I may not be quite to the level of wanting to build my own steamworks just yet, but I have been rather taken by the design elements inherent in cog wheels, and in perusing the world of Google, I found a tutorial that takes you through creating various kinds of cogs, right down to the cut and shape of the teeth, in the Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. Like the little wheels they are, cogs have been spinning in my mind toward some ideas for a DIY project…focusing on a leather bomber jacket that had the misfortune of being the object of a male cat’s ire at one time. All…erm…”ephemera” from that incident have long since been eliminated, but the damage has been done, and someone suggested on the Steampunk forum (for another poster’s desire to hide unlucky spots) that an undesirable image could easily be refashioned and hidden by steampunk coverups.
Only thing is, its not like I dont have other projects to work on…/sarcasm off. (1830s bonnet, 1830s corset, two or three writing projects, a fanfic website, sewing, crochet, embroidery, garden…)
Additional : I dont think he is advertising steampunk design itself, per se, but his personal website definitely has that feel. I am loving the flash animation of the cogs on the front page.
