The Notorious B.I.G. - A Scrollsaw Portrait

[Sean Rippen]

I finished a scrollsaw portrait of Biggie Smalls over the weekend that I will be gifting to a friend for his birthday in March. I think it came out well, and I am super excited to give it to him!

The step-by-step process is in the Imgur link below.

https://imgur.com/gallery/X15hE

[Bruce Page]

Very cool! You have to have extreme patience for that kind of detail.

[Sean Rippen]

Very cool! You have to have extreme patience for that kind of detail.

Thanks! I just focus on the process and not the end result, and remind myself that I'll finish when I finish. This way it stays an enjoyable hobby versus a "task that needs to get done."

[John C Cox]

That is really impressive. Pulling that sort of thing off takes considerable skill in many different areas of woodworking. And I especially like the fact that you made something your friend will really enjoy..... I know lots of folks who would love a personalized portrait of their favorite rapper like you made there... Yet they would throw away a hand made bowl, turned pen, or jewelry box...

[andrew whicker]

That's awesome!

[Sean Rippen]

Haha thanks. This is one of those gifts that I have no doubt my friend is going to love. His walls are already decked out with rap-inspired art work, so he'll have no problem finding a spot for it.

[Jim Becker]

Sean, will you please upload the photos here or at least link to a few directly? It will be helpful to our members who have slower Internet and also preserve them for the future. Thanks in advance!

Very nice work, by the way!

Jim
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[Yonak Hawkins]

All I can say is, "Wow !" Is that your own design ?


...it stays an enjoyable hobby versus a "task that needs to get done."

This is my philosophy of woodworking, as well. The joy comes from the challenge and the doing. The end result is a fringe benefit.

[Sean Rippen]

Edit: This is in response to Yonak's question.

No, the design itself is not my own. The design was compiled from two "posterized" pictures of Biggie already available on google. I took the face from one of the pictures and the crown from another. I projected the images onto a wall and traced them onto white butcher paper as my template.

[Sean Rippen]

Sean, will you please upload the photos here or at least link to a few directly? It will be helpful to our members who have slower Internet and also preserve them for the future. Thanks in advance!

Very nice work, by the way!

Jim
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Thank you, and yeah, I can upload some pictures directly. My office blocks Imgur, so I'll have to do it later from the house.

[Cary Falk]

That's awesome. I would have guessed nobody on this forum knew who he was.

[Edwin Santos]

Very cool.

Yes,I would not have imagined Biggie to ever come up here with this forum's demographic!

Nice to have the diversity though.

[Joseph Quattro]

Late to the party, but, damn, that’s cool. Being a fan of gangsta rap, I appreciate the subject matter.

[joel cervera]

ya. wow. thats way cool..