Happy Holidays to ya & here's a W.I.P. from me to EB

[DMBfan]

This is a thing of beauty...my favorite eb threads

[trarex]

Thanks for sharing.
Stellar work.

[kramer73]

fantastic!

[Tapecat]

Image turned out beautiful. You leaving all that negative space? You totally should....

For SURE!
As much as I LIKE to do complete boards...Sometimes ya just gotta let 'em stand as is.

Dear Tapecat,
Just to refresh your memory from our exchange when I missed out on the the first snow owl at the bleedingfingerstudio store opening... DIBS!!!

I will start funneling layaway payments for Feb if that cuts any ice! : )

Awesome work!

I will have several owls finished by then, you'll have choices!!!


Thanks all! Glad to contribute to this Killah Site!

Don't know how much you can see the progress here, it's been a day of tightening up the work, I should be at final shading tomorrow, I hope.

[GR8Dane]

Simply stunning!!!

[smokeycat]

more art...more threads....please get that camera going...need that stop motion in action. hope you were a winner in the emek release. where do you post your og work 4 sale? very interesed....clearly not alone either hate to sound redundant but, yeah, what everyone else is saying....

[Tapecat]

Thanks

A couple closer pics, the wings are in total disarray right now, but it's always like that right before the finish.

[Tapecat]

Spent MOST of the day at the doctors, but I took it with

Just about finished!

[But-we-unleashed-a-lion]

Is this the first 3D scratchboard ever?
It looks it'll fly out of the paper!
A M A Z I N G !

I'm a bird lover and know you should be illustrating some bird books
All your bird images are outstanding with great detail

That Scolopax rusticola you designed for the EB holliday card is WOW!

[fredo]

Sorry, man, but you're not gonna win without a red bull logo in there somewhere.

Otherwise, this would make a good movie poster for:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220198/

Get on it, mondo!

[dougr]

fantastic job!! and thanks again for sharing the process

on a related note, owls were a recurring subject of Stow Wengenroth's lithographs, there are three of them on EB:

[Tapecat]

Thanks All!!!

I'm calling this one done.
I shot it with a coat of sealer which evens everything out and gets rid of smudges, and stuff.
I'll add 5 or 6 more coats before it's all finished.

A VERY simple frame for it coming.

[Tapecat]

Just in time to devote my full attention to the drop.

[Tapecat]

Knocked this little board out in one long 13hr.+ sitting yesterday...
American Kestral 8" x 8"

Also started another new board yesterday

[SimpJee]

That is just too realistic for me, I'd fear my fingers around those pieces!

Love the owl.