Post #559993 by Bay Park Buzzy on Fri, Oct 15, 2010 12:26 PM

Horrible sunset from last night:

That may be bad, but it gets worse...

This is how it is right now:

Ugh! That's actual rain/drizzle/fog/mist!

On to tikis now...

I'm letting a couple ideas for the drum percolate in my mind's expanses, so in the meantime, I'm keeping my hands busy with another carving project. Here's the start of the second one for the Cannibal trio:

Everything's way blocky now:

Celebrating blurry picture day!

For those of you who mine these threads for carving tips: this one's for you!

Benzart mentioned on Wendy's thread yesterday about using a centerline for symmetry. I do that, but also grid it out thoroughly as well.
Here's how the ends of my logs are marked out before I draw out the design:

I get the center line on first(marked with "V" so I can keep track of it), and then make the parallels to it out to the edge of the log. Then I get the quarter lines drawn in. After I have the top and bottom quartered and gridded, I just connect the lines on the top and bottom like this:

Everything is then measured going from left or right of the center line. The grid lines are there so I can just freehand it, as opposed to remeasuring every single line that I have to do. What's that saying: measure twice, cut once? I'm a measuring fool!

On 2010-10-12 19:50, Tiki Shaker wrote:
The drums looking pretty damn impressive Buzz.

Thanks TS! I'm getting excited to see it finished now. It's got some "presence" to it sitting there in the room. 'm knd of gong slow on it because I don;t want to mess it up. It's been going so well so far, I need to keep that up.

On 2010-10-12 19:53, Bora Boris wrote:
I love the Cannibal, I love the drum, I love those sunsets.

Yo BB! Thanks for dropping by! Always nice to hear from you...

On 2010-10-12 20:16, Tahitiki wrote:
Awesome drum Buzzy!!!

Thanks T! I trying to pull out all the stops on this one. So far, so so good!

On 2010-10-13 12:57, Creative Chimp wrote:
buzzy? seriously.....DUUUUUDE!!!
how do you get so much done...? really? im lucky if i get 2 hours a week..is this full time? do you sleep.....
great stuff...i love your thread. got your brady bunch tiki here with me just puzzled how much you pump out.
i mean CMON!!!!! now hurry up and post some more pics :)...quit slacking

It's a little more than full time...maybe like all the time...except when I sleep, that is. I actually have been sleeping quite well lately. When I started a few years ago, I had insomnia all the time. Now I'm so exhausted from working, that I sleep pretty well. I'm want to be more productive, so I'm trying a different approach to my carving regime now. So far, it seems to be working...Time will tell, though. Hopefully I can stay injury free for a while and keep up this sizzling pace.

On 2010-10-13 13:30, McTiki wrote:
Awesome shots as usual Buzz!

Hey Mc T! Sorry about those 2 blurry ones today... :wink: I'll try to improve my focus from now on. And take clear pictures as well.

On 2010-10-13 18:44, Benzart wrote:
Excellent stuff as Usual Buzz!
These guys get PAID to Screw around all day

Thanks Big B! We should all be so lucky to get paid for screwing around all day. Oh wait....
It's good work, if you can get it, that is.

On 2010-10-15 08:14, martini kings wrote:
drum... by buzzy!

Damn that looks good! Nice picture T! thanks for posting. It makes me so happy to see that drum up on stage with you guys at your shows. Glad you gave me the challenge of making it. Thanks again!

Sometimes it looks like my work goes on to have a better life than I do:



They certainly live in a better environment now...

What's for lunch?
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-10-15 12:28 ]