CaptainDEEZ Graphix

[CaptainDEEZ]

Here are some of the different mediums I've worked with over the years.

Pencil Faerie
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/PencilFaerie-web.jpg?t=1289679519

The Boogie Man: Airbrush
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/TheBoogieMan-web.jpg?t=1289679278

Slumber: Acrylic and Airbrush. Also Black Light enhanced with flourescent paints and glow in the dark paints.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/Slumber-web.jpg?t=1289679341

Acrylic, 4'x5' Elephant
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/Elephant-acrylic-web.jpg?t=1289679474

Leather belt for my wife, anaconda skin, kangaroo lace, and calf back. About 20 hrs to complete.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/LaurensBelt-web.jpg?t=1289679553

Leather necklace. The front is one piece of calf leather and the back is goat skin along with the strands. I painted the opal to look like an opal and glazed it.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/OpalNeckpiece-web.jpg?t=1289679620

Leather carved and partially dyed dragon mask. Once the coloring is complete, I'm going to form it around a mannequin head.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/Dragonincolour.jpg?t=1289680028

Wax carved buckle sets along side the buckle I looked at to carve them. These will eventually be cast in silver.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/WaxBuckleSets.jpg?t=1289679909

These are just a small portion of what I've done over the years.

[Nero]

A breath of fresh air at last!
Love you're art work! The belt is beautiful!
Post more! :)

[TVTyrant]

I really enjoy your leather work. How much did those projects cost you?

[CaptainDEEZ]

Here's my first airbrush painting after I took a 6 hour class to learn how to airbrush.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/SeaDragon.jpg

This is a car wrap I just finished designing for a client. It will be on a vehicle soon.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/USA-PW_Wrap_v1.jpg

These are all of the bracelets I made for Chrsitmas last year. I made them for family, friends, and co-workers.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h294/ggraphix420/BraceletsXmas2010-web.jpg

[CaptainDEEZ]

The leather itself isn't really that expensive.
I got enough of that anaconda leather to make that belt for around $80. The leather for the back cost around $20. The leather for the lace costs around $3-5. And then there's about 20 hours of time in it. If it was to sell, the retail would be around $1000-1200.
I learned all of this from an Australian guy named Peter Main. If you google "Peter Main Leather" you will see all of the stuff that he makes.

[Dwood]

Freakin' sick dragon brosef!

[Warsaw]

The leather itself isn't really that expensive.
I got enough of that anaconda leather to make that belt for around $80. The leather for the back cost around $20. The leather for the lace costs around $3-5. And then there's about 20 hours of time in it. If it was to sell, the retail would be around $1000-1200.
I learned all of this from an Australian guy named Peter Main. If you google "Peter Main Leather" you will see all of the stuff that he makes.

That is some mad profit margin right there. If you could find a way to crank them out faster than 20 hours a piece...

[CaptainDEEZ]

If I was to sell it myself, I would sell it to a retailer at half that price though.
I used to work for a jeweler and the price gets doubled(keystoned) twice along the way to the consumer.
Once before it goes to the retailer and once at the retailer.