Scratchboard

This is my scratchboard. I used tools to carve the black. I started with a picture of my cat and graphed a one inch grid on the picture, than graphed a one inch graph on the scratchboard. I than went square by square and took the highlights.

I used texture, value, and space. I used texture because of the scratching. I used value from the shading. I used space by using the whole scratchboard.

Theres not much of a meaning to this. this relates to me because this is my cat. I am also holding my cat. If I could go back and fix something, id fix where my hand is. It doesn't look like a hand.