I really really enjoyed this project, and fully intend to do scratchboards again in the future. The process of this medium is tedious like the pointillism, but it was very enjoyable to work on it and to see the image coming out through the black board. I especially enjoyed trying to figure out how to do the fur, the direction and the depth of it to make it look believable. I think this came out the best around the tummy and facial regions, where the shapes really shine through.
The scratchboaring process is basically taking a white board coated in a black coloring, and using special tools to scrape away the black to form an image out of the white underneath. There were a lot of interesting tools that came in the kit I got, one for tiny details, one for fur or hair, and even one that resembled an eraser for more smooth areas. Overall this was an incredibly enjoyable process and I really am eager to do it again in the future.
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