guitar2005 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 (edited) I've been working on this dead fish inlay for a couple of hours now. Its hand drawn. What do you guys think? Does it still need work or it is ok? I've been staring at it for 2 hours now and its driving me crazy Edited October 31, 2006 by guitar2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I like it. It could use a little touching up on the bones with a needle file or some sandpaper. But in general, it's got a cool hand drawn vibe to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I personally would have made the head and the tail wider than the ribs to further distinguish the parts of the fish... I also agree with Russ's above comment on a little touch-up needed via file/sand-paper to perfect some of the jaggedness of the cuts. Personally I never inlay anything without getting it's edges really smooth and PERFECT with a file first. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I personally would have made the head and the tail wider than the ribs to further distinguish the parts of the fish... I also agree with Russ's above comment on a little touch-up needed via file/sand-paper to perfect some of the jaggedness of the cuts. Personally I never inlay anything without getting it's edges really smooth and PERFECT with a file first. Chris I'll try a bit of 220 grit sandpaper - Its really tough to get it smooth on the ribs though. I tried with a Dremel but sandpaper seems to work better. Thanks for the tip. I'll post the results when I'm done with the smoothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP63 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 (edited) How about an "x" for the eye? Then, it'll really be dead! Oh, and don't forget the open mouth too. Edited October 31, 2006 by MP63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 How about an "x" for the eye? Then, it'll really be dead! Oh, and don't forget the open mouth too. I'll add the X at the very end, when it is inlayed. No point in doing that now. For the mouth... I'll draw something out and see what works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davee5 Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 I would porbably taper the body a little more towards the tail, otherwise it might be a dead slug-with-a-pointy-head skeleton. Also the tail isn't symmetric and if I, personally, was going to make the tail asymmetrical I would make the top part larger than the bottom part. Anyway, I think it looks pretty cool one way or another, so those are just my nitpicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txgraeme Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I like the dead fish fret inlay idea, but I also agree with the earlier comments that the ribs should get progressively smaller towards the rear of the fish with a final pair of fin bones that match the head size. Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP63 Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Where the cat combing his hair with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) Did a bit of work on the inlay with some needle files and a bit of patience. Here's the result: I think its a lot better than what it used to be and it still has that hand drawn vibe to it. Edited November 16, 2006 by guitar2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsnhavoc Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Hah, that is so cool man. I cant wait to see it in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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