Heron/Wetlands Scene Gate drawing 78"X126"

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  1. Ben DeLap

    Ben DeLap Well-Known Member

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    First step to an awesome gate complete. Each bird, the frog, one of the dragonflies and most of the vegetation was drawn from pics of the actual specimen. Heron Gate.png
     
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    How big will this be?
     
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    Ben DeLap Well-Known Member

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    78" x 126". It will be split vertically and cut from 4' x 8' sheets mounted to the gate frame.
     
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    Cant wait to see it finished looks great!
     
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    Thanks Matt. Believe me, no one is ready to see it cut more than I am....well, maybe the customer.
     
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    Heron Gate_Cut_Full.jpg Heron Gate_Cut_Full1.jpg Heron Gate_Cut_L&R.jpg Heron Gate_Cut_Left.jpg
    Credit for this awesome cut goes to Joe Neel.
     
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    Incredible.
     
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    Here we have the gate installed. Heron Gate_Installed.jpg
     
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    Wow. That's amazing. Looks great.
     
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    Thank you. It was a fun one for sure. Probably the "busiest" design I've done at this size.
     
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    That's awesome!
     
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    Thank you so much guys, I appreciate it.
    Concerning hinges I have no clue. All I did was the design, my client did the cut and the fence company did the install.
     
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    Ben,
    That is amazing. Wow
     
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    Only you could come up with this design Ben. Terrific.
     
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    Excellent work! Could I possibly ask you what you would charge for something like this?
     
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    Hi cmykpro!
    I'm sorry about my long absence and your long wait on reply. Also, thank you for the compliment, much appreciated.

    This particular design took a lot of time as each animal/critter and some of the cat tails are drawn from hi-res pics, except for the dragonfly on the right. As such the cost to design this piece from scratch ran $200.00. Even though this method may add to the cost of a design I find that the unique results achieved are well worth it as originality is what sells in this business.
     
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    Hey Ben! Welcome back! We heard about your tough times lately - you are certainly in our thoughts here at Torchmate and we are all hoping for the best for your family.

    We would love to see any recent designs you've made if you've been doing any!
     
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    Thank you very much Torchmate. My family deeply appreciates all of the thoughts, prayers and support received from so many in this community, I would like to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart.
    The outpouring of support has truly been astounding and through the combined efforts of many wonderful people we have remodeled a spare room and installed a shower in wet room fashion in order to accommodate all of his needs. Jon is now entering the physical therapy phase. Still a waiting game as far as his discharge but he's proven thus far to be very tough, hope to have him home in a few weeks. Hard to believe he's been hospitalized since the 16th of December.

    Once again, thank you all!!!

    Oh, concerning drawings. Unfortunately it's been a few months since I've done anything at all, my life as I knew it was put on hold rather suddenly and some things went unattended as others took priority. I hope now to be getting back to the artwork I so dearly love.
     
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    Super nice work!
     
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