WIP: KnatBoard (2)

Second, KnatBoard design idea. Relatively happy with it. Not sure exactly what I'm looking for with it. 

Final: Ape KnatBoard

Pretty happy with this board. Happy to be back into board making too. Its a new year, I need to be productive and get some work going. 

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WIP: Ape KnatBoard

Started this guy sometime last week. Originally it was suppose to look like an yeti, but that quickly change and it just looks more like an Ape. Anyway, this is my first sketch at the idea.

Got the sketch on the board and working on the image. I've already finished the board, so those photos will be up soon. 

KnatBoard (test)

Drew this up today. Its just sharpie marker on wood. Not sure how I feel yet about this design, but it is a working idea for potentially branding my work. So we'll see what happens. 

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Final: Where?

Just moved into a new place, so I no longer have the garage to photograph my work. Now I have wooden floors, oddly enough I actually like it... 

Anyway, I am happy with this board. It is a little on the simple side, but that does not bother me. I'm thinking that once I get all 5 boards (who, where, what, when, and why) finished, they will work well together as a group. 

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WIP: Where?

I am pretty stoked with this board. The line work is exactly what I wanted. It just looks clean and crisp. This is what I want to go back and do to Who? 

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Final: Who?

Here is my final image of Who? Like I said I'm not fully happy with it. I did another board Where? (I'll share that soon), that I am happy with. I am considering going back, spray painting this board one solid color and then reworking this idea on another board with cleaner lines. 

It is not that I do not like the image or design, because I do. It is the smudge line work that is driving me insane. It just looks warn, which I what I want to change. 

WIP: Who?

Got this guy going awhile ago. I did not like the painted version of this board, so I spray painted that board and began working on this one.

The ink never fully dried so I had to make the smudge ink work with the board... Not sure how I feel about it, but I'll share the final image. 

I'm planning on doing a set of boards using Who, Where, What, When, and Why. This was the first one I attempted, however I may be changing it later.

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. 

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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. 

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

Brutus

I should have finished this one back in February, but never did. He's for a friend. Anyway, he's probably one of my most favorites. I'm currently using his design for a skateboard deck. Hopefully I'll get around to posting images of it soon!

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Teresa

This is Teresa. My favorite thing about her is that I cannot decide how to look at her. I see some kind of bird with its long beak stretched upwards, with that brain shape has the head. However, at the same time, I see a rabbit where that brain shape is the head with the eyes and nose, and the beak becomes ears. The occurrence was completely accidental, as much as I'd like to take credit for planning that out.  

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Tammy

I haven't posted anything in months, but I have been working... some anyway. This is one of my most recent images. Pretty pleased with it. I have been continuing with the character creations and ink on wood work. 

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Final: Timothy

This is the final sketch of Timothy. I think anyway. I have been thinking maybe I should incorporate some kind of backspace into the image. I have not yet decided how I feel about leaving the works as simple as they are. I  do enjoy how they appear as portraits of the creatures I have created. 

I think having some sort of backspace would give more information on the creatures and probably help in developing some kind of narrative, if a narrative is what I want. However, by not giving that information, maybe it will lead the viewer to wonder about the creature. Maybe they will then create their own narrative about them, which could be interesting. 

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WIP: Timothy

Beginning sketch of Timothy.

Once again this will be another ink drawing on wood.

WIP: Next Wood Piece

Couldn't sleep last night so I got up and did this sketch. Something about the combination of plant, animal, and human elements really interest me. And I really enjoy working on the wood boards. I can see a whole wall space filled with them from top to bottom. Not sure how many I would be able to make but it could be interesting. 

I haven't given this guy a name yet, but through working on him I'm sure I will figure it out. He seems a little simpler than the first two but that might change once I get the pen work going.