Jungle Soloist

[Great Ape]

It's been a while since I did an actual step-by-step thread of a 'work in progress', and since this is looking to be a rather lengthy project, i thought I'd do it with this piece...Body is basswood, again chosen for its unobtrusive grain figure in order to give me a blank canvas.

 

[Axkoa]

Looking forward to this project a lot. What neck are you looking at for it?

 

[Great Ape]

Looking forward to this project a lot. What neck are you looking at for it?

I'm not looking at a neck, I'm looking at the body :icon_jokercolor:...don't know yet, haven't gotten that far yet, but I've got a baked maple, ebony board, ivoroid bound lovely sitting around that needs a home...

 

[Verne Bunsen]

 

[Surf n Music]

Excited to see the colors start! Looking great!Mr. Ape

 

[Great Ape]

 

[Great Ape]

Starting to add a bit of depth....

 

[vikingred]

Oh.  My.  God. 

Dude, you have a serious gift.  This is incredibly beautiful.  Can't wait to see how it comes out.

 

[fdesalvo]

LOVE your build threads!  Those snakes are awesome.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Day-um! Frickin' sweet.

 

[Great Ape]

 

[Axkoa]

Love the whole native theme you've got going with this and the spots are very leopardy.

 

[BigSteve22]

It's been a while since I did an actual step-by-step thread of a 'work in progress', and since this is looking to be a rather lengthy project, i thought I'd do it with this piece...

Love it, I'll go buy more beer!

 

[Johnny Roastbeef]

That is fantastic! The concept is very cool imo. I love art but I don't have the patience or the talent ( hmmmm....)

I watched a video on youtube a while back of a guy who airbrushes guitars.
He did one that had the Universal Monsters theme- unreal!

 

[Great Ape]

Snake scales--AAAARGH! Tedious! No way around it, though...

 

[Cagey]

I would think those feathers would present more of a challenge to your patience. Lotta nuance there.

 

[Great Ape]

Burning completeed...

 

[bagman67]

Mighty nice work, Greg.

 

[Great Ape]

Thank you, sir...

 

[Tonar8352]

I think it's time to change your avatar name from Great Ape to King Kong!  :icon_thumright: