| Project by EMVarona | posted 02-20-2013 12:28 AM | 2654 views | 1 time favorited | 11 comments |  |
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I have not been doing portraits for sometime since the shop that serves as my outlet closed down. I am trying it out again since it feels like new territory at this point. I started of with a photo. With the use of Gimp, I converted the photo into a black and white photocopy image. I farther increased the contrast and erased unnecessary elements using Inkscape. Next I traced the image on to the board using carbon paper then cutting. The back board is 1/4 in plywood covered with book cover material.
-- Ed "Real happiness is one that you share."
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ralbuck
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#1 posted 02-20-2013 12:47 AM
Very nice work!
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Karson
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#2 posted 02-20-2013 12:49 AM
Great looking picture
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Woodenwizard
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#3 posted 02-20-2013 12:50 AM
Great job on the pattern and the cutting.
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littlecope
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#4 posted 02-20-2013 01:20 AM
Great Job Ed!
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Jim Jakosh
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#5 posted 02-20-2013 01:27 AM
Excellent. Nice job on the layout and execution of the piece!!.............Jim
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KnotCurser
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#6 posted 02-20-2013 01:44 PM
Great work Ed!
Very true-to-life and just enough detail without going “overboard”.
-bob
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doncutlip
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#7 posted 02-21-2013 12:38 AM
Really cool, nice work
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EMVarona
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#8 posted 02-21-2013 08:52 PM
Thanks a lot guys. Through experience when working on a project like this a lot of discretion has to be taken. The computer will produce a high contrast image but it includes almost all details. The scroll sawer has to use his/her judgement in selecting what to include or eliminate. This is where experience comes in.
-- Ed "Real happiness is one that you share."
Roger
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#9 posted 02-23-2013 10:39 PM
A scrolled picture sure looks better than a photo picture. Super nice scrolling
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Armand
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#10 posted 02-26-2013 02:48 AM
Very nice artwork Ed, I myself is a Photoshop expert but never done before the techniques you mentioned above. Great job on the scrollsaw.
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EMVarona
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#11 posted 02-26-2013 10:19 AM
Thanks, Armand, I do not know much about Photoshop cause I use Gimp, an image manipulation program for Linux. Basically the technique is to convert the photo to a high contrast image.
Thanks again. Good to hear from you once more.
-- Ed "Real happiness is one that you share."
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