[Lynn O. Doughty]

So what do you think? Does he look like his world has just about gone totally belly-up?

[santagibbs]

Yep, it sure does..a lot sad and a little mad too.. Wouldn't you be? Nice painting on him.. Charlotte

[DADDIO]

that ol'boy is sure nuff in the dumps!! great job lynn as always,i'm in the midest of trying to design and layout a caricature myself he'll have both arms kinda stretched out,would you do seperate arms on something like this? should have been a seprate post i guess.

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Daddio.....I sure wood. There is just no way you can do a carving with poses like that without using attached wood and be fair to your customers should you decide to sell something. I build my figures to stand the test of time by being as "break resistant" as possible and having a fragile piece of cross grained wood sticking out somewhere just doesn't allow that. I would suggest that you make the joint at a point that it can be disguised by clothing. I do that by ensuring that the arm meets the body at the vest. Doing it that way makes any joint almost completely disappear.

[DADDIO]

thanks for the advice,i'll plan on doing it that way,by the way thanks for all the help and inspiration you provide not only for myself but i'm sure so many others have gained through your post here and your blog site,what a great wealth of info you provide,thanks again

[Tom H]

Yep Lynn, the look is exactly that, but by golly he still has his hat. And what a glorious hat it is. Your faces are one thing, but wow the hats are somethin else. Waitin for the rest of him....Tom H

[Jim OH]

He's looking like he just got a Dear John letter. The tears look great and I can see the sadness is going clear thru him. Nice job on both the carving and painting. Thanks for sharing and can hardly wait to see the rest of him.
Jim OH

[Blake Lunsford]

Outstanding Lynn! Really like the features in his face! Shows a lot of character!

Blake

[mikeg]

Another fine job Lyn!

mikeg

[Coffeeman]

Lynn, Your a fantastic carver and true artist! The facial color layout is amazing, my eyes are drawn right to your guys eyes, seeing the tears dripping down & angled eyes. I believe what draws me to them is how you blended the lower lids color to fall in line with the nose color. The nose captures your attention and then I'm drwan up to the eyes because you mapped out my out my viewing attention to take me up to the eyes with the flow of the same color from the nose. GREAT JOB. Bill