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Red Fox Portrait (not the commedian)

FrankEV

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Ok, here is a project for those who like large…in this case around 750 holes…fretwork type patterns.

I had been looking for a long time for an image of a Red Fox (face) that I could convert into a scrollable pattern.  There are lots of Fox Images available on-line, but Inkscape cannot deal with the subtle differences in color changes or lack of strong edge definitions found in most of the images.  I finally found and procured a stock pencil drawing image that Inkscape’s ‘Trace Bitmap’ command was able to manage, and I was then able to clean-up the trace into a scrollable 11x14 inch pattern.  Inkscape was able to replicate the individual pencil strokes creating a pattern with tightly grouped, long thin cut-outs as well as many, small, short cut-outs scattered throughout the pattern.  I will post the pattern for the interested in Pattern Exchange.

And, just for information purposes, for this cutting I was curious to see how long the saw run time verses my total sit-down saw time would be.  At the end of the cutting, my saw run time meter read 5 hrs and 44 minutes.  My sit-down time was about 12-14 hours over five days.  The eye strain resulting from trying to keep the Pegas #2/0 spiral saw blade within the narrow cut-outs would not let me work more than a couple of hours each day.

The cut panel is 5/32” thick Birch solid core ply and the backer is 1/4"thick BB ply painted Black. The pencil drawing was a remarkably close pose to the various color images I found, so I was able to use them to guide my choice of colors for my Artist Acrylic Air Brush work.  The assembled panel was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic. 

And, once again I made a simple, 1 3/4” wide rail, Poplar Frame that I finished with multiple coats of Black Lacquer.

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Comments and critiques always welcome.

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 No critics this time. 

This has got to be your best project.

Some how you turned on a big artist switch that makes things remarkable. 

Does seeing in person show the depth of the backer show up?  The picture posted I can barely see the depth.  The coloring overwhelms my senses. I can zoom in and I know and the black is the backer but wow.

 

Note: 750 blade insertions is the big sit down time.  Say half a minute per hole change. That is 375 minutes !!!!

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8 hours ago, preprius said:

 ...Does seeing in person show the depth of the backer show up?...  

I give most of the credit to the original Artist (unknown) for the visual depth of the image.  I use very thin cut panels so the vertical cut surfaces are not very visible, especially in this project, the small cutouts also prevent seeing the cut edges.   So, to answer your question, no.  When viewed from the typical 4 feet, the overall image looks more like a painting than a scroll saw panel.  

I'm getting better applying color using an Air Brush, and using color images as my guide for adding color I was able to produce a much more realistic image.

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