I'm attempting my first drawing of a Mauser floor plate.
I traced the border of the floorplate onto a piece of copy paper, and scetched a fair to midlin howling wolf in the center of it.
However, I am having trouble drawing the scrolwork on either end of the wolf. Seems every line I draw violates some unspoken rule I've drawn and erased the pattern several times now, and I'm frustrated.
I have tooled leather gun holsters before, but those features were gigantic compared to what I am attempting here. Making the pattern compliment the piece of steel I am working on is proving to be very difficult.
What are the rules for drawing scroll? Seems it's a mistake to have too many features sweep the same way without complimentary features to balance it.
Can you fellers give me some pointers?
I traced the border of the floorplate onto a piece of copy paper, and scetched a fair to midlin howling wolf in the center of it.
However, I am having trouble drawing the scrolwork on either end of the wolf. Seems every line I draw violates some unspoken rule I've drawn and erased the pattern several times now, and I'm frustrated.
I have tooled leather gun holsters before, but those features were gigantic compared to what I am attempting here. Making the pattern compliment the piece of steel I am working on is proving to be very difficult.
What are the rules for drawing scroll? Seems it's a mistake to have too many features sweep the same way without complimentary features to balance it.
Can you fellers give me some pointers?