Keep it or not.

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sattley

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I need some brutal honesty here. Is it just me or does this scrim stink. I think I ought to sand it off. Others say it looks ok but I think they're just being nice. Please excuse the poor quality scan I just wanted to get it up where it could be seen so I could go ahead and finish up.
Thanks
Leonard
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I am not known for giving my opinion lightly. If I think something looks bad I will say so.

That being said, I think it looks just fine. It is not bad scrim, maybe not up to pro standards but still looks good. However, I think that the knife would look better without it. It just seems to take away from the gracefull lines of the knife.
 
I think if you just add a little more detail, like hair on the elk and maybe a tree or two in the background or maybe even a rail fence, it would look fine.
 
I like the side on the top of your picture. The other side just does not compliment or balance out a fine looking knife. I would keep the one side as is and either redo or fill out the space between the pins somehow so as to balance out the sides.
Nice knife. Regards,Greg
 
It looks better than I can do.We all have to start someplace and I have seen some that was allot worse on Knives that should have been removed but the artist was proud of it and showed it off with Pride.
You will get better at the Scrim if you want to strive for it.
I say Keep it and try doing the next one better,This way you have a history of how well you have progressed over the years..
Great job,and 2 thumbs up for trying..
Bruce
 
Nice design and attention to detail. If you de emphasize the outline it will lose the line drawing look. I try to keep my outlines as fuzzy as possible when I start and then fill in only as necessary. After all, the critter is covered with soft hair and the natural outline is indistinct.

In order to return to the photo realism from the line drawing effect that you have achieved (not unpleasing mind you) you will have to do some serious infilling of the subjects, adding hair until the eye is drawn away from the outline (or sand off a little of the outline). Add shading to show the roundness of the body. Leave the outline on the antler, it is a hard edged material and needs a hard line to define it, but it is round and would benefit from some shading to show that.

Your animal's eyes are good, and that is good because when a person looks at a picture of an animal or person the attention is drawn to the eye first so that has to be perfect.

Keep on with your scrim, it is looking very promising.
 
You're off to a great start! Although I know nothing about scrimshaw George's advice seems sound and like Bruce says, it will be an excellent reference in the future. I think it's looking great!:)
 
Many thanks to all. I think I'll work on it some more and try to soften and balance them out . Then if I am still uncomfortable with it, I will remove it and chalk it up to good practice.
Thanks Again,
Leonard
 
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