Definitely try again, I was apprehensive about how this one was going to turn out because sculpting is really a different skill set than woodworking, but y'all managed to pull off a great 1st attempt.
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Sharks are no joke to carve! I built a 10-foot tiger shark for a middle school science classroom that was one of my favorite/most challenging builds on my channel. Great work on this table and tackling a really complex design. I'd love to see more like it!
I think your first try was awesome, and we all know you learn so much after each attempt. As an artist, what I think would help a lot is the prep work. Draw a rough look of the whole shark, and then draw a straight line across to represent where the table top would be, that way you aren't guessing at sizes or anything because you have the whole shark drawn in proportion to start. That would help a ton with the flow of the whole piece. Then from there your awesome woodworking skills take over.
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Yes, though might try to have foresight to design the material usage little better. Could have just cut that front peace in 45degree and save some material. Since exotic woods around here are really expensive i hate to see even tiny peace go to waste and i mean tiny. I could use just under a inc off cuts in my projects to make it pop, but walnut here is hella expensive. Closest thing to exotic is northern juniper and with massive luck some white oak, but cant really get anything with color and yes i know staining is a thing, but that is not the same.
Sir, you are a badass for saying that if you are in the Pittsburg area I will mill your slab for you. That is some serious awesomeness and we certainly need more people who act like that willing to help out others.
It's great to see someone expanding their horizons. My wife and I work with wood for a hobby, and we've put our previous skills from former occupations into doing the stuff we do; so definitely do more of this stuff. As long as you're having fun, you can't go wrong.
Maybe one of my favorite videos you've made! There's something so cool seeing you just sit down and figure out new things all the time. Would love to see another attempt at an animal!
Super cool! One suggestion if you do this again: make the teeth separately and then glue them in place after you’ve carved the sharks mouth - this should give you more space to work in the mouth and allow you to carve the teeth more carefully.
I feel like making the raw shape before it goes on, including the 2 piece head (upper and lower jaw) would make this much cleaner. Though I love the way he worked the walnut grain in to it.
Definitely a try again, love the water effects, but the body proportions were everywhere. I suggest watching some shark week vids for better references.
Every one is inspired by someone, but not every one can make an incredible video about it. You guys killed it with this, I can’t wait for the next one!
I would definitely try again. Your first go at anything is always your roughest. You now know your strengths and weaknesses and will learn from the mistakes made here. Every piece will be better than the last. Definitely go for it.
Not only do you enjoy getting better at carving, Just think of all the cool things you will have carved for your children with all the practice you will be doing. DO MORE :)
I definitely appreciate the branching out and experimentation, but idk if I would've put this video out there into the world. I go back and fourth, like is it good to show failures or is it only good to show ur best. Idk man but good vid none the less.
starting small can be good to get started, but the smaller you go the harder it is to do the detailing. going bigger is more intimidating but easier to work the proportions and details into
Absolutely try this again, you were sooooo close to nailing it but the head was just not quite to scale and those lower teeth either needed moving back or removed entirely! Though saying this they might have worked with a larger head. To clarify, no, i can't do better, but as a marine biologist with a liking for wood working those are the bits that stood out to me.
Looks great for a first attempt. I think you should go bigger next time. I would have thought it would be a little easier with a bigger piece as the smaller details like the teeth wouldn't be as tiny to carve. Great work though loved this video!
#1, do you art at all! You don't carve because you're a wood worker, it's because you're an artist and you've accumulated skills through many years of hard work. Welcome to art my friend! Good luck, you now feel how every artist feels every day, disappointed but excited to try again!
Looked great - I particularly loved how charring the 'waves' around it came out, that looked awesome. A couple minor critiques if you try again, the lower jaw looked a bit too much of an underbite, and maybe some more rounding at the back of the head where it comes out of the water or something, felt a little too squared off (that's also where adjusting the proportions will help too, I think). As far as catching the teeth on fire - maybe not that, but possibly adding some charring inside to darken it up for that "razors that rip you to shreds before you disappear down a dark gullet" look could be cool ;)
Definitely should try this again. I would also recommend cutting the rough shape on the blocks not attached to the table. You could then use silicone to pour around the rough shapes in an enclosure so you have a complete flat surface to clamp down on. The silicone may compress a bit requiring more force to be applied, though in theory, should still work. Test in small scale before committing to a large piece.
Man - the waves/currents around the shark mixed with the charring was definitely the move. Really improved the overall look. Excited to see what your next attempt looks like!
Try it again but bigger! Small is less intimidating but scaling things up makes it easier to do detail work. Great result for your first time really doing something like this. 👌🏼👌🏼
Looks really cool. So awesome to see you tackle a new method and just go for it. Obviously, there is room for improvement, but that was pretty freaking good! I'd love to see you do something like this again, but combine it with some of your resin pour skills. I think a river table with a giant Anaconda or Crock coming out of it would be pretty amazing. Might even make an epic collab with The Dow. He does the animal, you build out the table with the resin pour around the carving. As always, thanks for the great content!
Good job for a first try for sure! There is a pretty wide gap between the artistry of a woodworker and a sculptor and you should be proud of the outcome. I watch a bunch of makers who carve crazy stuff from XPS foam and maybe that would be good medium to practice in before tackling another project in wood. It's cheap and carves easier and might help you improve your technique with 3D stuff like this.
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A good result for a first effort! It may have been easier to carve the shark parts individually, then attach them to the top. I think the head needed a little rounding at the rear, much as you did on the dorsal fin section. Really like the water effect: a nice combination of the wood grain, carving & scorching. Cheers!
I think it looks great for your first attempt. Carving is a much different skill than building high quality furniture. Great job, John. Keep at it and you'll be a master before you know it.
Hey John, Way to go!! I do love how it all turned out!! Very... very... tough project! How that shark comes out of the table and the waves is awesome!!
Hello sir. How would i go about purchasing a 3 inch wide piece of cut off from the remaining portion of the slab you used in this build? Which was freaking awesome by the way!! Thank you.
Thanks for sharing your experience, I do wood carving and my suggestion is try to carve cow's tail bone for teeth because the bone is curved already and could shape pretty good then glue them down.
Looks amazing....tip do the inside mouth work before the block is perm to slab...makes it waaaay easier...I've done many of these didn't know other people made them too😮.....cool
Kudos to you for having the confidence to glue the basswood to the walnut in the beginning. I would have carved first then glued to allow for multiple carving screwups.
This is advice, if you don't want advice, forgive me and skip. First off, you did incredible! The way you did the water with the fire, was perfect and exactly how you want to get depth. That's exactly how you should do the inside of the mouth and eyes. Unfortunately, fire gets the high parts first and you want the black in the low parts (to act as shadows) so, you should burn the shit out of it, then use sandpaper or whatever to get the carbon char off of the high points, leaving the dark only in the shadows. So, char the entire inside of the mouth and then sandpaper the teeth so they are the color of the wood. Fantastic video, I'm catching up on all of your old ones. In your most recent, you can see tons of growth in your power carving. Keep making awesome videos!!!
Great learning exercise! Always appreciate how you share your discovery process with us. We get to learn right along with you. And yes, give it another try. I agree with Anthony that it could awesome coming out of a river table. Thank you!
I think you should re-atempt. I would do your pre-shaping on the band saw before attaching to the table top then you get a feel for scale and placement. Then once they are glued down finish the carving.
Megadolon! yes! And I will say, sculpting is what it is. This type of stuff is truly the "eye of the beholder". And I love that the plastic shark toy is the official model of the build.
You should search up the otter table. Believe it is an older Scottish gentleman, all done by hand, two otters swimming on a table. Most beautiful wood carving I’ve ever seen. Also, you should look into arbortech if you plan to do any more power carving.
I would personally try carving and sanding everything before attaching it to the slab. It would give so much more access to those hard to reach places and easily to get more detail.
Getting a lateral curve put into the spine the way you did, is more anatomically correct, in relation to how a shark swims anyways, so you made a good choice to go that route. I’d call this a win, as others did. Thanks for sharing! Aloha
You gotta do it again! You did a great job considering you have such little carving experience. As a sculpter and wood carver tbh the simpler the shape the harder it is sometimes because everything has to be perfectly in scale or its very noticeable. When you add tons of details, if something is a little bit out here or there, it's harder to see because the shape is more irregular. Just my two cents!
I agree. a beginner should always start with a fantasy creature as there are no "set rules". he should also have started with way more wood, he was so scared of carving anything away at all. that piece on the shark's cheek was bothering me the whole time
great to see you come out of your comfort zone a bit with this project. Overall body shape was great and head proportions really conveyed the shark aspect. the only weak point was the teeth/jaw, but more practice and tries will only improve your skills.
As a wood carver myself, my best advice/suggestion for another project would be to start with something more simple like a squid. It might help with your perception of dimension and organic shapes with carving since it's just a series of cones/tubes so it should be far more simple. Maybe you could add a little wooden ship and make it the Kraken for shits and giggles lol
I think you should try again. You did a great job better than I think I can do but you can definitely use what you have learned to do a better one. Great job!
You did a great job, getting that first sculpture completed builds up your confidence. Blake is absolutely amazing sculptor. Sculpting is my favorite medium. Creating 3D is far easier than 2 dimensional. ❤
Wow that's crazy an absolutely squealy . Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God Bless.
Yes please to more carvings! I’m thinking a casket with skeletons coming out of it! I know it’s plenty of time until Halloween, but think about having it completed by then? Casket, casket, casket!!!
John - epoxy a moose / whitetail antler partially sticking out of table for that would look amazing and something I have not seen before…could be a clientele as well to tap into
Good day sir. Love the channel!!! It seems that you have the basics down of how its done. Please do another video. This table looks "good" but I think you have a "AWSOME" in the future. Blessings from South Africa.
turned out really well hope to see more carving soon. on that note I carve aswell and one of my favourite tools is the triton super jaws, it makes manipulating the piece sooo much easier also made larger custom jaws for it should also take a look at manpa tools they have some amazing power carving tools that might tickle your fancy.
Just found your channel, this is the first video I'm watching I just wanna say the picture of Ron Swanson sold me immediately. I see you're a man of culture!
I drive by Animalistic every day, had no idea 'the Dow' made tables like that. Surreal seeing clips from home on UA-cam. Scott always has awesome (massive) sculptures outside and I knew smaller ones were inside. Right now, I think he's got an 8 foot dragon in the scrap pile.
Hey John, I just recently discovered your channel and I gotta say I love it! Your not afraid to try absolutely insane ideas! Keep the great content coming please.
Yeah you definitely should your an inspiration to a novice wood worker like me god bless man keep giving me hope on my endeavors look forward to see you make the next one
This is awesome! Definitely try again using The Dow’s as inspo. I think the end fin being at a slight angle might have helped with the scale issue you had
Love this table! My son would freak out over this table. He's obsessed with sharks, especially Megaladon. Honestly my fav part of the whole video is his name being Stew and not Stu. 😂😂 Great job! I hope to see more like this!
Fantastic work, John! Really well done! 😃 But you have a freaking CNC! You could make the basic shapes with it! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Process modification: Glue up blocks, sketch on blocks, bandsaw to rough shape, glue to table surface. Just putting it out there. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but the time savings in shaping are definitely there.
Before you glued it to the slab I think you should have used the band saw like a band saw Kelley box. Get the bulk of the wood or if there then glue to the slab and refine it from there....but 6 in 1 have dozen in the other. Great video
I think stepping out of your comfort zone and learning a new skill is rad. Maybe you could do a collab with Bobby Duke Arts since he is always doing some wood carving.
i know im late here but I speak for most of his fans, The shoutout for TheDooo was much appreciated and unexpected lol glad to see you're a fan aswell though
Great job, it came out really nice! In my opinion, I think the part that makes it look less realistic is the sharp edge on the back of its head where it meets the water. Just some feedback if you are gonna have a go at it again.
Really. Cool congratulations for actually putting the time and risk envoled in carving. I love you tube for that. Gives alotnof artist the ability to eat and make art
Do it again for sure! This was a ton of fun to watch. Just remember that the scale of the shark is very much set by the size and location of the eyes. Making them as big as you did makes the shark seem small or juvenile.
Carving is always a CHALLENGE! It looks good. I would have made the tail "Swish" like tge model you have. When a shark turns even slightly its tail is what makes the turn. Super AWESOME CARVE!
If you're going to do it out of separate pieces it would probably be easier to carve it unattached except for the last half inch or so where it contacts the table then attach it and blend the last bit. One of the most difficult parts of carving is tool angle and being able to hold the piece in your hand while you do a majority of the carving helps with that a lot. Actually with your skill set doing a top down carving of an entire shark in a light pigmented epoxy river that it breaches out of would probably end up really cool.
Definitely try again, I was apprehensive about how this one was going to turn out because sculpting is really a different skill set than woodworking, but y'all managed to pull off a great 1st attempt.
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Please please please do another one! This is brilliant. Authentic content where everything doesn't turn out 10000% percent realistic and perfect. This is the real content we love
You should build one coming out of a river table…. It’d look awesome
I was just about to put something similar into my comment when I saw yours. It would be awesome.
Yeahhh that would be awesome
Ye it would look sick
Like crave most of the shark blow the surface and pour epoxy around it. That would be awesome.
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Sharks are no joke to carve! I built a 10-foot tiger shark for a middle school science classroom that was one of my favorite/most challenging builds on my channel. Great work on this table and tackling a really complex design. I'd love to see more like it!
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The worst bit though is that they are TERRIBLE models - they never stay still. Plus you can't use power tools in the sea either. It's a nightmare!
I think your first try was awesome, and we all know you learn so much after each attempt. As an artist, what I think would help a lot is the prep work. Draw a rough look of the whole shark, and then draw a straight line across to represent where the table top would be, that way you aren't guessing at sizes or anything because you have the whole shark drawn in proportion to start. That would help a ton with the flow of the whole piece. Then from there your awesome woodworking skills take over.
Major props to John for being brave and taking on something he's never done before on video, and with a great humble attitude too. Great job overall!
I know I’m late to the video, but I would have carved each tooth separately and glued them in with small dowels.
I just found your channel and i am absolutely binge watching all of your videos. I’m a 17 yr old artist and seeing all of your projects gives me so much inspiration for my next painting and sculpture! I am really happy I found your channel :)
Keep doing these builds. It's awesome to see something that challenges you and I think we would love to watch you improve your realistic carving!
Yes, though might try to have foresight to design the material usage little better. Could have just cut that front peace in 45degree and save some material. Since exotic woods around here are really expensive i hate to see even tiny peace go to waste and i mean tiny. I could use just under a inc off cuts in my projects to make it pop, but walnut here is hella expensive. Closest thing to exotic is northern juniper and with massive luck some white oak, but cant really get anything with color and yes i know staining is a thing, but that is not the same.
What are you talking about. This is the most realistic wooden shark I have ever seen. Great job, I love it.
Sir, you are a badass for saying that if you are in the Pittsburg area I will mill your slab for you. That is some serious awesomeness and we certainly need more people who act like that willing to help out others.
Yes! Definitely try to do this again! I really enjoyed watching the process.
It's great to see someone expanding their horizons. My wife and I work with wood for a hobby, and we've put our previous skills from former occupations into doing the stuff we do; so definitely do more of this stuff. As long as you're having fun, you can't go wrong.
Maybe one of my favorite videos you've made! There's something so cool seeing you just sit down and figure out new things all the time. Would love to see another attempt at an animal!
Super cool! One suggestion if you do this again: make the teeth separately and then glue them in place after you’ve carved the sharks mouth - this should give you more space to work in the mouth and allow you to carve the teeth more carefully.
I feel like making the raw shape before it goes on, including the 2 piece head (upper and lower jaw) would make this much cleaner. Though I love the way he worked the walnut grain in to it.
Oldman I had a similar idea but use white dominoes and carved them to look like teeth
That's what I was thinking too
A hippo would be super interesting, you could use a similar technique since they also stick their heads out of the water
Definitely a try again, love the water effects, but the body proportions were everywhere. I suggest watching some shark week vids for better references.
Every one is inspired by someone, but not every one can make an incredible video about it. You guys killed it with this, I can’t wait for the next one!
I would definitely try again. Your first go at anything is always your roughest. You now know your strengths and weaknesses and will learn from the mistakes made here. Every piece will be better than the last. Definitely go for it.
Not only do you enjoy getting better at carving, Just think of all the cool things you will have carved for your children with all the practice you will be doing. DO MORE :)
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Do more like this - but bigger! This was so interesting to watch you learn and execute.
I definitely appreciate the branching out and experimentation, but idk if I would've put this video out there into the world. I go back and fourth, like is it good to show failures or is it only good to show ur best. Idk man but good vid none the less.
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starting small can be good to get started, but the smaller you go the harder it is to do the detailing. going bigger is more intimidating but easier to work the proportions and details into
It's amazing to see the level of detail and craftsmanship that goes into your projects
Absolutely try this again, you were sooooo close to nailing it but the head was just not quite to scale and those lower teeth either needed moving back or removed entirely! Though saying this they might have worked with a larger head. To clarify, no, i can't do better, but as a marine biologist with a liking for wood working those are the bits that stood out to me.
Looks great for a first attempt. I think you should go bigger next time. I would have thought it would be a little easier with a bigger piece as the smaller details like the teeth wouldn't be as tiny to carve. Great work though loved this video!
#1, do you art at all! You don't carve because you're a wood worker, it's because you're an artist and you've accumulated skills through many years of hard work. Welcome to art my friend! Good luck, you now feel how every artist feels every day, disappointed but excited to try again!
Looked great - I particularly loved how charring the 'waves' around it came out, that looked awesome. A couple minor critiques if you try again, the lower jaw looked a bit too much of an underbite, and maybe some more rounding at the back of the head where it comes out of the water or something, felt a little too squared off (that's also where adjusting the proportions will help too, I think).
As far as catching the teeth on fire - maybe not that, but possibly adding some charring inside to darken it up for that "razors that rip you to shreds before you disappear down a dark gullet" look could be cool ;)
Definitely should try this again. I would also recommend cutting the rough shape on the blocks not attached to the table. You could then use silicone to pour around the rough shapes in an enclosure so you have a complete flat surface to clamp down on. The silicone may compress a bit requiring more force to be applied, though in theory, should still work. Test in small scale before committing to a large piece.
Really cool to see you get out of your comfort zone and take on these challenges, I’d love to see a second edition! Thanks for making this!
Definitely try again! I noticed how the head being over the end of the table would make it way easier to carve the upper teeth! Now I want to try 😂
Man - the waves/currents around the shark mixed with the charring was definitely the move. Really improved the overall look. Excited to see what your next attempt looks like!
Watching this made me think of the puffer fish in Splash and Bubbles singing his song “I don’t know what I’m doing, I’m just doing it “ 😂
i just realized that the dow is the guy that made joe rogans anaconda table as well, he just recently brought it up in a recent podcast
Try it again but bigger! Small is less intimidating but scaling things up makes it easier to do detail work. Great result for your first time really doing something like this. 👌🏼👌🏼
Looks really cool. So awesome to see you tackle a new method and just go for it. Obviously, there is room for improvement, but that was pretty freaking good! I'd love to see you do something like this again, but combine it with some of your resin pour skills. I think a river table with a giant Anaconda or Crock coming out of it would be pretty amazing. Might even make an epic collab with The Dow. He does the animal, you build out the table with the resin pour around the carving. As always, thanks for the great content!
Next time try a hammerhead shark, it might be a little easier in the small detail department.
You better tackle this again, or we riot.
Good job for a first try for sure! There is a pretty wide gap between the artistry of a woodworker and a sculptor and you should be proud of the outcome. I watch a bunch of makers who carve crazy stuff from XPS foam and maybe that would be good medium to practice in before tackling another project in wood. It's cheap and carves easier and might help you improve your technique with 3D stuff like this.
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A good result for a first effort! It may have been easier to carve the shark parts individually, then attach them to the top. I think the head needed a little rounding at the rear, much as you did on the dorsal fin section. Really like the water effect: a nice combination of the wood grain, carving & scorching. Cheers!
I think it looks great for your first attempt. Carving is a much different skill than building high quality furniture. Great job, John. Keep at it and you'll be a master before you know it.
Hey John, Way to go!! I do love how it all turned out!! Very... very... tough project! How that shark comes out of the table and the waves is awesome!!
You did amazing for your first try, sharks are one of my favorite species
Good job stretching yourself! Hope no one is hating on you. Keep going if it is a talent you want to have. I'll keep watching and encouraging!
Hello sir. How would i go about purchasing a 3 inch wide piece of cut off from the remaining portion of the slab you used in this build? Which was freaking awesome by the way!! Thank you.
Thanks for sharing your experience, I do wood carving and my suggestion is try to carve cow's tail bone for teeth because the bone is curved already and could shape pretty good then glue them down.
Looks amazing....tip do the inside mouth work before the block is perm to slab...makes it waaaay easier...I've done many of these didn't know other people made them too😮.....cool
John, of course we all want you to do another build. We want to sit back and watch yinz work hard while we enjoy a local craft brew or three.
Kudos to you for having the confidence to glue the basswood to the walnut in the beginning. I would have carved first then glued to allow for multiple carving screwups.
Wow, this is unbelievable!!!! Awesome job. It's nice to see builders challenging themselves. I would try this again.
This is advice, if you don't want advice, forgive me and skip. First off, you did incredible! The way you did the water with the fire, was perfect and exactly how you want to get depth. That's exactly how you should do the inside of the mouth and eyes. Unfortunately, fire gets the high parts first and you want the black in the low parts (to act as shadows) so, you should burn the shit out of it, then use sandpaper or whatever to get the carbon char off of the high points, leaving the dark only in the shadows. So, char the entire inside of the mouth and then sandpaper the teeth so they are the color of the wood. Fantastic video, I'm catching up on all of your old ones. In your most recent, you can see tons of growth in your power carving. Keep making awesome videos!!!
Great learning exercise! Always appreciate how you share your discovery process with us. We get to learn right along with you. And yes, give it another try. I agree with Anthony that it could awesome coming out of a river table. Thank you!
Definitely, we should try this again
I think you should re-atempt. I would do your pre-shaping on the band saw before attaching to the table top then you get a feel for scale and placement. Then once they are glued down finish the carving.
Megadolon! yes! And I will say, sculpting is what it is. This type of stuff is truly the "eye of the beholder". And I love that the plastic shark toy is the official model of the build.
You should search up the otter table. Believe it is an older Scottish gentleman, all done by hand, two otters swimming on a table. Most beautiful wood carving I’ve ever seen.
Also, you should look into arbortech if you plan to do any more power carving.
I would personally try carving and sanding everything before attaching it to the slab. It would give so much more access to those hard to reach places and easily to get more detail.
Getting a lateral curve put into the spine the way you did, is more anatomically correct, in relation to how a shark swims anyways, so you made a good choice to go that route. I’d call this a win, as others did. Thanks for sharing! Aloha
You gotta do it again! You did a great job considering you have such little carving experience.
As a sculpter and wood carver tbh the simpler the shape the harder it is sometimes because everything has to be perfectly in scale or its very noticeable. When you add tons of details, if something is a little bit out here or there, it's harder to see because the shape is more irregular. Just my two cents!
I agree. a beginner should always start with a fantasy creature as there are no "set rules". he should also have started with way more wood, he was so scared of carving anything away at all. that piece on the shark's cheek was bothering me the whole time
great to see you come out of your comfort zone a bit with this project. Overall body shape was great and head proportions really conveyed the shark aspect. the only weak point was the teeth/jaw, but more practice and tries will only improve your skills.
As a wood carver myself, my best advice/suggestion for another project would be to start with something more simple like a squid. It might help with your perception of dimension and organic shapes with carving since it's just a series of cones/tubes so it should be far more simple. Maybe you could add a little wooden ship and make it the Kraken for shits and giggles lol
I think you should try again. You did a great job better than I think I can do but you can definitely use what you have learned to do a better one. Great job!
You did a great job, getting that first sculpture completed builds up your confidence. Blake is absolutely amazing sculptor. Sculpting is my favorite medium. Creating 3D is far easier than 2 dimensional. ❤
Wow that's crazy an absolutely squealy . Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God Bless.
Love this! And Def try again! The burning of the wood was epic in how it turned out. Love the music used also.
Yes please to more carvings! I’m thinking a casket with skeletons coming out of it! I know it’s plenty of time until Halloween, but think about having it completed by then? Casket, casket, casket!!!
John - epoxy a moose / whitetail antler partially sticking out of table for that would look amazing and something I have not seen before…could be a clientele as well to tap into
I do power carving too; the flex shaft for the dremel may be my best/favorite purchase. It makes carving in tight spots so much easier
Good day sir. Love the channel!!! It seems that you have the basics down of how its done. Please do another video. This table looks "good" but I think you have a "AWSOME" in the future.
Blessings from South Africa.
Impressive! You did great for your first time! I’d like to see you try again! Thanks for the upload.
turned out really well hope to see more carving soon.
on that note I carve aswell and one of my favourite tools is the triton super jaws, it makes manipulating the piece sooo much easier also made larger custom jaws for it
should also take a look at manpa tools they have some amazing power carving tools that might tickle your fancy.
Just found your channel, this is the first video I'm watching I just wanna say the picture of Ron Swanson sold me immediately. I see you're a man of culture!
I drive by Animalistic every day, had no idea 'the Dow' made tables like that. Surreal seeing clips from home on UA-cam.
Scott always has awesome (massive) sculptures outside and I knew smaller ones were inside. Right now, I think he's got an 8 foot dragon in the scrap pile.
Hey John, I just recently discovered your channel and I gotta say I love it! Your not afraid to try absolutely insane ideas! Keep the great content coming please.
crushed it!!! That thing looks awesome!
Yeah you definitely should your an inspiration to a novice wood worker like me god bless man keep giving me hope on my endeavors look forward to see you make the next one
Can you do a video where you make a coffee table using construction lumber and kreg screws? That would be cool.
Yes you most definitely have to try another one. This was awesome.
This is awesome! Definitely try again using The Dow’s as inspo.
I think the end fin being at a slight angle might have helped with the scale issue you had
Love this table! My son would freak out over this table. He's obsessed with sharks, especially Megaladon. Honestly my fav part of the whole video is his name being Stew and not Stu. 😂😂 Great job! I hope to see more like this!
Fantastic work, John! Really well done! 😃
But you have a freaking CNC! You could make the basic shapes with it!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Process modification: Glue up blocks, sketch on blocks, bandsaw to rough shape, glue to table surface. Just putting it out there. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but the time savings in shaping are definitely there.
Before you glued it to the slab I think you should have used the band saw like a band saw Kelley box. Get the bulk of the wood or if there then glue to the slab and refine it from there....but 6 in 1 have dozen in the other. Great video
I think stepping out of your comfort zone and learning a new skill is rad. Maybe you could do a collab with Bobby Duke Arts since he is always doing some wood carving.
i know im late here but I speak for most of his fans, The shoutout for TheDooo was much appreciated and unexpected lol glad to see you're a fan aswell though
Great job, it came out really nice! In my opinion, I think the part that makes it look less realistic is the sharp edge on the back of its head where it meets the water. Just some feedback if you are gonna have a go at it again.
You got the skills, you got the tools. If you master anatomy as well, you'll be in a league of your own! 🎉 keep pushing!
Really. Cool congratulations for actually putting the time and risk envoled in carving. I love you tube for that. Gives alotnof artist the ability to eat and make art
Do it again for sure! This was a ton of fun to watch. Just remember that the scale of the shark is very much set by the size and location of the eyes. Making them as big as you did makes the shark seem small or juvenile.
Try it again!! It’s on the right track and I’d love to see it improved on!
Carving is always a CHALLENGE! It looks good. I would have made the tail "Swish" like tge model you have. When a shark turns even slightly its tail is what makes the turn. Super AWESOME CARVE!
Absolutely try it. I think you did an awesome job for your first time. 👍
If you're going to do it out of separate pieces it would probably be easier to carve it unattached except for the last half inch or so where it contacts the table then attach it and blend the last bit. One of the most difficult parts of carving is tool angle and being able to hold the piece in your hand while you do a majority of the carving helps with that a lot. Actually with your skill set doing a top down carving of an entire shark in a light pigmented epoxy river that it breaches out of would probably end up really cool.
Dude, This was one of your best videos ever. Loved it! 🎉
Yes again! And I think going bigger allows you to have more room for detail. You can get your hands in there. Good luck
The doo mentioned, you have been raised from the stats of epic to legendary immediately.
with that underbite you need to name it Bubbles (from trailer park boys)😂 With that said its cute and i like it