EDIT: Who wants to be the next person that I will wood burn? Leave a comment and I will use random generator to choose the person.
I always loved to challenge myself, to go a step further. This is one of those times; today I made my first portrait on wood. Inspired by all the portraits on #Steemit I decided to try one myself.
I picked Ned to be my subject. I downloaded the photo that I'm sure everybody knows, as reference. I altered the photo to show the main lines which I will burn. The rest of the photo and the shadows will be freehand.
The first step is to draw the outline. I printed the image to fit my wood piece and traced the main lines. I have drawn portraits on paper before but this is much harder than I thought.
This is what I achieved in two hours.
I think I made his lips fuller, but forgive me, it's me first one.
This is I think midway to the process. It took a total of seven hours to burn the whole portrait. I only used one tip, shaped like a leaf. It works better with shading than the other tips that I have used so far.
A close up with my signature; you can better see the wood fibers. And below the final piece.
Almost forgot, here is the video, 7x the speed; I cut some parts out to make it shorter. I hope you enjoy it!
If you missed my latest pyrography art check it out here
