Line art round 1:
 

 
It's Little Orphan Wolfie for now, still working out the expression for the eyes. Please let us know if the rest of it is along the direction you wanted.  
 
Also, we all think the wolf should be facing the peghead with the placement on the body that you requested (mirror image to the above).

mica- i -went to grahams post first- and i was getting sad.... and then i see this,,,,
its perfect!!!!!!!!
ok
i think i get it....
you want to put the snout facing the peghead?
make him a righty wolf?
its hard for me to envision it after staring at him so long,,,,
hmmmm
i am a lefty...lol
i can understand the logic though
hes looking over the bass instead of behind it>?
well here are my thoughts
how could i go against the big 3???
ok - i just printed it and held it up backwards and yes it works for me 2
excellent work'
now give him nice, evil,leering, bloodthirsty, i am looking at dinner eyes....
boy why am i thinking vampires?
too bad we cant stick little 1/8th notes in his corneas
that might be neet

wow what a day!
first the wolf and
my broker just called me and my offer was accepted for my first house!!

Congrats! I like the groundcover!

thanks dave
i got an acre in Ct.

Nice House Jeff.Far enough from the neighbours to turn up your bass ;-) I like Mica's suggestion to turn the wolf round aswell. Kinda makes him more unique.
 
graeme

Im in southeast CT, Jeff... What area you looking at?

 
 
(Message edited by flaxattack on February 01, 2005)

norwalk
you play guitar?.

Guitar, bass, and a bunch of other stuff....  
 
Congrats finding a place in Fairfield County~ thats always been a really tough market.....

well i am definitely looking to playt once i get up there

Here's a very quick mock-up with materials:  

   I also dropped it on an old picture of your bass to start talking about the placement:  

  We tried the silver sand areound the Ash circle, and left it off the Ebony one - it looked so cool just emerging out of the Coco Bolo.

i concur on the no silver round the outside. i love the drool... lol
the right eye looks a teeny weeny bit crosseyed and we should have a little more shade difference from the flesh of the ear and the background.
mica-what you think about going continuous background using the coco that will be cut out from the bout instead of the ash. that might really look likes he's coming out of the bass.  
i think theres enough contrast so it doesnt wash out. oh damnation- i remember we have the predrilled holes under it...
let me know what you think...
or if you want to stick with the ash, can we align the grain with the direction on the coco?
give me a jingle. i will be working from home thursday. oh ands thanks much

You guys can go on about drool, backgrounds, etc, but I think there's something wrong about the tongue.
 
Maybe it's just me, and I'm not really into wolves, or the whole historiical context here. But for starters, I would flip the tongue around the Y-axis, and start it coming out of  the mouth just a little bit lower.
 
Or maybe just move it down a little, I don't know. It just doesn't look quite right to me. Not complaining, it's a nice piece of work - just think maybe it  could be a little better.
 
But again, I don't know what it's supposed to look like.

A bit less tongue-in-cheek, you mean? LOL