Critique Request Flower

[g.rohrbaugh]

Happy Holidays Everyone,
After 6 months or so learning to engrave I thought I would post something to show my progress. This I took from Chris Decamillis video blog showing how to engrave this flower. I'm still trying to to get my fine shadow lines down and working on flaring cuts for the leaves. I thank you for any comments!

Gary L. Rohrbaugh

 

[mrthe]

For me look great !

 

[Zhyyra]

Quite striking with the straight-line shading. I can imagine it would be a good central theme for a ladies belt buckle or something similar.
Good for only 6 months (not that I've even got 6 hours behind me yet)

 

[monk]

looks as though "you're on your way" with such obvious control of design and execution. post more as you do more, please..

 

[Andrew Biggs]

HI Gary

You have a lot of good things going on there. Good main cuts with nice tapers from thin to thick that end with no over cuts.

The shading is good and I can see that it would really "pop" at actual size.

The only thing I would like to see is some cross hatching to give extra depth, texture and intensity to the dark areas.


Cheers
Andrew

 

[g.rohrbaugh]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Andrew your right about adding the cross hatch. I'll give it a try.

 

[Sam]

Very nicely done, Gary! :clapping:

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Looks nice Gary, just a s it is.

arnaud

 

[a.khaksari]

Looks great

 

[BES]

Hi Gary!
Great Start!
Merry Christmas!

 

[Bama]

Great Job Gary. Sam has a similar flower in his tips section on his site that I have engraved a few times. I think it is a great design and you have cut it well. Thanks for showing your progress. I to think you are well on your way.

 

[Ed Westerly]

You're off to a fine start. Listen closely to guys like Sam and Andrew, and you'll progress far...fast.

 

[g.rohrbaugh]

Thanks so much for your comments, I put a lot of value in what everyone says.!
Gary