Post #476441 by PutiTiki on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 12:25 PM

Not much to report on. This summer has blown by and I haven't had as much time as I'd like to carve. I am determined to finish this, my second piece, by the end of August. I carved for awhile a few weeks back but never posted any progress.

Here is a start to the eyes and "face mask." I wanted to do a headdress but the way I carved the body, the face mask design stops at his lips.

By far my favorite part of this piece is the skull. My favorite holiday is Halloween so I think I did this skull some justice. I originally had all the fangs the same length but it looked stupid so its now a vampire or some kind of monkey skull with fangs - go figure.

I'd love some feedback on what to do with the back of his head..... Originally there was a large chunk running from his upper back to the top that I had some cool ideas for but when I drew the eyes, that large chunk was completely off center so I lopped it off with the chisels. Now he has a completely flat back and it looks boring. I have all this blank space to work with between the eyes and above his shoulders but no ideas where to go with it......

Thanks for checking in. This will be finished, do or die, by the end of August. I even purchased some Mahogany Red Minwax finish for it.