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[didyoung]

some progress

 

[Brian Marshall]

Hmmm...

Now fill the cells in the wings with colored enamels? (The real thing, glass - not the epoxy)



B.

 

[oiseau metal arts]

that was my first thought too. enamels would look great in there.

 

[didyoung]

Sorry guys no color on this one
Any thoughts on the shading would be nice
I am always trying to find a better looking
Leaf

 

[oiseau metal arts]

i love how you are shading the flowers. gives me an idea how to fill in a few places on a mothers day project.

 

[Eugene Carkoski]

You have all that wonderful uniformity in the different borders, wonderful shading on the leaves and flowers, then you put four different wings on the butterfly, and I wonder why, but you're the artist and I still like it. Thanks for sharing

 

[bronc]

Very nice work amigo!

Stewart

 

[didyoung]

done

 

[Sam]

Impressive work, Shawn.

 

[didyoung]

thanks everyone

 

[GTJC460]

Really nice work. Your shading is looking very good.

 

[didyoung]

thanks everyone
i see a couple of things that i would change if i had to do this over again.:thinking:
would love to be able to cut some super fine lines at the top of the leaves that fold over themselves.
phil c's work really makes me want to keep trying to find areas that i need to improve upon.
i am guessing that the way to get the fine shade lines like he does is to maybe hand push in those areas.
thanks for the comments
shawn

 

[rayf24]

Damit shawn your shading just gets better it's like a drug one needs more of the fix.
Ray

 

[didyoung]

second butterfly progress

 

[Haraga.com]

Shawn do you remove metal from the background in the engraved area of the piece?

 

[didyoung]

are you talking about the black area of the butterfly?
if so ....no.... the area of the wings is stippled.
i remove everything up tp the butterfly.

 

[didyoung]

i have found 2 areas that should be done different.
one i should have extended the leaf.
second i should have left the leaf and added some light shading to continue the flow.
you guys see anything else?

 

[FANCYGUN]

Shawn
You have really developed your own style here. Very very nice work.

 

[tkelch]

i really like your shading here it gives so much depth to the desigh and seems to give a great flow to the scrolls.

 

[Haraga.com]

You do a nice uniform and clean job of background removal. I have a hard time keeping my edges from being dinged up from the graver at least in a couple places. And the stippling looks great also. Next project like this one can you post a picture of it in the "white" so we can get an idea of what it looks like before it is inked?