Nowhere near complete, but it’s starting to come together. ⚒️🏃🏻‍♂️

For now, I’m focused on the broad strokes and making sure the depth of each part appears correct.

Relief carving is all about creating the illusion of true depth. Which are the high points, closest to the viewer? Which points need to be deeper to make them appear further away?

In this phase, even as it starts going from 2D to more of a 3D appearance, it still has a somewhat cartoonish feel. But once I get depths right, I’ll move onto the details and finish, and that will bring everything together. If all goes well, the end result will be true to the photo of Hal we all know so well. Back to work…