Southern Custom
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I'm always hesitant to post work here as nothing is ever perfect. But I do work in a vacuum and can't think of a better way to solicit advice. So I've never cut an animal before and I've put off bulino for as long as I can remember. I've just never had the patience to learn all the minutia that goes along with drawing a living body. Scrollwork I'm able to break down architecturally.
I have a client that recently ruined it for me and said that it was time I learn and offered up a handplane to cut. So for my first piece, I'm asked to cut a Badger. I'm thinking this makes it easy. Black and White! Only to find out that a badger is a blob with fur. Coloring being the main defining features. So here is what he came up with for a profile and what I cut. Money and time didn't allow for dot bulino so line work did the job.
Any advice for the future would be greatly appreciated. I'm a big boy. I can take it. (and my customer is thrilled with the photo already)
I'll post full pics of the plane once I have them. It's a dandy.
I have a client that recently ruined it for me and said that it was time I learn and offered up a handplane to cut. So for my first piece, I'm asked to cut a Badger. I'm thinking this makes it easy. Black and White! Only to find out that a badger is a blob with fur. Coloring being the main defining features. So here is what he came up with for a profile and what I cut. Money and time didn't allow for dot bulino so line work did the job.
Any advice for the future would be greatly appreciated. I'm a big boy. I can take it. (and my customer is thrilled with the photo already)
I'll post full pics of the plane once I have them. It's a dandy.