Monday morning and I have taken my powerbook to the engraver, a local firm called Brion. Choosing the image that I am going to have on my laptop was tough but I settled for this:
I even got permission from the artist Gene Colan. On choosing, editing the image and asking permission see previous post here.
So with the image chosen its off to the engraver to watch him use heavy machinery to diamond engrave my computer â?? itâ??s a bit scary. So first here is the â??beforeâ?? picture:
The next step is fitting the laptop into the machine and clamping it down (also a bit scary) so that it will not move during the engraving process
The machine starts by drawing the outer lines of the drawing
It then moves in for the smaller details. The whole process is based on finding lines â?? which means that the filled in areas of the sketch become blanks in the engraving. Here are some photos of the machine filling in the details:
Leg detail
Sancho Panza
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Quixote
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Rocinante
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And the finished product â?? I need to take better pictures, but at least you get the idea. Its great!
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