I got the reaper in the mail today...

IT IS FLAT OUT AWESOME!!!

Photos do not do these sculptures justice. They are AWESOME pieces of art! Nice work man, VERY NICE! 

THANKS MAK!

I was happy to do it!  Yeah pictures take ALL of the dimension out of the pieces.  The complex ones like the ballerinas and such...they just look like jumbles of wire in photos...it's disappointing.

Well, you might be able to do better (on the pictures) with some adjustments to how you take the pictures - point and shoot will usually have that effect. Good photography, like good wire-twisting, is a bit of an art itself. And it will help sell the things on the 'bay, IMHO.

I'll not pretend to be all that wonderful, though I did take some classes way back in high school, and have done some work in particular fields as part of some jobs I've held.

You ideally (to bring out 3-D, in my opinion) want several sources of light, from different directions, with different intensities (ie, a bright light from the left and a light about half that bright (or twice as far away) from the right - you can do it all with a window and reflectors (need not be mirrors - even white paper can work, or tinfoil on cardboard) - in that case the window provides the stronger light, the reflector(s) provide the weaker light from other directions.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Inexpensive-Photography-Lightbox
http://www.cheapshooter.com/2007/07/26/do-it-yourself-pvc-light-box/
http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent

DoD, that's pretty sick.  Definitely noting this for the future.

My wife is a photographer ...carouse our Etsy shop and you'll see the pictures she's taken.  Not any of them show the proper dimension.  It just can't be done with work of this nature.  The pieces are too small and with the wire having no variations in color or texture...it just gets lost.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7391684

YAY 3 SALES! Plus some in-person stuff lol

Here's what I whipped up over the weekend:

I'm a huge dragon fan...books and movies with dragons on the cover or that have a vague mention of dragon in it means I'll have to see/read it...so, it's just gonna happen that I make a dragon or two.







This one hangs...the bottle was a bad "ledge" but it was all that was available.





A little shotgun piece:





A new Reaper...added some copper to the scythe.  It's nowhere near as cool as the first, but I have a crazy knack for making things awesome the first time around and then never duplicate them.





Also had a couple requests for reapers with wings...not quite finished but here's what I got:





This one has gotten pretty popular.  I just made it for my neighbor...they're having a baby and have had some issues getting this far.  I think I'll try to make another to see if I can get some more "emotion" into the piece, but, like I said above, probably not...

 

makenzie71 that is some of the most creative stuff I have ever seen! Have you ever thought of doing one of the Marines with the flag at Iwo Jima? I personally collect BuzzLightYear toys. Think you could do one of him?

I haven't thought about the Marines...I'll keep that one in mind.  Buzz Lightyear would be a bit difficult to add the necessary level of detail I think.

lookin good man! The one w/ the baby is AWESOME!

Everyone at work loves my Reaper! Its right on my desk pointing at me.

Thanks!  You can tell them where you got them   That's why we have the "request custom item link" on our etsy store...

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7391684 (just to plug it again lol)

I'm going to have more uploaded today.

All right, how much for a ninja and the shotgunner?

They're $15 each...I'm doing free shipping for the GST'ers.  The one Desk Ninja is on our Etsy site and I do prefer people buy through our store so we can register the sale.  If you're serious about it, I'll add the Shotgunner to the store.

wow I made a lot since I last updated this:

I'm a huge dragon fan...books and movies with dragons on the cover or that have a vague mention of dragon in it means I'll have to see/read it...so, it's just gonna happen that I make a dragon or two.







This one hangs...the bottle was a bad "ledge" but it was all that was available.





A little shotgun piece:





A new Reaper...added some copper to the scythe.  It's nowhere near as cool as the first, but I have a crazy knack for making things awesome the first time around and then never duplicate them.





Also had a couple requests for reapers with wings...not quite finished but here's what I got:





This one has gotten pretty popular.  I just made it for my neighbor...they're having a baby and have had some issues getting this far.  I think I'll try to make another to see if I can get some more "emotion" into the piece, but, like I said above, probably not...







This was a special request from a local...a little branding scene.  I'm not entirely happy with the base or the lack of cowboy hats.  Cowboy hats would be awesome...just having issues making them.

Sorry the pics are relatively large...

















Few little things I'm still working on but that's about then jist of it.

Some more!  Well, one is reposting but I have much better pics this time.

Newest archer....