Thing I Made Thursday #2: Inked Coyote Skull!
Not late! Wow!
So, I finished an inked coyote skull yesterday and was going to post pictures, but then I realized that I don't think I've ever posted pictures of the last one. So you get a bonus! Two for one. First, pictures of the new one, and second, pictures of the last one.
Both of these skulls are sold. At least, I'm assuming on the one I just did. If that falls through, believe me, you will hear about it!
BUT WAIT! There's more!
In the first set of pictures, you can also see the awesome box that songblaze sent me over the holidays. I added a padded satin lining to it, and put in some little ribbon thingies to keep the box from flopping open, which stresses the hinges. They are, in retrospect, a tiny bit short, but for a first try, they look great and work just fine. Anyway, as you can see, I LOVE this box. And when I am through with it, it too will make another appearance here. Just need to add a specimen tag for the future contents.
So, here we have lots of pictures. As usual, I'm dumping them all here. Flickr serves as my repository for all my finished, edited photographs, including boring detail shots. Which I still think are awesome.
And the second one! This one (below) I did with the intention of inking it, so the design is very fluid and complex, sometimes crossing suture lines and so forth. I penciled the design on the one above thinking I would engrave it, so I did it differently; less complex, more aligned with the natural bone structure, as engraving over sutures is not any fun for me or the skull.
Anyway, I think they are both beautiful.
Got one more 'yote skull I can ink or carve before I need to hit Moscow Hide and Fur. I also have a fisher and a skunk that are almost finished that I will be listing this weekend or next week.
Been kinda busy.
So, I finished an inked coyote skull yesterday and was going to post pictures, but then I realized that I don't think I've ever posted pictures of the last one. So you get a bonus! Two for one. First, pictures of the new one, and second, pictures of the last one.
Both of these skulls are sold. At least, I'm assuming on the one I just did. If that falls through, believe me, you will hear about it!
BUT WAIT! There's more!
In the first set of pictures, you can also see the awesome box that songblaze sent me over the holidays. I added a padded satin lining to it, and put in some little ribbon thingies to keep the box from flopping open, which stresses the hinges. They are, in retrospect, a tiny bit short, but for a first try, they look great and work just fine. Anyway, as you can see, I LOVE this box. And when I am through with it, it too will make another appearance here. Just need to add a specimen tag for the future contents.
So, here we have lots of pictures. As usual, I'm dumping them all here. Flickr serves as my repository for all my finished, edited photographs, including boring detail shots. Which I still think are awesome.
And the second one! This one (below) I did with the intention of inking it, so the design is very fluid and complex, sometimes crossing suture lines and so forth. I penciled the design on the one above thinking I would engrave it, so I did it differently; less complex, more aligned with the natural bone structure, as engraving over sutures is not any fun for me or the skull.
Anyway, I think they are both beautiful.
Got one more 'yote skull I can ink or carve before I need to hit Moscow Hide and Fur. I also have a fisher and a skunk that are almost finished that I will be listing this weekend or next week.
Been kinda busy.