Scarab Beatle Engraving

mdengraver · Mar 7, 2015

This is a scarab beatle I engraved a number of years ago inspired from a cover of national geographic that included an article.

sanch · Mar 7, 2015

HEY! that's no scroll!!!!! LOL! if you were to re-do it what would you change?!

Brian Marshall · Mar 7, 2015

Hmmmm... t's not a Beatle either...

I don't think any of them ever graced the cover of National Geographic?

Rolling Stone, yes - but National Geographic?

Brian

don hicks · Mar 8, 2015

Ya. You can tell is not a Beatle by the hair cut.
Cheers
Don

Brian Marshall · Mar 8, 2015

Here's reference book in my design library that I use when I make or engrave the insect variety of beetles...

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles - Lisa Watson

http://www.amazon.com/Inordinate-Fo...1&keywords=an+inordinate+fondness+for+beetles

There are a coupla other entomology books here, but that is the best I have found for getting the vitreous enamel colors correct when I fabricate one.

Brian

mdengraver · Mar 8, 2015

Thanks Brian looks like a good reference. Sanch now that I'm more experienced I'd probably add more texture, more details and try to make the beatle more 3-dimensional.

mdengraver · Mar 8, 2015

Brian my entymologist friend recommended also his latest book.

Art Evans, who has a new book on Beetles of the Eastern North America.
Evans, A.V.: Beetles of Eastern North America (eBook and Paperback).
Description of the book Beetles of Eastern North America by Evans, A.V., published by Princeton University Press

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10218.html

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