glstrcowboy
Elite Cafe Member
This shotgun is the latest victim of my tools. I tried to incorporate the helpful suggestions from my last post. I made background more uniform by leaving it alone. I tried to make sure the leaves touched the scrolls so the background was enclosed. The shading lines are still giving me trouble. I tried light strikes and shallow cuts, but the tool kept wanting to hop into the previous cut when the lines got close to converging. Not sure if the tool geometry is off or I need magnification so I can better see what's going on with the tip. I'm not happy with the ball ends of the scrolls. I keep watching the DVD, but it's not clicking. I printed out a couple of the shading practice sketches. I think I'll focus on cutting those and see if that helps. Any other tips, pointers or suggestions would be appreciated.