My Sister-in-Law is a Brilliant Artist

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-02-16 01:54am

For an assignment, she had to do an image of me:

She did this as a simulated woodcut, on paper, then scanned and emailed it to me.

It looks alot like me, though in real life I'm in color.

If I can't get the image to work, and no mod can do it, here's the URL for the picture

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-02-16 02:02am

The reason you can't post the bic was because it's a BMP. Apparently this board hates that.

Nice pic though, you have a funky beard.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2005-02-16 02:07am

That's actually pretty impressive. I haven't tried wood cut before. I used mounted lenolium for a few things. Once that bitch is hot it's easy to carve. The real trick is printing it. Man, is that a bitch. Looks sweet when it's done though.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-02-16 02:08am

No, what she did was paint a white paint on a piece of paper, dry it, then do a black ink on the paper, then washed it off. She didn't actually carve that image.

Oh, and thanks, Gandalf!

Dead_Ghost · Post by **Dead_Ghost** » 2005-02-16 05:08am

I'll have to agree with the thread' title, that draw is quite good indeed. Thumbs up for it.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2005-02-16 06:07pm

Nice. And you are furry like a wookie.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-02-16 09:49pm

Duh, I didn't call myself "hairless mole rat" for a reason

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2005-02-16 09:53pm

You also have the characteristic smugness of a Wookiee.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-02-16 11:21pm

Very nice. Give her our compliments, please.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-02-17 01:53am

Gil Hamilton wrote:You also have the characteristic smugness of a Wookiee.

My friend Krystal says I look just like a young santa-claus should look

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2005-02-17 10:27am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:My friend Krystal says I look just like a young santa-claus should look

This is true too, Mr. Cringle. It's a very good picture.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-02-17 05:26pm

Over on SB.com, they were marvelling how they'd never seen someone who looks exactly like his avatar:

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2005-02-18 01:49am

I misread the original post, and thought it was a woodcut, where as, it's the 'style' of the woodcut. I'd like to know why she coated the paper white first, unless it was some sort of off white, or natural paper. For illustrations I use bristol board, or comic blue line paper, since it's a true white with no contamination. Plus it doesn't allow ink to bleed.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-02-18 04:02am

She paints the white parts white so the ink won't take, its a special compound. Then, when she washes the paper, only the parts she wants stained are.