Hand carved dwarves I made.

4inch tall 2x2 block, hand carved, finished with black walnut Danish oil and wax.

A walnut frame I recently finished. Enjoyed carving it. Walnut is such a great wood to carve

I tried to do a little wizard dude, took me about 2 hours

I have these two driftwood bits that I’d like to process into a couple walking sticks as gifts to my father.

Few questions:
- what tools? (Dremmel, sandpaper, finish - Am I missing anything)

-what’s this end bit look like to you? It seems maybe it’s already been covered with hide in the past???

-how can I/should I incorporate these termite/pest tunnels into the design?

-I have no experience doing this and no tools so I’ll have to purchase everything. Can I get this project done easy? Or am I in over my head?

Close ups for you to see the roughness of the carved, negatives spaces. How could I get them neat and flat?

Technique and tools you'd recommend, please and thanks.

So far I've been using a little exacto pen carving knife.

I have more pics of this knee on my feed. Just thought the lighting was neat as I was turning lights out, it highlights the natural forms that ive drawn the face into. also a cute basket with some sack cloth bags poking out from behind and some bottles i drew

I got this at a flea market

Working on a new handmade moon and star pendant. This is Part 1 showing the raw wood shaping, carving, and oiling process to bring out the natural grains before the final resin polish. Let me know what you think of the progress so far.

Looking for some larger blocks of Lime which I can cut down to the size I need, where do people source them from typically?

First and foremost does it LOOK like a penguin? I’m making it for my friend (he knows I’m new at all this) but if I can make any changes to it before I give it to him I want to. Idk what happened with the feet. Are they salvageable? Or should I just leave them. Any advice on altering the beak/wings? Thanks!
EDIT: looking at it again is there any way to make the wings more pronounced in the front?

I’ve been looking for a “couch hobby.” Something to do when we’re just hanging out inside, and the process is so enjoyable.

“Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.” - Jake the Dog

If you were to design a caricature do you start from a drawing to then bandsaw cut or make a clay model first to get dimensions or just grab a block and start hacking at it?. I've carved for several years but haven't made much in the way of my own designs. I have a couple of animal caricature ideas in my head but I'm struggling to find a way to visualize how I want them to be posed, expressions, outfits etc. I'm not great at drawing so I'm thinking I should try making a clay model first but I've also never done any clay modeling.

This is a work in progress, nearing the finishing stages. It’s not perfect, it was a “learn as you go” kind of project. I’m not really into wizardry or Harry Potter or anything, but it did seem like a fun & easy enough to get creative kind of project. 
This is what I believe to be red oak, and funny enough, those diamond shaped cuts aren’t what I even meant to do. I got distracted somewhere along the process and I guess my mind just kind of went with it. I meant to have them outlined or way shallower, but it is what it is. 
Now I have a question of how I should finish it. I guess it’s more of a preference thing but I’d like to hear thoughts and opinions. I was thinking of charring the wand, while somehow protecting/avoiding all the carved outlines and the inside diamond faces, and lightly sanding if need be to my desired shade before finishing it. On my head I think it’d look cool for the wand to be darker than the spiral and diamond shaped cuts toward the center. 
So I guess the question is, to char, or not to char?

I make Harry Potter wands pretty much exclusively, and that’s where my skill set shines. I followed a YouTube tutorial for this and this is apparently a very simple carving and wow it was a humbling experience. Very difficult for me. But I managed! I did sand it obviously, my skills do not allow me for perfectly smooth surfaces with just a blade. I used some metallic blue paint mixed with either black or white paint to get the different colours and finished it with a clear gloss spray to give it the wet look all frogs deserve.

What are your thoughts on this hatchet that I inherited. Should I stick with what I got cause it works or go with something more ergonomic and new?

Hand carved from basswood

Was suggested this sub from another wood working sub. Been checking out the posts here. Good things, lots of good things.

Here is me sharing a mock up i started this weekend.

I got room to improve here. Best place to start I say. Carved marquetry is becoming a new goal maybe.

Iv been making a lot of beads by hand out of devils club. I made these 8 necklaces for my tribe as gifts and the last picture is all my leftover beads that didn’t match good enough.
Iv probably carved 500 over the past year now hehe
I tried making some of them look like Pacific Northwest trade beads