The image of Moira Blaise, one of my Vampire: Dark Ages characters, and her pet crow, were drawn on the top in oil pencil and a light stain was applied over the whole box, so the stain shows through in any spots that were not heavily oil-penciled.  (I'm particularly proud of the crow as I don't draw animals well typically.)  The inside is lined with red felt.   I have since added a small raised wood cross on the front approximately where one might put a lock.  Inside I keep my blood red D10's.	Basically a box for my dice for that "evil" game they call D&D.  I've applied a 2-step painting technique for simulating a "leather" finish, then with white paint I drew the pattern which is basically a pentacle with an orouboros (a snake eating it's own tail) encircling the star.	My Pencil Box.  I drew the figure of Audra Blue onto an unfinished "cigar box" in pastel colored oil penciles then coated the whole thing in a light stain and varnish.  The inside is lined in red felt to muffle the sound of pencils rattling about.
9" x11" Box.  Stained.  Design drawn on in oil pencil.  A woodburning tool was used to trace the area around the drawing.  A "crackle" solution was applied over top to create a weathered effect, then brown paint was brushed into the cracks and the whole thing was laquered.  Then furntiure studs (for leather couches) were nailed into the lid as a finishing touch.   The inside is not lined, because the mere fraction of an inch of felt would prevent a sheet of paper from fitting easily inside with my dice and other gaming paraphernalia.	Primered with spray primer, hand painted with acrylic paints in the image of the young patriot, Anthem.  Lined with red felt.	Another Anthem themed box, hexagonal.  Same method as at left.  Holds my red, white, and blue D6's.
A deck box that perfectly holds 2 decks of Magic: The Gathering cards (or similar CCG cards) though here I've loaded it with my peach dice for some reason.  Stained and then etched with a woodburning tool.	Two sliding panels on the top, painted with acrylics, the eye painted in metallic bronze.  Holds loose CCG cards.	The "Gazelle" Box (for lack of a better name).  Primered then sprayed with crackling paint, the image added in Oil Pencil, then lacquered.
Pencil length Dice rolling tray, lined in felt.  Wood is finished with a faux leather finish.	Moira again, this time on a crackle finish.  Based on a colored pencil drawing I did, I used graphite paper to get the general shape of the original drawing onto the surface and then drew the rest in again.  Roughly 9" x 11" interrior.  I've added (crude) compartments inside for pencils and such, with enough space to lay a thin book on top inside and still close it.	This finish was done with a special color-changing paint.  You can see how it's got metallic properties in the flash photo.  It's a deck box that holds two CCG decks.
One of my first boxes, this was an attempt to do a whole picture with a woodburning tool.  It's too clumsy a tool to work with for fine work.  The lacquer took a long time to dry on the burnt areas.  It was difficult and not worth the result.	Faux Granite Box. It's hard to see the emblem unless you click on the picture. It's a traditional Celtic design that I dug into the surface with a woodburning tool. I then sprayed a faux spray finish over the whole thing, including the inside. Looks deceptively heavy.	. . .