Birthday Gift Wall-hanger

[Nocturne]

In the process of making myself a tool rack cover, I showed a friend a pic of the carving I have done on it so far. He flipped out. Turns out, M C Escher's "Drawing Hands" is his sister's favorite picture ever, and her birthday's coming up. So, he asked if I could make one for her, and he'd buy it off me. This is what I made. I think they'll be pleased.

Carving time, about 2 1/2 hours. Colorization and assembly, about an hour, with having to wait for dry times to handle. Used an acrylic sealer on the hands to act as a resist against a medium brown stain.

Comments welcome!

[joet]

Very good job from what I could see of it due to glare. Hands and faces are some of the hardest things to draw and carve. Practice makes perfect.

[Nocturne]

Yeah, still trying to get the settings right on my new camera to take better pics of my leatherwork. Tried changing flash settings, turning away the desk lamp, etc. Took about 4 or 5 pics with all diff settings, and this one had the least glare.

[ferret]

looks good even with the glare.

[TomSwede]

That's an awesome picture, maybe swap the pens for swivelknife for you own?

Nice done and you got those shadows down aswell.

Glare is a problem with those high gloss acrylics. If I can I take the pics before sealing an item but like with this one that's harder and for that reason I also take a snap when I have finished off the tooling part. Oh and never flash, just alot of regular lamps but I can go up to ISO1600 without any disturbing noise.

Your friend is gonna have one happy sister!

Nice stuff!

Tom

[Nocturne]

Hmm... definitely something I'll try, I think my camera can go up to that ISO as well. Like I said, new cam, still getting the hang of it. Thanks!

[Froghunter]

Very nice Bro!

Looks even better in person!