I started carving in Feb. for the first time and have been hooked on it. I am constantly on this site admiring all your work, getting ideas, and gaining a ton of knowledge. I want to thank everyone for sharing their work and knowledge. I noticed this forum has been a little dead lately so I figured I would post up some of my work so far to possibly rejuvenate the interests.
This head was my very first attempt at carving anything with a chainsaw, I didn't look at a picture or reference anything, the vision in my head must not have been clear because I now realize I carved a rabbit or cats mouth on it and the ears are a bit over dramatic even for cartoonish style I was goin for. It took me about an hour and half to do this one. I can now do them in about 40 mins.
This little guy was my first attempt at a full bear, I was nervous about getting it to fit on the log so I did draw a quick sketch of what I had in mind. He ended up with a knot on his one eye if you are wondering why they look different.
This bear took me 3 hrs to carve.
This was my second attempt at a full bear and I didnt use any reference for it. It took 4.5 hours to carve and my biggest mistake, I think, is that I rushed the head. The eyes are far apart along with the ears and the head isnt round enough but it still gets the idea acrossed i guess.
These two gator heads were carved out with an electric polan chainsaw because I had some neighbors who were getting sick of the constant chainsaw noise. The teeth, eyes and nostrils were done with a dremel tool. The head smaller head is my first attempt I burned it thinking it would look more real but I like the other one better left natural and just burned the negative space in the mouth.
and this is my latest full bear, it took me about 3.5 hours to carve.
All of these carving were done with a MS192 and MS201 with regular 12" bars, I have ordered a carving bar kit but have yet to receive it. I have some unfinished stuff that I cant finish the detail with a regular bar so hopefully this stuff with be easier with a carving bar. I hope this inspires some other newbies and I'm open to hearing what you experts have to say in helping me improve. Sorry for the long post, Thanks for your time.
This head was my very first attempt at carving anything with a chainsaw, I didn't look at a picture or reference anything, the vision in my head must not have been clear because I now realize I carved a rabbit or cats mouth on it and the ears are a bit over dramatic even for cartoonish style I was goin for. It took me about an hour and half to do this one. I can now do them in about 40 mins.
This little guy was my first attempt at a full bear, I was nervous about getting it to fit on the log so I did draw a quick sketch of what I had in mind. He ended up with a knot on his one eye if you are wondering why they look different.
This bear took me 3 hrs to carve.
This was my second attempt at a full bear and I didnt use any reference for it. It took 4.5 hours to carve and my biggest mistake, I think, is that I rushed the head. The eyes are far apart along with the ears and the head isnt round enough but it still gets the idea acrossed i guess.
These two gator heads were carved out with an electric polan chainsaw because I had some neighbors who were getting sick of the constant chainsaw noise. The teeth, eyes and nostrils were done with a dremel tool. The head smaller head is my first attempt I burned it thinking it would look more real but I like the other one better left natural and just burned the negative space in the mouth.
and this is my latest full bear, it took me about 3.5 hours to carve.
All of these carving were done with a MS192 and MS201 with regular 12" bars, I have ordered a carving bar kit but have yet to receive it. I have some unfinished stuff that I cant finish the detail with a regular bar so hopefully this stuff with be easier with a carving bar. I hope this inspires some other newbies and I'm open to hearing what you experts have to say in helping me improve. Sorry for the long post, Thanks for your time.
