Family Portrait.

[Dave Monk]

I found this photo on face book of my son and his family with my daughter in-laws grandparents.  The grand parents are not in good health so I decided I would take a stab at making a pattern and cut a portrait to to give them. It was good practice for me. The outside dimentions of the frame is 19 1/2" x 14". I stack cut thee 1/8" pieced of Baltic birch plywood. Thanks again to Travis for the Gimp tutorial. dave

[Ron Johnson]

Well done Dave and nicely framed.

[amazingkevin]

I found this photo on face book of my son and his family with my daughter in-laws grandparents.  The grand parents are not in good health so I decided I would take a stab at making a pattern and cut a portrait to to give them. It was good practice for me. The outside dimentions of the frame is 19 1/2" x 14". I stack cut thee 1/8" pieced of Baltic birch plywood. Thanks again to Travis for the Gimp tutorial. dave

I love it Gramp's looks the best .You learn quick!Excellent job!

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done Dave.  Great job on it.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[penquin]

Job well done, that looks super.

jim

penequin

[Scrappile]

Golly Monk, you are a very talented man.  That looked like it would be a very difficult portrait, with so many people, and your really did a great job of it.  Very nice work all the way around.

[dgman]

Great work Dave!

[Lucky2]

Nice piece Dave, I'm sure it will be appreciated.

Len

[Scrolling Steve]

Good work, Dave !....Well done !

[kywoodmaster]

Really great looking project. The likeness to everyone is great.

[Ninuninu]

Quick study Dave. Very well done. The likeness is good ! Big for you! 

 

Tony

[lawson56]

Dave a job Very Well done!Top Notch.  

[newfie]

Looks great Dave thanks for sharing

[daveww1]

Great job of cutting the portrait.

[Fish]

Very nice work!

[FranMike Harley]

AWESOME, Dave    Great job.     

 

 Question.. You use both Inkscape and GIMP, it seems.. Which do you prefer ? Is one easier to use than the other ? I haven't tried GIMP yet but would like to try my hand at doing portraits as well..

[Denny Knappen]

Well done on the pattern and cutting.

[Phantom Scroller]

Excellent job Dave.   Roly

[Gordster]

Excellent all around, pattern and cutting.

[Dave Monk]

Mike, I use Gimp or portraits and Inkscape for every thing else. I am a slow learner so it has taken me many hours watching Travis's  tutorials which are available on this site. I don't know that one is any easier to learn than the other.  I must say that I enjoy the designing about as much as I do the cutting.

[FranMike Harley]

Mike, I use Gimp or portraits and Inkscape for every thing else. I am a slow learner so it has taken me many hours watching Travis's  tutorials which are available on this site. I don't know that one is any easier to learn than the other.  I must say that I enjoy the designing about as much as I do the cutting.

 

Thanks Dave !! I'll have to give GIMP a shot then and see if I like it.. I enjoy using Inkscape (since I found out about it from this site, I've actually used Inkscape for other projects besides scrolling - like as a planning / designing tool for my fireplace install, etc..) but I'll have to try GIMP and compare them..

 

I have to say, it may have taken you many hours to learn it but you got it down pat ! I really like the way you've been doing portraits. They come out great..   

[rdatelle]

That came out great Dave. I can't believe you did the pattern yourself to. Great job on both of them. I wish I knew how to do that.

[Dave Monk]

Ralph, If I can learn how to do it I'm sure you can too. dave