{"id":84,"date":"2011-12-17T22:02:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T22:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=84"},"modified":"2011-12-17T22:45:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T22:45:43","slug":"making-the-%e2%80%9cpuget-sound-dagger%e2%80%9d-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Making the \u201cPuget Sound Dagger\u201d Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Here’s the design for the other side of the knife, finally. \u00a0A real pain, it took two days to get this right, drawing and redrawing everything… \u00a0In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the design aspects of this that are the very hardest to accomplish. \u00a0Everything else is simply a skill; \u00a0enough practice and commitment and you can make those happen. \u00a0But the design part; that requires 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration, and about 10% luck…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Above, I cut the lines and then added all the little plankton critters in between the major elements, just as I did on the other side.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And here are the lines inked in.<\/p>\n


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Here’s the design for the other side of the knife, finally. \u00a0A real pain, it took two days to get this right, drawing and redrawing everything… \u00a0In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the design aspects of this that are the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,8,3,7,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-1m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=80","url_meta":{"origin":84,"position":0},"title":"Making the \u201cPuget Sound Dagger\u201d Day 7","date":"December 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I spent the day removing the background, a fairly tedious operation, but so worth it. \u00a0This really makes the whole piece come alive. 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