What design would you want on a hipflask

[mountainm]

I'm tooling a leather cover for an old cylindrical hipflask I have - stuck for a design direction. What would you have?
(See the poll and vote)

 

[Baelfore]

I've done a few with knotwork tree of life and stags heads on them. there actually some of the things i've made that i'm more proud of.
(Can't find examples of the tree of life ones..)

hope this helps,

ATB
Ste

 

[mountainm]

One of the artists on Disneys brave did some lovely pictish animals

Trouble is I don't want to directly copy.

 

[Zingmo]

A skellington (not a skeleton; that would be creepy): Think "day of the dead". Perhaps frollicking with a drink in hand.

Z

 

[Baelfore]

Those animals look really cool, particularly the bear and deer!
Although i also think this is a fantastic idea!

A skellington (not a skeleton; that would be creepy): Think "day of the dead". Perhaps frollicking with a drink in hand.

STE

 

[bilmo-p5]

A long turk's head, like this but carved in the leather, would look cracking on a cylindrical flask.

 

[mountainm]

A long turk's head, like this but carved in the leather, would look cracking on a cylindrical flask.

That's like a celtic knot - doable. At the moment I think I'm favouring a green man motif.

 

[Jared]

If it was a round hip flask, I'd definitely have a compass rose on one side.


But a cylindrical... a quote spiral wrapped around maybe?

"Laughter maybe the best medicine, but a good bottle of whisky makes a good band-aid."

 

[bobnewboy]

Celtic knot and/or an animal figure from the Book of Kells. Amazing....

 

[Rich D]

This would look rather good

 

[Clouston98]

Animal for me, my current one is a pewter number, 6oz with a cock pheasant on the forest floor and it says underneath 'the field'. I love it but to each their own

 

[mountainm]

This would look rather good

Indeed it would. Where'd you find that?

 

[bobnewboy]

Very nice

 

[Jack Bounder]

I have this book. It has lots of illustrations like the one posted. Used versions are selling for 1p! There are lots of alternatives on Amazon too.

 

[mountainm]

Story so far. All the bits are cut. Committed now.

 

[Jack Bounder]

I like this sort of thing....

 

[mountainm]

Also very nice. May do something with that.

 

[humdrum_hostage]

I am a big fan of skulls but second to that an animal like the bear pictured.

 

[petrochemicals]

That's like a celtic knot - doable. At the moment I think I'm favouring a green man motif.

Lol, nah go for the white horse over the green man, or a nice welsh dragon, sort of representational of the internal contents.

 

[mountainm]

Don't actually have that much room, and the poll seems to be going for celtic knotwork - so I did some designs.

Any favourites? (Keeping mine a secret for now).