I’m no artist but I really enjoy pictures and prints with complex (“noisy”) elements. There’s an artist I see on Twitter sometimes that posts pictures of doodles from her notebook that are wonderfully busy.
I asked if it would be oK for me to play around with one of her pictures and was generously given permission. No plans to use it for anything, just wanted practice in Inkscape and experiment with how far cheap baltic birch can be pushed before it disintegrates.
Set up most of the picture as an engrave, but for some pieces I wanted to cut through. Cut tests first:
Really cooked that sucker.
The “vanes” in the center circle were way too thin, and the power might have been a hair high.
Did some editing in Inkscape (hadn’t played with insets much yet, so this was a good time) and tweaked the power down and tried again:
Much happier with this, and since I was eager to get the rest of the pic done I tried again and included the engrave:
So happy with the result! I pinged the artist just now; hope she likes it.
And yes, that center circle is so evocative of Dr. Strange’s window. LOVE IT. 
For anyone who cares:
Used cheap baltic birch, 0.123" thick, masked by hand with masking tape
Cut: 220 Zoom, Full Pew, 1 pass (GF Pro)
Engrave: 700 Zoom, 70 Pew, 225 lpi 1 pass
Now I gotta go paint my deck. 
