Ninuninu Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Hi all. I have always loved a certain picture of my daughter of when she received her First Holy Communion and decided that I would try and cut it. Although she is now 15 years older, to me she is even more beautiful now than she was then... but this picture will always remain my favourite. I managed to get the cutting done and would like to share it with you. Cheers and take care. Tony lawson56, MTCowpoke22, Lucky2 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 (edited) Very awesome work on that project Tony. You put a lot of love and effort into it and I am sure you and she will treasure it. Thanks for showing. Edited to fix glaring typo. Edited October 13, 2016 by meflick Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Beautiful job Tony. Amazing to think you cut that with a hand fretsaw too. Rob Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Wonderful job Tony !........Very nice ! Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Wow! Great job. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukem Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Nice pattern beautiful cutting. Jerry Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Beautiful project. Very nicely done, Thanks for the pics. Jeff Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Tony, you did a great job, on both the cutting and the pattern. Len Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Hi all. I have always loved a certain picture of my daughter of when she received her First Holy Communion and decided that I would try and cut it. Although she is now 15 years older, to me she is even more beautiful now than she was then... but this picture will always remain my favourite. I managed to get the cutting done and would like to share it with you. Cheers and take care. Tony Perfect picture :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Tony you captured that perfectly. Excellently done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Totally AWESOME Tony. Very beautiful and fabulous cutting. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Tony you did an awesome job on the pattern and the cutting. She is beautiful. Marg Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodduck Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Beautiful work Tony & that's a striking resemblance . Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Fantastic cut pattern. Roly Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Tony,this is just So Awesome,Beautiful job. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 very nice Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty0312 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Looks very very nice Tony!! Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banderson Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Great work. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 What a wonderful thing to do. I think your daughter will appreciate what you have done especially after she is an adult. I often reflect on things my parents did for me. They are gone but I have things that remind me of them. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Great piece of work Tony thanks for sharing Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Tony, that came out great. You captured her perfect. Great detail on that pattern to. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 That came out real well. You captured her spot on. I am sure she will treasure that. A few more as she grows up are in the cards now. Thanks for showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted October 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Wow guys! Thanks for all you wonderful comments and likes. Actually it was very well received and she just loved it. Once again - thanks for all the comments. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotshot Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Tony, many folks that try to make patterns just use photoshop or some other graphic program with a filter or two, and these always look a little off to me. In this case, the pattern seems more "drawn" if that makes sense. Did you use software, or some other method on this pattern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted October 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Tony, many folks that try to make patterns just use photoshop or some other graphic program with a filter or two, and these always look a little off to me. In this case, the pattern seems more "drawn" if that makes sense. Did you use software, or some other method on this pattern? Hey Hotshot. Ever since I started doing patterns a few months ago I have always tried to refine my techniques to get better results. I love doing portraits but the major problem is that if the resemblance is off, then it would have been a waste of time because it wouldn't look like the person. I used to just use the pc to do the patterns but I was never truly happy with the results. What I do now is make a printout of the basic outline in light grey off the pc then with a black fine liner I ink in all the details that I want until I feel that I am as close to the actual photo as I can get. After this I scan the printout back into the PC and clean up all the stuff I don't need and test it for any floaters and work on it from there. If there are too many floaters I will make a coloured mark on the pattern and print out again to create the bridges. (I only do this part if the bridges needed would cause any 'damage' to vital details). Then I scan back into pc and give it a final clean up ready for printing to be glued to the wood. It is rather time consuming, but a labour of love and hopefully a very small step closer to perfection. I will undoubtedly in the future find some other way to create a pattern but at this point in time I am quite happy with the results that I am getting. Oh and just as a point of interest I calculate that it took me about 8 hours to complete the pattern and about 10 hours to cut it. You see I never use power tools. I use a hand spiral drill for the holes and a fret saw for my cutting. Even my sanding is all done with a hand sanding block. Hope this answers your questions and thanks for the interest. Take care. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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