my first

[the viking]

I was a wood Virgin..until now!
After meeting some great people at a carvermeeting I just had to get some steel in wood and produce something.

It was done with just a knife, some cheap thing I had and then sanded it down and painted it.

It is kind of a cartoon style pig, like my drawings.

[Sharon of the Dell]

We were all that once! LOL Real cute pig and you did a great job! Now go have a smoke!

[Joy]

Lots of good personality in that pig. Isn't carving fun?

[CarverFromNoWhere]

Great job Jay, he looks like a pig from an old tv show I watched when I was little, maybe off Garfield or something on saturday morns.
Carl

[vacation212]

SmileLooks good,your second one should show a lot of improvement.

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

That's a great start, enjoy the addiction ! (of wooodcarving, that is :-)

Dave

[chuckbolton]

i find it interesting that some folks have the initiaitive to go forth and create. doesnt look like he broke anything off ( i did on my first ones) its good and a style of its own--i dont think it needs necessarily to be improved. the carver may wish to change (improve) his piece on the next one, or he may not-- i have a good friend who carves santas, i dont care for the style-- but its his and its unique-- he even took a class from stu martin and his face didnt change. this pig is fantastic and as a starter piece i think its phenomenal.

keep carving

chuck

[Ron T]

Hello and welcome, Viking. It's good to have you here and to see you've already got one carving under your belt.

Good carving.

[mateo]

Very nice! If you can illicit some emotional reaction in the people that see your work then it is a success. I chuckled out loud at your cute little pig.
Matt

[K Karver]

Welcome to the forum, Jay. Glad to see your work.