Thesis Pieces = Reeces Pieces?

Hey.
So i have been working my tookus off for at least two days solid on my first of four thesis pieces yes i truly hate saying that it always makes me think of reeces pieces, any who i thought i should post the start of this first piece.The image you see to the left is of the wood cut poster for the HonFest that im currently working on this is the first stage after transferring my image to wood i than trace the image in sharpie and begin to cut places that i have shaded black will stay black in the long run of the wood cut. The next step in making this image is to start to cut. I use a dermal tool for all my cuts, this is not the traditional way of making a wood cut but i does speed up the process vastly and i get to use poor tools which is always a REALLY big plus!
To the right is photo the photo of my block after all of the cuts have been made. And by the way the pic at the top is of my new favorite attachment! just had to show it off.