Popular Post FrankEV Posted March 29 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 29 I really should not be posting this in Bragging Rights as it is nothing to brag about. I found this haunting image of a panther face and attempted to duplicate it just as it appeared...Bright Green and White against a solid Black background with a very faint grey-black shading. Although a relitively easy cutting, suffice to say things did not go smoothly as expected, and one ‘bugger’ led to another. I had many problems with the painting, especially the finish of the Black. And then, after deciding to make a Gallery style floating Frame for this piece it took three attempts to get the size correct and the mitered joints, tight. I used 5/32” solid core birch ply for the cut panel and 1/4” BB Ply for the backer. The panel size is really oddball at 11 1/8” by 19”. The cutting was done with Pegas # 1 MGT R blades for all the long-curved cut outs and Pegas #2/0 spiral blades elsewhere. The assembled panel was protected with multiple coats of Clear Closs Acrylic finish. The frame was finished with Black Lacquer. I’m most interested in comments about the image and If I should consider doing a remake as I think this first attempt will become fuel for my Firepit. TexasDIY, Dave Monk, Scrappile and 19 others 17 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preprius Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 the color "neon turquoise" is awesome. The dark background does the haunting effect. Maybe make a dark jungle green background? But that might take away from the turquoise. I would not make the panther pink. Might have copyright issues. To make it more mean looking might show some teeth. Bright white and red blood dripping. The background does provide an important feel. There is not much area to change background. The panther as it is might be a good side kick for the green lantern scenes. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 I like it. Secretive, quiet like a panther would be at night. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Wow! I really like everything about it.... how did you do the whiskers? Are they cut with the scroll saw? danny and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 3 hours ago, MarieC said: Wow! I really like everything about it.... how did you do the whiskers? Are they cut with the scroll saw? Yes, I cut everything with the Scroll Saw. The wiskers were cut using a Pegas # 1 MGT R blade. Narrow long streight or curvedd parallel line cut outs are probably the hardest scroll saw cutting there is. I"ll admit the wiskers are actually a little wider than the printed pattern. MarieC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 11 hours ago, preprius said: the color "neon turquoise" is awesome. The dark background does the haunting effect. Maybe make a dark jungle green background? But that might take away from the turquoise. I would not make the panther pink. Might have copyright issues. To make it more mean looking might show some teeth. Bright white and red blood dripping. The background does provide an important feel. There is not much area to change background. The panther as it is might be a good side kick for the green lantern scenes. I cut the Pink Panther cartoon character quite a while ago. Although I had a lot difficulties making this projects, I really wanted to know if this image, as painted, is a suitable scroll saw preentation. I know I can do the cutting and colonization better if I redo it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 You are too hard on yourself. Like @MarieC, I like the whole project. FrankEV, danny and MarieC 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 I agree with Paul. I feel like it's stalking me. danny and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 55 minutes ago, barb.j.enders said: You are too hard on yourself. Like @MarieC, I like the whole project. There are a lot of things that happened to the panel itself that makes it a throw-a-way. Some of the things that happend are: While trimimg the panel to its final dimensions, the saw cought the panel and put a big gouge on the back side, when lifting the pattern, the face of the panel gave up some fibers so I could not get a nice flat finish of the black, after the panel was assembled and during handling the paint surface got mared that I had to touch-up, but in real life, the touch-up is noticeable. So, I'm only being hard on myself for the lack of concentration and just stupid foul-ups that occured. The pic does not tell the whole story. I liked how it looked in the original Black/Green/White Image and was really wondered if others would like it as well, or in other words is it worth my time and effort to remake it. From comments so far I'm thinking it might be a good Idea to recut and paint it while being a lot more careful. Thanks for your nice comment. MarieC, danny and barb.j.enders 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 Just now, Charlie E said: I agree with Paul. I feel like it's stalking me. I kind of believe that is the intent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter N White Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Looks great in my opinion and would not want it stalking me. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted April 1 Report Share Posted April 1 I would not want to see that one at night. Mighty fine. FrankEV and danny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 Love, love, love it. Marg FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 From the picture,this is a really cool piece, you nailed tho colors! But as I look at it I wonder how it would look if you had green LED lights behind it. You'd have to have some space between the panther and the backer but when it lit up I'm thinking it's be pretty cool! That being said, I think I would take out the chin hairs on the lower jaw, make it a clean line on the bottom. The rest of it is mesmerizing. Do you plan to post the pattern? I for one would love to give it a go. Still, for my 2 cents, awesome job! Chris FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted April 2 Author Report Share Posted April 2 6 hours ago, Hawk said: ...I wonder how it would look if you had green LED lights behind it...Do you plan to post the pattern? Not sure if LED's would work, but you are certainly free to try. For those that work with colored epoxy, this could be a project worth considering. Since you asked so nice I will post, In Pattern Exchange, my 11.5x19 (printed on Super B size paper) and a 10.25x17 version (printed on 11x17 paper) for those who my like to try this pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 3 hours ago, FrankEV said: Not sure if LED's would work, but you are certainly free to try. For those that work with colored epoxy, this could be a project worth considering. Since you asked so nice I will post, In Pattern Exchange, my 11.5x19 (printed on Super B size paper) and a 10.25x17 version (printed on 11x17 paper) for those who my like to try this pattern. Thank you for that, I was thinking about it last night and wanted to give it a try. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 Frank, that came out great, Love the colors. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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