Not bad for a first attempt!! The font especially is excellent, thats always a challenging thing to burn and you made it look easy!!
Are you hooked yet?!? It didn't take me long to catch the fire bug =D

Advice.....The biggest piece of advice I can give if you get really addicted and plan to do this for a long time is to get a different burner.
I am not very good with the crafters burner XD
If I tried to use the one you have there to do half of the burns in my gallery, ni doubt they would have turned out the way that they did LOL!

HOWEVER! This does not mean you could never do really awesome, like-life stuff with that tool, there are MANY pyro artists out there that use tools like this or even more primitive ones than that and do AMAZING things! It just comes down to skill and your ability to know how to manipulate the tools you have.
BUT...I didn't want you getting discourage just in case things are not burning quite how you think they should or want them to, thinking I use the same kind of burner =D
Not sure if you seen this, but I made a little tutorial to explain everything I use with links to sites you can buy pyrography materials: burners, pens, wood, etc.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6738225/

This stuff can get pricey, but if you treat your tools right they last for years and you can more than make your money back on them should you choose to sell any of them.
If you are looking to spend as little as possible I would go with the cub: http://www.gregdorrance.com/colwood.....ner-p-637.html That was the first burner I had (still have) and would still be using to this day had my grandfather not bought me a new one for Christmas. It does the same exact things as the other, more expensive ones, you just can't plug two pens in at a time (which I usually forget I can do that with the newer one sometimes LOL). The pens are what is going to get you, but I would start out with the same three I have listed/pictures. There are tons of different ones, but those three are the basic three you would want, and whenever you get comfortable you could always branch out and get more =D

Other than equipment, the best piece of advice I can give is to view everything in sepia tones or black and white to get an idea of how to shade and what not, and look for some pyro videos on Youtube. If you have any experience in pen and ink and the techniques used to create images with it then you can easily apply those to burning =D

But if you ever have any questions I would be more than happy to help ya out =D
I am excited you are burning!!!!!

Ja, I am definitely hooked...i knew i would be. I always enjoy working with wood...i used to do a lot of wood lathe work when i had a machine shop i worked in. And ive always enjoyed doing carving and shaping.

I got the nicest burner they had available at the time. (Creative Versa-Tool by Walnut Hollow). It has a heat dial to work anything from leather and wax to ceramics foam board and soldering. Has interchangable tips and all so i can at least get a feel for how different bits play out. I think the hardest thing will be determining how much heat to use for what >,> it really didnt come with much of a guide for what kinds of woods to use for what temps. Once i get a bit steadier, I will look into a better tool for it, but i think this will work for the early learning stages.

I will definitely take a look at your links. I love learning techniques and putting them to practice. Eventually ill be able to save up and get a nicer set of tools.

Thank you very much for the advice and help. Honestly, I think you are what finally pushed me into going through and getting starting stuff so I could do this, so I definitely owe you a very big thank you for that XD I will probably poke you several times along the way as I try to pick up the basics...I do have a good bit of shading experience with pencil, so i have that to work with. Hopefully it will be a nice easy transition in that method. I like thinking in grayscale as well XD all my fursonas are greyscale colors anyways XD

Eeep! Just not seeing this comment XD My bad!!!

I am happy to have given you that extra push!!!! Burn baby burn!!!! Haha =P
Combining your prior wood skills with burning should make for some interesting projects from you! I can't wait to see how you mix them together!!

Like with all things, the more you work at it the better you will get and the more comfortable you will be =D Having pencil experience will really help you too!!
All woods burn slightly different but to help you so figuring out your temps would be easier if you try to stick to one wood in the beginning so you kinda get a feel for it. The best thing you could do is get yourself what we call a "buddy board" LOL Its basically a piece of scrap wood to test your pen on before burning your project to see how high or low you need to go before possibly going to dark on an area you mean to be light. Also, when dealing with light areas (especially skin AH! hate skin!!!) build layers. Start light and just keep going until you find that happy medium you want it to be at. Sometimes this takes forever....but...you will be happier with it than if you tried to get it right off the rip =P Patience patience patience!!!!

But like I said, if I can help you out in any way just give me a shout =P More than happy to help ya! <3

ja sounds like a good plan to me =^-^=~~ my second one turned out a good bit better than this one, tho i bent the tip and possibly broke it...>,> gotta see if i have a tap of the right size at work to fix the threading...

I picked up a bundle of plaques at the store when i got the iron, so i have 45 pieces of the same material to practice with =^-^=~~Should have a good time practicing with that...then may move up to some higher quality woods