The process; this is how it happens...

A number of my friends have been asking me to do this for a while, but finding the time has been difficult. However, I realize that it's not the finding of the time that's difficult, it's the making of the time. If we wait around until the time is free, we will never have time to do anything- we must make time for the things that are priorities in our lives, for me, this is one of them.

After much begging from family and friends, I finally did it, and I must admit it was both a learning experience and also a very enjoyable project. Below is the full timelapse of the last work of art I drew (Alithaer The Grandfather tree from Umbria). The whole project took about three hours. I did it in fifteen-minute chunks over a number of days. The hard part was finding the right software for the job (I will be posting a review on that someday soon). 

When all was said and done I had about ten videos, fifteen minutes each. Once I got the hang of the software, the rest was history. I think I will be filming them and posting them as a part of my regular posts. Without any more hold up, here is my pen and ink process, I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the finished work, which I posted a few days ago.

And here is what it looks like when it's laser-etched into wood.

Cheers, and keep on creating!