I wanted to carve a picture of someone and it looks awful. The program carves it as an object, but I'd like to outline it sort of like a wood block print. I've seen examples in the forums and can't figure out it's done.
I wanted to carve a picture of someone and it looks awful. The program carves it as an object, but I'd like to outline it sort of like a wood block print. I've seen examples in the forums and can't figure out it's done.
Attach a copy of what you are trying to work with so we can take a look to better help you out.
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Here is how I do my portraits. Of course, I make them a certain way depending on what kind of wood I am using to carve the piece, such as plywood. Once I carve the piece, I then use a lighter stain all over and then a darker stain for just the recessed areas and around the main portrait. After the stain dries, I then go back with sandpaper and sand the portrait with a flat block, so the high points become lighter, and the dark stain stays in the recessed areas to bring the picture to life. I hope this helps. When you do a picture, make sure that the forehead is a high point in designer software. You want the eyes recessed and the forehead as a highpoint. If they are not, then invert the picture. Another tip is always carve with the wood grain going from side to side rather than up and down.
Heather
Thank you. I'll give it a whirl. This looks better than when I imported it. Wonder if it's the different software than the basic?
I just used designer 3. I did also use the pattern editor to get rid of the background, but that is it.
Heather