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    • BloodnThunderB
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      ^^I bet.  It's incredible the situations he had to have been in to take the pictures he has.  Reminds me of Kevin Carter, took some incredible photos that were also heartbreaking.  Definitely plan on keeping the ball rolling.

      IG: Shadesofindig0

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      • BloodnThunderB
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        Put a solid 10 hours into this one yesterday.  I'm calling it "Batman".  The portrait is of Daniel Kish a man who was born blind and taught himself to 'see' via echo location.

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        IG: Shadesofindig0

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        • SeulS
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          I was gonna ask what he thought of your work but…

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          • BloodnThunderB
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            Ha!  I think he'd tell me I should have been a sculptor.

            IG: Shadesofindig0

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            • BloodnThunderB
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              Finished "Batman" last night.  Showing this one and the other two posted earlier this week at an art walk here in Seattle.

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              IG: Shadesofindig0

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              • ROmanR
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                Some paintings I painted while in At School, many years ago. 1st is related to our interpretation to a short story we had to read.

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                • ROmanR
                  ROman
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                  The next 2 we were supposed to drape fabric and paint it. Water colors.

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                  • ROmanR
                    ROman
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                    The last one I did prior to art school. It's of the USS Barry, the ship I was on in the Navy. Acrylic.

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                    • GilesG
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                      Very nice…

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • ?
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                        Found some time to get some work done. Almost there. Colored pencil on Arches 400lb. Cold pressed watercolor paper:

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                        • seanoconoS
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                          Love those colors and textures, adam!

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                          • ?
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                            Many thanks, Sean. Great to hear from you!

                            Awesome call on the three straight, btw….go cavs tho  😉

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                            • seanoconoS
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                              Thanks for sharing, dude. Looking forward to seeing the finished piece!

                              Haha.  Klay is a Coug, so I'm all in on the Warriors.

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                              • seawolfS
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                                Gorgeous as usual Adam. Is that the Shell from the Camino de Santiago?

                                “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                @zeebeeleather

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                                • ?
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                                  Fascinating! I just googled it and it definitely resembles the same twelve point circle with which I begin my process. But that's just the starting point, there are eleven more steps for me. I've been using a twelve point circle as my daily journal for eleven years now, it's like my walking labyrinth, but with writing.

                                  I draw lines and write on both sides, normally in cursive and normally rotating clockwise, here's a pic (please excuse the haphazard sketch, I'm out of the studio but wanted to roughly illustrate the process). I left out the last step just to keep some mystery  ;):

                                  And here's what it looks like when done:

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                                  • CutlasshoundC
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                                    Pulled together this custom bag strap for one of my bags.

                                    Made it from:

                                    • 50mm olive seatbelt webbing purchased from a Supplier to the British military.

                                    • 50mm Austrialpin mil-spec Cobra buckle.

                                    • Mil-spec ITW Nexus tri-glide

                                    • Antique effect brass trigger snaps

                                    Measuring, marking and cutting.

                                    For sealing the edges of the webbing….

                                    The finished article….

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                                    I ain't got time to bleed.

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      BOOM

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • 4c4
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                                        Some local jade I've found…


                                        These are just the small pieces. Really want to cast a sterling ring using the lost wax method, shape the white nephrite (mutton fat) jade into a cabochon, and create an epic super heavy ring in the Navajo tradition… It might be the only one of it's kind in that style with American white nephrite jade. Surely irreverent for most, but it has me drooling. Then I will make a bolo! Will draw up some sketches in a few....

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                                          Sounds like a killer project, @4c!

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                                          • 4c4
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                                            Cheers sabergirl. Making some progress. Thinking I'll stick to a simple ring design somewhere in the 50g range. 🙂

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