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I have not been doing portraits for sometime since the shop that serves as my outlet closed down. I am trying it out again since it feels like new territory at this point. I started of with a photo. With the use of Gimp, I converted the photo into a black and white photocopy image. I farther increased the contrast and erased unnecessary elements using Inkscape. Next I traced the image on to the board using carbon paper then cutting. The back board is 1/4 in plywood covered with book cover material.

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Very nice work!
 

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Great looking picture
 

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Great job on the pattern and the cutting.
 

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Great Job Ed!
 

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Excellent. Nice job on the layout and execution of the piece!!.............Jim
 

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Great work Ed!

Very true-to-life and just enough detail without going "overboard".

-bob
 

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Thanks a lot guys. Through experience when working on a project like this a lot of discretion has to be taken. The computer will produce a high contrast image but it includes almost all details. The scroll sawer has to use his/her judgement in selecting what to include or eliminate. This is where experience comes in.
 

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A scrolled picture sure looks better than a photo picture. Super nice scrolling
 

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Very nice artwork Ed, I myself is a Photoshop expert but never done before the techniques you mentioned above. Great job on the scrollsaw.
 

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Thanks, Armand, I do not know much about Photoshop cause I use Gimp, an image manipulation program for Linux. Basically the technique is to convert the photo to a high contrast image.
Thanks again. Good to hear from you once more.
 
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