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General Category => Pattern Requests. => Topic started by: overfifty on February 10, 2014, 04:34:13 pm

Title: Keira needs a review
Post by: overfifty on February 10, 2014, 04:34:13 pm

This is sister to the young fellow I posted last week (or thereabouts). Please feel free to critique. Cheers, Barry.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: dirtrider73068 on February 10, 2014, 08:12:44 pm

The teeth look to me either floating or not much there to support them and look like they would break easy, might have to bridge them in more, but good looking pattern.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: Tomsunnu on February 10, 2014, 10:25:08 pm

Nice pattern! I did a pattern fill and found floaters in the eyes and in and around her hair- that can be taken care by adding bridges, no big deal :). keep practicing.
Thanks
Mahendra

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: overfifty on February 11, 2014, 01:09:47 am

Thanks for checking guys. With some of the minor bridging now I just wait till I'm cutting an leave 'em. Cheers, Barry.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: EIEIO on February 11, 2014, 01:36:29 pm

Barry - here's another view to look over. This concentrates on just the face - it works pretty well when you have a girl with flowing hair. After the process, delete a lot of the internals of the hair to get a lighter color look. Kids like to see their name, so I use a big (I think it was 80 point) Scroll Beach Italic font.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: overfifty on February 11, 2014, 02:20:52 pm

Thanks Ray. I had nothing but trouble with that big toothy grin. Any of the other three attempts made her look like she was wearing braces.  I realized my mistake with the font after I started cutting it and am now trying to work aroung it. Maybe with a much larger font I can "engulf" the smaller one. Cheers, Barry.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: EIEIO on February 13, 2014, 01:32:20 pm

You might try to inlay a section where your original font is, then cut her name into the inlay. This is not hard with the scroll saw and can make a nice effect if a contrasting wood is used.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: overfifty on February 13, 2014, 01:47:45 pm

Hadn't thought of that - good idea. Thank you, Barry.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: mickey357 on February 15, 2014, 01:39:10 am

EIEIO  you guys are great at this pattern making. If I were as young as you guys I might try it, it's just hard to teach a old dog new tricks.

Title: Re: Keira needs a review
Post by: EIEIO on February 15, 2014, 12:23:54 pm

Quote from: mickey357 on February 15, 2014, 01:39:10 am

EIEIO  you guys are great at this pattern making. If I were as young as you guys I might try it, it's just hard to teach a old dog new tricks.

I asked my old dog how the sandpaper was doing today. Know what he said?