Captain Kirk to go with EIEIO's Spock

[Martin]

My o/h keeps asking when I am going to do a Captain Kirk to complement the Spock one, if anyone would care to oblige.

I always try to make a pattern myself before requesting but portraits have me beat, no matter how often I try.

Martin.

[EIEIO]

martin - coming back from vacation today. I'm at Monterey (California) Airport waiting for a flight. I'll see what I can come up with when I'm back.

[Martin]

Thanks, Ray. Hope you've had a good time.

[EIEIO]

We had a great time.
From this photo:

Scaled for a 5x7 frame.

[Martin]

Thanks, Ray. I think maybe the detail in the hair is probably beyond my capabilities.

I just made this one, but I haven't managed to capture his faint quizzical smile.

[Martin]

Another I had a go at. I think this one looks more like him than my last one.

[EIEIO]

Hair is the hardest part of making these patterns look realistic. After that steam bus I'd think you could handle the hair just fine. It is a fair amount of cutting, but it will add a lot to the image. Spock's hair was a lot easier.

You patterns look pretty good to me. Why not just pick one and cut it?

[frankorona]

Beautiful patterns are all excellent, thanks for sharing.

[Martin]

Ray, my wife, and myself come to that, like the simplistic look of the Spock one you did, it's very effective, so I wanted one to complement it. I might cut the second one I did and see how it comes out. The wife likes that one anyway, and it's for her. The first pattern I made looks like Steve Hackett out of Genesis. Maybe

I've got some 6mm MDF to waste so I'll more than likely have a go at yours as well if only to see if your faith in me is justified.

Cheers,
Martin.

[EIEIO]

Martin - I know what you mean about the Spock - that simplicity is attractive. I had a James Cagney that I felt the same about (too hard to cut the hair) but I was really happy with the result. This started as one of saggioculo's sketches.


If you cut a Kirk, please post a photo.

[Martin]

Yep, that's the minimalistic effect I like where the likeness is still obvious.

Martin.