Stages of my bulino practices

[sinan]

I had tried to do Great Dane portrait bulino about a year ago and send it to the internet forum and ask that can I manage to engraving and forum people especially JJ Roberts and Sengraving had encouraged me to go on. Probably I was not go on to engraving if they not encourage me because I was 51 and had no any art background, I had never tried to drawing or painting etc. I've learned all from internet forum what I know about engraving. I am dog trainer and always use positive reinforcement for dog training. I see that how the positive reinforcement work on people in these forums. These forums what a great thing that from thousand miles away people help each other.
I have a new hobby that I love it and owe it to the people on the forums which give their help and knowledge.

These are my bulino practices from beginning to recent.

 

[mtgraver]

Very nice work and great accomplishment. I think you will continue to refine your skill.
Mark

 

[rayf24]

Nice work keep at it one will only get better I wish mine were as good

 

[John P. Anderson]

An excellent portfolio of work. I appreciate your sharing and admire your skill.

How well did the the chrome Zippo take the dots?

Thanks again for sharing,

John

 

[sinan]

Hi John.

I didn't use dots for zippo. All of them are lines. I do lines with air graver and usually not crossing them. I am using airgraver adjusting finest power and doing lines very close to each other looks like combing the animal.

I use three loops 4x , 6x and 10x. I do close lines with 10x and to make the light colour fur I am using 4x loop because it is easy to see colour gradient with low magnification while engraving.
I am planning to buy a microscope and looking for zoom magnification range start at 3x or 4x for bulino. I am not expert and don't know is this right choice but this way easy for me. I had tried with to do all engraving by 10x but can't manage it easily. I can't see what I am doing with high magnification. It is more enjoyable to engrave looks like pencil drawing with bigger field of view for me.

 

[Donny]

Can you post a pic of your hand piece? What geometry are you using?


Donny

 

[sinan]

Can you post a pic of your hand piece? What geometry are you using?


Donny

First I was using GMT knife tool no:18 after I've got Phil Coggan template and do all of them by it.

 

[Donny]

Sinan,
Thank you. I too use the Coggan template.

Donny