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Published: 2012-01-26 19:27:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 14729; Favourites: 520; Downloads: 419
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Description Forgive the less than exciting photography--still need to pick up the gear to do attractive photo-shoots! This is a leather Great Horned Owl Mask, made of vegetable tanned leather, carved and cut and shaped and all that good stuff. It's a big mask and flared out from the face to get the nice round owl-head look.

I have no idea what I'm doing--this is only the fifth mask I've made!--but they're fun to do and totally different than most of the art I make.
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Comments: 76

RememberWho [2012-12-25 06:28:01 +0000 UTC]

This...Is incredible.

Pray, do you sell these?

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dralou [2012-11-23 04:58:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Just... wow. This is so beautiful... Could I know what you used for the differents colors ?

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Poligarchy [2012-09-06 16:58:03 +0000 UTC]

I like the look of this. The white highlights around the eyes and nose really make the peice.

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ScurvyNicole [2012-07-09 03:52:30 +0000 UTC]

this is pretty.

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dawntempest [2012-05-03 01:09:02 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely breathtaking!

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Wyrdhaven [2012-03-27 03:49:05 +0000 UTC]

I'm really loving the masks.

As far as photos go, I shoot all my stuff outside in the early morning, right before the sun actually hits the area I'm shooting in. Around 7 to 8 am. I use the no flash or sports auto settings on my camera, and my fancy backdrop is a weathered (and huge) wooden spool I got for free from a construction site, used as a garden table. No reflectors, no lightboxes, no fancy set up.
Just a thought.

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Edme [2012-03-25 17:10:19 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love your new activity, keep making them, they're fabulous!

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Arkatera [2012-03-06 13:34:14 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful!

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Murder-Junkie [2012-02-23 11:23:54 +0000 UTC]

This iis amazing! Wish I could make such a cool mask..!

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Crimsonshade1024 [2012-02-10 09:15:24 +0000 UTC]

I love it!

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Nullcast [2012-02-04 04:39:09 +0000 UTC]

And now I have the urge to take up Bioshock for a few more hours... again

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HuntressLight [2012-02-01 00:42:40 +0000 UTC]

I like it! Simple but handsome :3

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lilluvlyan9el [2012-01-31 19:12:14 +0000 UTC]

very cool! veggie tanned leather? MORE MORE MORE!!! Will you make more of the different bird species?

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StarDragger [2012-01-31 04:54:51 +0000 UTC]

Oh my God, this is beautiful! I might be biased because I love owls but still.... Awesomeness.

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Kelmfire [2012-01-30 21:07:21 +0000 UTC]

that's beautiful

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sheepysaccount [2012-01-29 08:33:12 +0000 UTC]

I love it! Do you sell them, too? And if you do, do you have a price?

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Anebrd [2012-01-29 00:51:23 +0000 UTC]

that's pretty

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HurricaneKomm [2012-01-28 16:40:28 +0000 UTC]

Do you have any idea how much I love stuff like this? Freakin gorgeous.

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SleyTheDent [2012-01-28 15:11:07 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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GarnethRiparian [2012-01-28 08:02:05 +0000 UTC]

I have only one word to say and that is EPIC.

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JM2-art [2012-01-28 05:35:52 +0000 UTC]

spider line, white poster board, and wax paper are all you need for Pro looking pics..... ^_^

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LuciusAppaloosius [2012-01-28 04:54:18 +0000 UTC]

Yowza! 7@=E

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Petitetinypengu [2012-01-28 01:53:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! That looks really awesome! I love the paint details around the eyes and the little "mustache". XD

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sketcherjak [2012-01-27 22:41:53 +0000 UTC]

Who doesn't need a giant, owl mask!? I'd have it!

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VaguelyCreepy [2012-01-27 21:43:23 +0000 UTC]

For not having any idea what you're doing, this is pretty darn good. Total masquerade-quality.

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blur-turtle [2012-01-27 20:21:52 +0000 UTC]

You should talk to merimask, she has been doing this kind of stuff for a very long time, I bet she could give you some advice.

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HSavinien [2012-01-27 20:14:54 +0000 UTC]

Oh, cool!

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rurounitriv [2012-01-27 17:29:12 +0000 UTC]

That looks soooo cool. I would so wear this for Halloween.

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InquisitiveLabRat [2012-01-27 17:12:11 +0000 UTC]

I like it!

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BGuerra [2012-01-27 16:31:09 +0000 UTC]

looks so bad ass

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PlaidTidings [2012-01-27 16:09:05 +0000 UTC]

This looks freaking awesome!

A tip for cheap-but-effective fancy looking photos: take some mid-toned neutral color fabric (bedsheets, towels and large clothing are good for this) and pin it to the wall in a place where it can drape down over a flat surface as well. Then just lean the mask against the wall. ^^

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NeuronSauce [2012-01-27 15:48:06 +0000 UTC]

Nice! Looks pretty good- I wouldn't have known it was one of your first.

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PaulEberhardt [2012-01-27 15:13:29 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! It has a wonderfully tribal look to it.

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Claw-Ravenscroft [2012-01-27 14:36:35 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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Hituro [2012-01-27 12:12:32 +0000 UTC]

You appear to be indecently good at something you haven't had much practice at

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Makimari [2012-01-27 11:16:37 +0000 UTC]

marvelous!

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LadyAria [2012-01-27 07:51:24 +0000 UTC]

That is BEAUTIFUL.

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fermentedmind [2012-01-27 07:43:08 +0000 UTC]

That definitely looks like fun. I ought to get myself into that sort of thing as well.

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RainbowShroom [2012-01-27 07:27:42 +0000 UTC]

It look good

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Deborah-Valentine [2012-01-27 06:52:10 +0000 UTC]

very nice, it is cool to see your other artworks

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EclecticEcho [2012-01-27 06:28:49 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! I can really see your style in the mask despite the different medium!

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stucklessportfolio [2012-01-27 06:19:29 +0000 UTC]

No there's something different, If you like masks (?) look int the work of Robert Davidson, if you like Owls (?), heh check out Bohemian Grove, lol...

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fuhrmannskoffer [2012-01-27 05:49:41 +0000 UTC]

wow! awesome!

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ignavius [2012-01-27 05:43:14 +0000 UTC]

Amazing. do you do commissions?

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kiprotich [2012-01-27 04:00:42 +0000 UTC]

PRETTY!

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chichirii [2012-01-27 03:20:57 +0000 UTC]

I want it it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pwetty

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Ransolo [2012-01-27 03:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Fabulous...

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Annqueru [2012-01-27 03:07:43 +0000 UTC]

It's absolutely beautiful

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purplekittykatgal [2012-01-27 02:44:48 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing!!

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pearwood [2012-01-27 00:55:21 +0000 UTC]

So put it on already and have one of your cohorts take a portrait out in the woods.

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