This work was my first attempt at working with scratchboard. In hindsight, I probably chose a subject that was too ambitious for my first go. I’ve been working on this piece off and on for several years. After a few hours here and there over a large span of time, it’s finally complete!
My subject for this piece was a beautiful photograph of a Veiled Chameleon taken by Macrojunkie who has a lot of great macro photography on DeviatArt. I would like to personally thank Macrojunkie for providing such beautiful and inspirational imagery.
Veiled Chameleon yemen 5 by macrojunkie on DeviantArt
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This chameleon photo has a great deal of contrast with lots of fine detail that I anticipated could be capture nicely with scratchboard. After staring at this photo for many many hours, I’m still impressed by the depth and texture in this little creatures scales.
2015
2016
2017
2018
No progress was made during 2018 due to a deployment.
2019
The chameleon’s eye was the last piece I tackled and it was by far the most tedious and complicated.
Finished Piece
Justin C.
Technology Enthusiast
I’m a Soldier by day and coder by night. A life long learner of cyber security, penetration testing, machine learning, circuit design, art, and photography.
