I have been doing this sort of thing with walking sticks and staffs for long time. I have been toying around with the idea of doing stuff like this on the backs of CBG's. I am doing 3 license plate guitars and since they will have 1/4" birch plywood back. I am considering doing something on the back. I can't draw a lick. I lightly glue (using Elmers' & spit) paper with what I want on it. Let it dry overnight and burn thru outline.It is like a paint by numbers kit.You have to play with the opacity of the paint to not cover burn lines. Has anybody tried this kind of stuff? I know there are no rules, but I don't want to do it on front of CBG, but I think back of license plate guitars would be O.K.
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Your example looks real good to me. I would go for it.
Looks great, I say go for it. I burn art onto most of mine, I do the front, back, sides, fret markers, the lot lol. I print off images, trace the outline with carbon paper, and then fill it in with the image beside me for reference. Takes a long time but I like doing it. These are some of mine...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20150108_124631_...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20150108_124657_...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20140901_185816_...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20140901_185803_...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20140721_182458_...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20131128_115751_...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20131110_151922_...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/clarkyboy100/20131110_151955_...
Thanks Wayfinder. I traced the outlines onto the wood from a printout and then basically sat for hours burning over it. I should really try drawing my own images someday, I'm no artist though :)
My internet has been down for a couple of days and this is the first time I have had to get back and winter is my CBG building time, except July & August That looks good Clarky, Have you ever thought about using Photoshop to turn images into black and white,not greyscale, to make patterns? That is what it looks like from the photos. I like your stuff. I use Photoshop so I can make patterns the exact size I need. I looked at your Hendrix git under 200x magnification and there seemed to be no shading either burned or not, thus the black and white effect. Is that your technique or an I way off the mark? Or are we talking trade secrets. You can tell me, nobody would think to look on here (;-D
Thanks Bama Hound. There's very little technique to what I do, no shading at all. I just use the generic tip that came with my pyrography pen and use that very slowly to make essentially a black and white picture. I don't use any software, just look for images on Google. I really could do with learning more techniques like shading, I have all these different tips for the pen and have never used them. I'm thinking of spending some money on a good quality pyrography pen. The one I have is a basic £20 one.
Nice one Wayfinder. Good tips. I'll be out in the man cave tonight so might experiment.
Clarky,
Those are absolute works of art. Well done!
The best,
Wichita Sam
I say burn away. I burn on almost all of mine that I make the body for here is an example of doing it on the face. One thing you can do when painting is use water colors with a little extra water, then go over with a clear coat. The thinned water color allows some of the wood grain to still come through and won't overpower your burn lines as well as it will usually stop soaking into the grain at the burn mark. Give it a try on a few scraps to see if you like it. I think it usually turns out nice.
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