This is the current commission I am working on.  Joey had me photoshop him into the pic behind his nephew.  

The smile of his nephew's face says it all.

update

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update... getting close, still alot of shading to do on the deer

You did a great job on the PhotoShop work to make a "Keeper" picture, Chip and then your continuing work on the piece is unreal, as always. I loved seeing the nephew's smile evolve in your updates. Remembering my pencil and pastel work, i know how hard it is sometimes to get it just right, then all the sudden one little touch/stroke brings out what you were striving to get. Beautiful work, my friend.

Thanks, Bernie!

done...

A memory recorded forever, or at least eons.

Dang you are talented! Keep posting, I love to see these come to life.

Thanks, Bernie and Shaun!

Shaun, the one I just started I can't post because it has a shotgun and a compound bow in it.  But I will definitely continue posting when they are suitable for TradGang.  Also, it is hard to tell if anyone is even looking at them on TG because you can't see how many views a thread has had, so sometimes I wonder if anyone is still checking out these posts.  Unless people post on the thread, I start to think I should give it a break for a while.  

So, thanks for your posts!

Keep em coming Chip. Only reason I haven't posted is because I have nothing more to say that I haven't already said! LOL.

AWESOME! A day doesn't go by that I don't stop and look at the one you did for me and smile.

I look, I just don't usually have anything different to say than you have skills.

Thanks!

Chester,
We used to live in Richmond.  Pecan Grove area.  We moved to KC in 1999.  Hard to believe it has been 11 years!