Baby Turtle Hatchling's from Mich. ?

[Old Ironworker]

Here are the hatchling's about to leave the shop, Ok, I've had too much coffee. They are going to a Valentine's Day party in the Motor City as hand-outs. This is third order for tree ornaments from this group. Don't make a lot $ on them, but getting a few custom orders after each ornament order. Sometime the smallest item's bring in the bigger $$$ !
Have a Great Week !,
Dale.......

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[greggomc]

They look great.

[sawdust1]

cute little buggers!

[Squatchemup]

May I get the design for this my wife is a turtle fanatic she would absolutely love this for vday

[adbuch]

May I get the design for this my wife is a turtle fanatic she would absolutely love this for vday

This is one where you might have to do a manual trace with Inkscape or which ever program you like to use.
Let us see how it turns out.
David

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[acourtjester]

Neat are you using a template for color application??

[adbuch]

Neat are you using a template for color application??

Tom - that photo is just a close-up of one of the OP supplied photos above. What I was trying to say is that this would need to be manually traced due to the poor resolution of the photo. I've got a feeling that these may be layered pieces and painted separately before attachment.
David

[djreiswig]

They look flat to me. You can see the tabs connecting the center to the outside.

[adbuch]

I agree - it looks like tabs, but hard to tell for sure with the lower resolution of the image.
David

[acourtjester]

I used the wrong word, I should have said did you use a mask layered over the turtles for each color. Allowing each color to dry before the next.
Either that or you have a steadier hand then mine.

[adbuch]

Tom - Dale hasn't been active on the forum since 2018. So I doubt he will see this. But I suspect that he did use some masks or masking templates when he painted them. I know that is what I would do. But in any case, a very nice looking herd of turtles.
David

[adbuch]

Here is my attempt at manually tracing one of these baby turtles. You could edit to suite your taste.
David

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[acourtjester]

Nice tracing David, another option is a web clipart search, and modify to you taste. This on says free some others are more pricey.
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vect ... 1909644052

[adbuch]

Tom - yes I had looked at some of the clipart and thought about modifying or combining several to get something similar. But I went ahead with my manual trace - which is not all that accurate due to the low resolution of the original image. Many ways to "skin a cat".
David

[acourtjester]

Amen the mix and match puts a personnel stamp on a project

[Squatchemup]

awesome great work thank you for that. my wife will love it for v day

[adbuch]

You are quite welcome! Happy to help.
David