Scratch Art (updated: Cougar on Page 2)

[+Phantom-]

These are pretty amazing~
You did a really fantastic job on the realisim on these. I especially love the birds.
And I've never heard of scratch art before, what do you do exactly?
Sorry for my ignorance. ^_^;;

[Shollia]

Those are pretty dern cool!
I got one of those for xmas. The background on it is bronze though I'm just trying to decide what I want to do on it now.. if I want to go with the kitten/puppy thing they give or just do my own
But anyway....
Very very cool! Post more! heh

[Moon]

Oh my gosh, scratch art is SO fun! You did an excellent job on these, they're both so gorgeous. ^_^

[paperfacesX022]

Those are REALLY cool. I wish I was good at scratch art . . . *daydreams*

[cat1205123]

These are pretty amazing~
You did a really fantastic job on the realisim on these. I especially love the birds.
And I've never heard of scratch art before, what do you do exactly?
Sorry for my ignorance. ^_^;;

It more or less (depends on what you want to do exactly) involves having a sheet of metal (bronze, copper, aluminum, etc.), covering it in ink, letting it dry, then scratching off what you want so the metal shows through.

[ahoteinrun]

These are pretty amazing~
You did a really fantastic job on the realisim on these. I especially love the birds.
And I've never heard of scratch art before, what do you do exactly?
Sorry for my ignorance. ^_^;;

It more or less (depends on what you want to do exactly) involves having a sheet of metal (bronze, copper, aluminum, etc.), covering it in ink, letting it dry, then scratching off what you want so the metal shows through.

It's not always metal. A lot of scratchboards now a days are clayboards; which is essentially the same thing; but no metal involved. They're the ones you normally buy in stores. Scratchboards allow for a lot of detail; just think of doing something in pen and ink but in reverse. Instead of making black marks you end up making white marks. It can be a rather tedious process, and the bigger the boards get, the more timely things go.
You can however now buy white boards and when you scratch into them you get black marks, but to me that rather well defeats the purpose of scratchboard.

I'm curious though, what tools do you use for your scratch art? I myself am fond of using a scalpel (super sharp, and very clean), and i'm wondering what other preferences may be?

[cat1205123]

These are pretty amazing~
You did a really fantastic job on the realisim on these. I especially love the birds.
And I've never heard of scratch art before, what do you do exactly?
Sorry for my ignorance. ^_^;;

It more or less (depends on what you want to do exactly) involves having a sheet of metal (bronze, copper, aluminum, etc.), covering it in ink, letting it dry, then scratching off what you want so the metal shows through.

It's not always metal. A lot of scratchboards now a days are clayboards; which is essentially the same thing; but no metal involved. They're the ones you normally buy in stores. Scratchboards allow for a lot of detail; just think of doing something in pen and ink but in reverse. Instead of making black marks you end up making white marks. It can be a rather tedious process, and the bigger the boards get, the more timely things go.
You can however now buy white boards and when you scratch into them you get black marks, but to me that rather well defeats the purpose of scratchboard.

I'm curious though, what tools do you use for your scratch art? I myself am fond of using a scalpel (super sharp, and very clean), and i'm wondering what other preferences may be?

Who, me?

I don't do any scratch art myself. (Though we're supposed to later in the year in art class.)

^_^

[ahoteinrun]

These are pretty amazing~
You did a really fantastic job on the realisim on these. I especially love the birds.
And I've never heard of scratch art before, what do you do exactly?
Sorry for my ignorance. ^_^;;

It more or less (depends on what you want to do exactly) involves having a sheet of metal (bronze, copper, aluminum, etc.), covering it in ink, letting it dry, then scratching off what you want so the metal shows through.

It's not always metal. A lot of scratchboards now a days are clayboards; which is essentially the same thing; but no metal involved. They're the ones you normally buy in stores. Scratchboards allow for a lot of detail; just think of doing something in pen and ink but in reverse. Instead of making black marks you end up making white marks. It can be a rather tedious process, and the bigger the boards get, the more timely things go.
You can however now buy white boards and when you scratch into them you get black marks, but to me that rather well defeats the purpose of scratchboard.

I'm curious though, what tools do you use for your scratch art? I myself am fond of using a scalpel (super sharp, and very clean), and i'm wondering what other preferences may be?

Who, me?

I don't do any scratch art myself. (Though we're supposed to later in the year in art class.)

^_^

Well actually i'd meant stinky llama.

[smudgeoffudge]

Oh that is so pretty. I love the squirrel and the birds. The fur and feathers look so real. The feathers look so soft and shiny.

[stinkyllama]

Darn, I was hoping to have the cougar done by now but I had a rather spontaneous trip to NYC for several days...

ahoteinrun- I use anything sharp but my favorite things to use are long pushpins or sewing needles. They're good for detailing but can be a pain to use for prolonged periods of time since they're small.

Thanks again for the comments guys!

[marymouse]

These are really nice! Do you use any method of drawing the image in the scratchboards first? Like a rough in graphite over the black?

Or are these just drawn straight with the needle? I don't see any "underdrawing" at all. Very nice and clean.

[Ellaie]

Wow, those are both gorgeous! The chipmunk and the birds look so real, the detail is absolutely beautiful. Scratch art is tons of fun to work with too!

[xredchipx]

Wow those are better then a lot of preofessional artists! *CLAPS*

[stinkyllama]

These are really nice! Do you use any method of drawing the image in the scratchboards first? Like a rough in graphite over the black?

Or are these just drawn straight with the needle? I don't see any "underdrawing" at all. Very nice and clean.

I do place a rough outline of the pic on the scratchboard before I start scratching. (I don't have graphite paper so I do the makeshift graphite method where I sketch the pic on paper, solidly color most of the back with a pencil, align it with the scratchboard, and retrace the sketch.)

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Here's my finished cougar:



(Larger version)

It's suppose to appear like it's nighttime with a light shining in its face (hence just a circle in its eye). It didn't turn out as great as I hoped but it's not too bad for something I had problems even sketching.

I think I'm gonna take Twinkle's earlier suggestion and experiment with a fantasy pic next, then do the fox after that. I need a break from the animals.

[PandorasSox]

that is soooooo cool! i can't imagine how long that took. keep it up!