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Description

My very first engraving using a dithered based technique.
(The engraving was done in October 2019)
About the engraving
For my ever first engraving, I wanted to do something special. I had chosen the picture from LimreiArt since I am a big fan of his fallout Equestria pictures and because it was designed as grayscale. Because of this, I had to make only some changes during the conversion.
About technique
I learned this technique thou a tutorial by the YouTuber SarbarMultimedia. The required testings took a view hours, but there were definitely worth spend. The results were great engraving parameters for the laser I have access to.
I would highly recommend the video if you have access to a CO2 Laser with the RDWorks Software.
Some facts of the engraving
-project time: 2 hours
-dimensions: 80 x 110 mm (3,1 x 4,3 in)
-resolution: 44 dots per cm (114 dpi)
-engraving time: 9,5 min
Further picture
SteelHooves vs Alicorn: Dithering The engraving pattern which was sent to the laser
Sources
Original picture:
Fallout: Equestria 5 by LimreiArt (I got his permission for the upload)
Tutorial video
The Russ Formula for Photo Engraving by SarbarMultimedia

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Themisto97
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Laser engravings & more!
@Background Pony #9A3D  
You are right that this picture looks much older than my other engravings. This is probably the case because of two reasons.
 
First of all the original picture was itself a grayscale. That is great because the artist’s vision of the picture is more intact than a previous picture.
 
Secondly, I used “bad” wood for engraving. Because it was my very first engraving with this dithering teaching I did know the right wood to use. I used an MDF with an artificial wood texture which created a lot of soot and possibly some toxic fumes. The soot made most likely weathered look. Furthermore, the dots on these engravings are overall darker, because I burnt the artificial texture instead of only wood.
 
Because of the danger for persons and machines, such engravings are not allowed (I did know that at the time). That is why I probably won’t reproduce the same kind of picture. But I definitely use more originally grayscale pictures in the future.
Background Pony #6AC3
@Themisto97  
I mean that with that technique, the picture looks like coming from the past. Maybe it’s because of the darkened tones, but looks more aged than your other works. And that adds to the awesome.