Final (I think): Brutus Deck

So I decided I shouldn't pull the wood up more on the bottom. I thought about it and think for now anyway, I should leave it like it is. So this is it for now. 

Close ups

WIP: Brutus Deck

So this is where I am at so far:

Not the greatest photo, it was taken on my phone, but it gets the job done. I feel like more needs to be done with it. I'm thinking about pulling the wood up more at the bottom. The whole point for the white at the bottom was to try and level the board out. 

I'm not sure how noticeable it is but there is web like line work behind his head that was originally in wood, but I did not like it, so I blacked it out. 

WIP: Brutus Deck

So I went and bought speedball ink and transparent base to roll on the deck after carving. I haven't actually finished carving the board yet, but I got too excited and decided to roll ink on some of it, that way I'd have an idea what it was looking like.

Here is the board thus far with the ink rolled on. I initially wanted to black to be somewhat transparent so you could still see the woodgrain, but it didn't look as strong. So I tossed the transparent bass and just rolled the black ink. 

Close ups:

It still has a lot of work, but this gives me a solid idea on what I need to do next.

Beginning: Brutus Deck

Original sketch of Brutus:

My plan is to use this design for a skateboard deck. I'm not really sure how it will work out or if it will look remotely good, but might as well try. I went to a local skate shop and picked up a blank wooden board and drew up the design. I kind of got ahead of myself and failed to take photos from the beginning, but I'm sure you'll be able to imagine.

Anyway, on top of the design of Brutus, I wanted to throw in the text of his name. I was unsure about the font to use, so I basically threw a bunch of lines and decided to find the text within the lines. Figured it might help in finding some kind of funky font. This top image is of the lines with the text that I found and the bottom is of the text without the lines. 

And this is top of the board after I carved 'Brutus' into it. It is kind of hard to see since I haven't inked the board yet, but it gives you some kind of idea of what it looks like.

Its probably difficult to see, but these are just images of the board after I carved some of it.