cSuttle Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hi Gang. I haven't posted any pictures in a while, but just finished this and thought it was really cool. So, I thought I'd share. Entitled: The King Of Dragons Matching tcover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inisheer Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 *enters the dragon* Nice job I really like the pose on the second one, the truss rod cover. These two inlays gave me more enjoyment than that time I wasted $10 to go see Eragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I really like the control cavity cover dragon.It reminds me of the expression my cat has when it's happy.To be honest,I think that is the first one of yours i have seen that captures a "mood".Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintIt Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 those are so cool. I love the inlays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winger Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Fabulous !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Fantabulous inlays man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kydd Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 What did you use to make them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cSuttle Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Thanks for all the nice comments guys. To answer the last post, the dragon head is made up of Paua Red Abalone Gold Mother of Pearl Black Mother of Pearl Silver Fantail Jasper Mammoth Ivory On Rosewood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezFreak666 Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 they are amazing! much kudos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNichols Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 your inlay work is very inspiring. that must have been a lot of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cSuttle Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 your inlay work is very inspiring. that must have been a lot of work Not as much time as you might think. I've gotten pretty quick at it. The majority of the time I spend it in the design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNichols Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 do you use computer software for the design or do you usually draw them? and also (sorry if i seem inquisitive) do you cut all the inlays and rout the channels by hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cSuttle Posted May 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 (edited) do you use computer software for the design or do you usually draw them? and also (sorry if i seem inquisitive) do you cut all the inlays and rout the channels by hand? I start by drawing everything by hand. Then I use Corel Draw to vectorize and clean up the sketches. From there I cut and route everything with a cam machine. I use to do it all by hand of years until I finally bit the bullet and bought a cam machine. I was good before, but my quality has definately taken a step up with the computer. There are times when it would be faster for me to do it by hand, but I still use the cam machine for the accurracy of it. By Hand: By Machine: I know to the untrained eye it hard to tell the difference, but I can tell. If you want a more detailed description of how I inlay, go to my web-site and check out the "Workshop" or "Special Projects" sections. Shark Inlay Website Edited May 27, 2007 by cSuttle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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