Don’t bother sitting down, because you’ll only stand right back up again: ahead lies the final print edition! Delightful! Although I had been really struggling with the workload of this term, this module has always been a breath of fresh air. It was a chance to step all the way back and look at thingsContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking: FINAL!”
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Lo-Fi Printmaking – Lino Layer
oh YEAH babey! The image below is actually upside-down, and is all my test prints resting on our drying laundered bedsheets stretched across chairs. Just so you know what you’re looking at. So, registering the lino was always going to be hard. Because I was combining printmaking methods, one registration matrix would not be appropriateContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking – Lino Layer”
Lo-Fi Printmaking: Stencil Layer
I sorted out the stencil prints. I want to say I sorted them today for narrative points, but it was a couple of days ago. I took an A3 sheet of paper, and registered the cut acetate roughly to the center. This didn’t have to be surgical, because the lino layer will play the largestContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking: Stencil Layer”
Lo-Fi Printmaking: Lino Cut!
Huge progress as I finished the lino cut! I am utterly sideways with excitement for how this turns out. I’ve actually done the stencil now but I’m making it two posts because I’ve been putting off writing this one up. And my bandwith is all tied up dealing with a drive video, so I can’tContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking: Lino Cut!”
Lo-Fi Printmaking: Lino Progress
I mocked up my Jester as a final image in Procreate. This featured two layers: the lino layer, and the colour layer underneath. I saved both and uploaded them into indesign at exactly the same size, to use as guides to creating stencils and lino. I thought carefully about bleed, and my colour layers goContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking: Lino Progress”
Lo-Fi Printmaking – Digital Experiments
Today Phil showed us some ways we can digitally manipulate images, and I tried to be brave. I find it hard to push myself to make new, interesting things: once something looks good I tend to pull my hands back as quickly as possible and let it be. But there’s an art and a courageContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking – Digital Experiments”
Lo Fi Printmaking- Kitchen Litho
Phil has talked to me about kitchen litho before, so it was quite fun closure to get to do a workshop on it with him. A lot of the illustrators I’ve talked to that were in the workshop or have done this module didn’t like kitchen litho much at all. I really quite enjoyed theContinue reading “Lo Fi Printmaking- Kitchen Litho”
Lo-Fi Printmaking: Composition Ideas
I picked what I thought was the most successful pose and colour combination, and mocked up a series of different compositions. To get a few fresh pairs of eyes, I showed these images to a few people. The majority of people liked the first image, which is my favourite too. One person did like theContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking: Composition Ideas”
Lo Fi Printmaking – Print Tests
I wanted to run a quick print test, investigating whether a lino cut print would show up well on top of stencilled paint printing. I was dubious about this because right when I started lino printing years ago, I tried to hand print a two colour lino print. What I found was, the thickness ofContinue reading “Lo Fi Printmaking – Print Tests”
Lo-Fi Printmaking – Idea Development
So, I’m going to try my very hardest to illustrate the thought process that has led to my idea for a print. We start with some of my research, specifically William Nicholson’s woodblock prints. I was always interested in “D for Dandy”, thinking I could create a similar print but with different fashion I’m interestedContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking – Idea Development”
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