Ok, I’m eating a Pita Bread with mango chutney because it is literally the last carbohydrate in the flat: time to do some research. I should probably start by specifying some themes I’m really interested in. Right now, it’s looking to be indulgent historical and fantasy fashion. My characters are always interacting, but I’m tryingContinue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking – Research”
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Lo Fi Printmaking: Stencil Prints
We worked in groups of four to cut out stencils for our prints. Below are process images! I think we made good decisions about what would be our block background colour, how we would layer the colour and overall colour palette. I really like bright, block colours in prints. I gravitate toward screen and LinoContinue reading “Lo Fi Printmaking: Stencil Prints”
Spoiler Alert-! Xmas Card Lino Cut
For the last half of my day off yesterday I made up a Lino cut for my Christmas Card designs. While printing, I wipe away the black on the heart and nose and dab in some red. It creates a unique little print! In my thumbnails, my original design was going to be some half-eatenContinue reading “Spoiler Alert-! Xmas Card Lino Cut”
Printmaking : Artist Research
On my week off class, I took the chance to start a printmaking Pinterest board of my own. I started taking pins from Phil’s pages, then moved on to researching artists he’d mentioned on his slides throughout the weeks. Below are a few specific notes I made, but in the meantime I’ll keep collecting andContinue reading “Printmaking : Artist Research”
Lo Fi Printmaking: Relief Printmaking
Yesterday’s session was taking relief prints from cereal packet card. I used a scalpel, scissors and a ballpoint pen to draw and peel away a design of Antonia based on an ink sketch you will recognise from my I Wanna Be Handsome blog post. I was really interested in experimenting. I printed a few regularly,Continue reading “Lo Fi Printmaking: Relief Printmaking”
Lo-Fi Printmaking: Composition
Today we looked at composition, using cool letters. I made a video that you can pause and sift through or enjoy in its wholeness. The true reason I embed this is because wordpress has very strict media limits on blogs, and it was about 100mb of photos down to 0mb in an embedded video. Clever!Continue reading “Lo-Fi Printmaking: Composition”
Lo-Fi Printmaking: Monoprints
Below, in no particular order, are the drawing exercises we completed (blind drawing and partial peek drawing) and the monoprints that were inspired by the lines and shapes within them.
SEASIDE ILLUSTRATION 