It goes without saying that people do some pretty awesome things. Using their creativity and imagination, people create wondrous pieces of art and music. This man took his love of music and his creative mind to build something that no one has ever seen before. After weeks of dedication and hard work, the results are mindblowing!”I saw a lot of people online making bowls out of colored pencils and I thought that was really cool, but I wanted to make something that I can actually utilize and enjoy more so than a bowl when it’s finished and decided to take it up a notch,” flyjumper explained.
Flyjumper spent $120 to purchase 1,200 colored pencils to complete his unique project. “It was surprisingly not as difficult as I would have imagined,” he said. “The only real struggles didn’t come as much with the actual guitar building as much as it did with the colored pencil material.”
“The color of the colored pencil would smear when sanded with high grit sandpaper and it looked awful. So I had to figure out a way to achieve good wood/lead color without smear.” He also says that “Cutting the pencils was by far the most tedious portion of the build,” which makes a whole lot of sense.
Once it was done sitting, which took about 24 hours, he removed the mold from the box it was in. Now it was time to do the shaping, sanding, and painting.
He estimates that he spent 2-4 hours each day making the guitar. Now that he has the finished product in front of him, he’s more than happy that he spent all of that time working on it.
“It’s a one-of-a-kind guitar as of now which I guess is pretty cool, though that’s probably soon to change now that the idea’s out of the bag,” he said. He’s probably right, but will he be working on more projects like this one?
“I have a lot more ideas that I think will translate well that I’m going to take on in the future. Some that I think will even be more interesting than this colored pencil guitar.”
Maybe next he’ll create a drumset and tuba! All we know is that whatever he makes next, it will surely be just as impressive as this guitar!
**Check out how flyjumper created this unique Stratocaster-styled electric guitar with some colored pencils and a whole lot of creativity. You might just be inspired to use your imagination to create something new, as well!**