Carve A Leather Dragon / Tips and Tricks
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Follow along with me as we carve a leather dragon! Free pattern below. One of my goals is to show you that leather work is more than wallets and belts. Nothing wrong with that, but it can be so much more. In this video I show you step by step how to carve a dragon in leather, and how I would paint it.
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It's nice to see things other than floral carving.
Would love a tutorial on how you build up your paint process! Aboslutely amazing!
I'll add it to the list. :)
Great result! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Okay after watching several of your videos and feeling that I'm actually learning something I figured the least I could do is subscribe lol. You're awesome man and I appreciate your teaching style
Thank you! Much appreciated! Glad it's helping.
Tried pushing like button but it didn't let me love your skill
I am new to leather working and this blows my mind!! Thank you for sharing your craft with us
Thanks for the video. You answered all of my questions. Great tips Thanks again
Absolute legend 😮 this is gorgeous🤩 I’m sitting here planning out my new GM screen for our TTRPG with the kids and this approach highly inspire me. Thanks for the vid!🎉
Thank you! Hope it turned out great!
Bloody amazing! Thank you.
Wow. Thanks for this video. Timely video....I have a customer who wants a dragon image on a leather journal cover. Now I think I can do it. Question: I will assume you didn't create the original design that you carved and painted...so if this was a 'for sale' type of project, how do avoid copyright of the original artwork you used. I watched you video on the leather dragon shield cover...that looked like a movie poster that you carved on leather. Amazing work....not being critical, just trying to learn something, The copyright laws are somewhat vague, so I want to learn. I wouldn't ever copy someone else's design, but would use such for reference as in body position, scale shape, etc. Also, on the copper dragon in this video, what did you use for the backing material. More dragons would be cool, as well as old Celtic and Viking style art...that's really one of my main interests. Thanks for this video and sharing your interest and skills. I feel inspired now to do a dragon. I suspect you sit just to the right of Yoda, and the leather Jedi council.
So, first...I have to give the "I'm not a lawyer...this is not legal advice" answer.
My understanding is that if you change it by 20%, you're in the clear. I could EASILY be wrong about that. If you're mass producing something, you're going to be at greater risk than the occasional one-off. Lastly...If I'm going to sell something, I will get reference pics, but I always modify them as heavily as possible.
Someone is going to chime in and say, "why don't you just draw your own stuff." Answer - Sometimes I do....and it adds hours to the project, which increases the price.
The backing material is matt board...the kind they put around photos. You can get it at most craft stores for about $14.00.
And last...you just gave me one of the biggest compliments I could get. "Now I think I can do it." Thats what we're going for with this channel...to show you that, yes...you can do this.
Now....go make something amazing!
I think you've got Harry Potter's Romanian Ridge-back right there! Great job with the color, like to see how you came to that iteration of the theme! I've never been an air brush user, how's about a regular brush version? 🤔 nice, anyhoo!
Thank you! Sometimes the piece just develops into something... almost like it tells you what it wants to be. That's what happened with this one. I started with the "copper" color and let it go from there.
And I laughed out loud at the Harry Potter reverence. 🤣
You good sir are a badass
😎😎 Thank you! 😏
Heloo y love your work and y like to see how do you make a wolf had and coloring. Thank's.
Loving the videos. you mentioned to one person that you use mat board for a backer, but did not mention how you attach it to the leather?
I have seen other videos that mention using the mat board to get more depth out of lighter weight leather, but no one ever says how it gets attached to the leather... =(
The easiest way is carpet tape but it's almost permanent. If you want to remove it, I would just use a loop of painters tape.
That is pure awesomeness 😎 how long did it take to make and how much would it sell for?
Thank you! I would guess that there's 12-15 hours in it or more. If I were to sell it, I'd probably ask $350-400.
Do you have a link to the 3d embossing?
A newbie here. Is there any chance you could do a video on how to fix mistakes ( besides being careful) as I find your easy to listen too and helpful?
Yeah, I could definitely do that. Do you have any common mistakes you'd like me to help with?
Thanks for reply. Mainly swivel knife over runs pattern across to embossing side. Or the embossing encroaches pattern I've done a bit of swearing over this😄😄 I know I should stop b4 I get tired LoL
@@tomrankin3973 Those are definitely frustrating. I'll try to put something together.
@@TheLeatherverse that would be awesome. I love your work too!
Your link to the pattern no longer works. Is there another place where I can get it?
Beautiful. Did you antique first and then paint? Did you use acrylic paint? Thanks
Good question. Yes, but I wouldn't normally do that. I mentioned in the video that since I wasn't sure of the look I wanted, I was going to do what had the lowest risk first. Antique was the lowest risk. Since I didn't like the result, I decided to paint it.
Those are transparent, acrylic airbush paints.
@@TheLeatherverse great, thx for clarifying
Do you recut and bevel to create more depth in any work?
I rebevel all the time. Very rare that I recut. 🙂
@@TheLeatherverse I just tried it after hearing two artists talk about it. I’m satisfied. Your work is amazing can’t wait to try some of your techniques
Daniel
Would you be willing to email me the pattern for this dragon. I tried to go to your web site but it is down at the moment.
I can do that. Reach out to me on Instagram with your address and I'll send it over.
Website should be back up soon.
Just got it back up and running!
DanielReachCreations.com
@@TheLeatherverse nice thank you
What was the large circular backgrounder that was used here?
It was a craftool F901.
@@TheLeatherverse question. I just got the whole thing marked down with a stylus onto the leather. How long can I wait before I have to start swivel knifing? Can i go back later and rewet it after a break or tomorrow?
@@arkhamaudio5143 Absolutely. I would put it in a plastic bag if its going to be more than 10 minutes or so. It just helps it hold the moisture better. Re-wetting isn't an issue provided you don't saturate it. That can cause it to swell, which can push out some of the details.