling at the protrusion" I mean it's "heavy" beveled (or shaded, or what you use) where it protrudes, and then "fades" from there.  There is NO TOOLING on the 'back end" of the arrows -- that is the HIGHER part.  

 

BTW I think you're background looks pretty darn good.  You got a little chop on the water at the 6 0'clock position for a minute, but it's not severe and still the piece looks nice.  Toss on some lace or thread in "sheridan tan" or something close and that's a nice lookin' article fer somebody.  Seriously, yours is some of the smoothest floral tooling I've seen on this site in a while (I might have used a 'vein' tool around the scrolls, but I rather like what YOU did here).

Thanks Jeff,

I am going to print out this thread for reference until it becomes second nature. I think the banana explanation is spot on. Maybe the others who didn't like the banana wanted you to use a plantain. LOL  Thank again for the nudge in the right direction and the compliment,

Chris