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Old 02-25-2011, 12:43 PM
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Hi folks (hah),

As I've been carving some of my own little gnomey wizards and attempting to do animals, I'm finding that they fit what I perceive as 'folk art' style – a little simplified, and a lot of implied detail and character.

Does anyone know of a good resource to see some projects (finished or step by step) to get some ideas from?

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Old 02-25-2011, 12:58 PM
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When I was doing country type wood crafts I would go to the libray and flip thu a bunch of "country living" and other "good housekeeping" type of magazines. Some neat stuff in them sometimes.
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Old 02-25-2011, 07:45 PM
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Try this:

Carving Folk Art Figures - Patterns & Instructions for Angels, Moons, Santas, and More!

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Old 02-26-2011, 11:42 AM
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Hi Howie, google in what ever type of figure you like on images and you will get loads of ideas.
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Old 02-26-2011, 02:06 PM
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Flat Plane can also be described as simplified and implied so you may want to search using that as key words also.
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