Heres what i have been playing with from the procreate drawing. The putter is stainless and when i am finished engraving the client sends it back to the company fir heat treating hardness
Well still maintaining social distance as much as possible here. Still engraving the Winchester but a bit burnt out on it and need to change things up so I can look at what I am engraving with a fresh perspective.
So as a change-up I am getting set to engrave a custom stainless steel golf...
another way to look at this is with this question. Is grey a light or dark color? depends on what it is next to. If against black it seems light. Against White it seems dark It's all an illusion
Leland we are talking values here and contrast. To make something dark you use a combination of number of lines/dots and depth of said lines. In contrast if you want something to look lighter or whiter you would use less. Also visually it also depends on what it is next to in order to make it...
Oh do I love stories like this Thanks for sharing and congratulations on bringing back a piece of history
The most rewarding restoration I have done in this vein was restoring/rebuilding a Winchester 1873 One of One Thousand rifle a client gave me
Leland if you dont knock it out of the park at least you go down swinging like they say a walk is as good as a hit So is a good bunt
Dont worry because you will get a little bit better with each try and sometimes a whole lot better with a failure ive always said i learn more from a...
Leland you just hit the nail on the head. One of the hardest things to do is when to say STOP time to just move on. This is true no matter how much experience you have
Now go knock that drivers side out of the ballpark
Leland Do some more proper tree bark texture around the critter. It looks like he is wearing stripped pajamas pattern is way too even needs more irregularity and break it up a bit. Just step outside and look at a tree.
Well at the last minute it was decided to engrave a steer skull on the top dust cover instead if just scroll. So here is what i came up with and started to engrave. I think i will recess the background around the skull and stipple it ti make the skull stand out a bit more and hopefully look more...