I am going to post pics of this one from start to finish, so it could take awhile.  Please be patient with me!

This is going to be my biggest carve/burn piece yet, so I guess you could say the piece will be "Biggie" too, LOL!

The actual carve/burn area will be almost 11 x 14.

Here is the pic I will be working from.  All I have done so far is pick the board so it may a while before I post the next pic.  

 

This should be cool!

Really looking forward to following the process.
Thanks for posting
Art

On a business trip, but hope to get it carved out tomorrow night.  Then I will start posting pics.

I'm Hooked. Always love seeing your work in progress.

This has got to be a good one. Can't wait.

Joe

Wow, look at the size of that beast    ,and that's a big moose too...  

after prepping the board (coating the bark with stuff to keep it from breaking off and sanding the board) I transfer some of the detail, then use a carving knife to make a stop cut all the around all the areas that will be carved out.



Then, I remove all the excess wood to create the different levels.  Once the wood is removed (either by hand tools or by free handing a small router), I sand each level smooth.  Everything has to be smooth otherwise the woodburning tools will catch on rough spots and create dark blotches.



background is about 3/16 deep and Biggie is about 3/32nds deep.

wow, i like that.  cant wait to see the end result.

I Agree!!      THAT  is Cool!!  

cool!

Yeah, but you need to find a better picture.....one where Biggie doesnt look so depressed....  

This going to be good.  I'm looking forward to watching this one unfold.

WOW!!!!! Shawn

update...

Not anywhere near done with Biggie's face!  I usually do any faces first and get them to a point where I think they are looking pretty good, then start burning somewhere else.  I will tweek it here and there as I work on the rest of the piece, then one of the last things I do will be to get the face exactly where I want it.  

Faces take longer than anything, because they have to look like the person in the pic.  Which is why I charge more for pics with more people.

 

Way cool! Can't wait for more!!      

Thanks, Bjorn!

His face looks almost to dark, but I have found that as I burn everything else it appear lighter.  I fact I usually have to darken the face more after burning the rest of the pic.

That is lookin' so *AWESOME* Chip!

It's gonna be tough to make Biggie more handsome-lookin' than that bull!

   

Keep up the great work!

Shoot straight, Shinken

 

update...taken me a while to make some progress