I'm allergic to dogs so I can't exactly have one, but that won't stop me from dreaming.
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Linocut Cat
I don't do printmaking often (mostly because I don't have a press, or access to one) but occasionally I'll get the urge to do a little linoleum printing because a wooden spoon is almost as good as a press for this process. Sort of. This first image is the digital sketch that I used to transfer onto the blocks.
And here we have the finished print in black and metallic gold. My only regret is that it's nigh impossible to digitally capture the glitter in it.
By the Docks
Honestly out of the three Samantha pieces, this one was my favorite. Partly because it was the most fun I'd had with textures up to this point, but also because it had the most digital intervention I guess? Adding or manipulating shadows has become super important in more current work.
Attack of the Killer Ceiling Fan
This is the second of that series. One of my illustrations crushes Victo Ngai came in to our ink class to participate in the critique. She seemed to like my noir fish people enough, but was distracted by the previous crop of this image...
...In which the ceiling fan seemed to be... the source of drama. I guess it makes sense that that would happen with characters that can only stare upward, mouths agape. I did my best.
Intro to Compositing
I took our friend from my previous post and continued using her for the next few pieces. This one, part of a series of three, was an assignment using two characters and three scenes... Which ended up being a super fun way to play around and find variety in repositioning existing elements.
Samantha
As part of an ink class assignment, I did an ink wash piece with the skeleton of a magical creature. This little lady here is the first thing I ever did in dye based ink, which is by far my favorite media now. Her name is Samantha, and she has an entire backstory that... I think I won't go into right now. But maybe one day...
Wrath
I did two versions of this assignment- the first piece (as well as the critique it got) weren't what I wanted, so I went back and did a more carefully rendered version of basically the same thing. I forget sometimes how helpful it is to throw out a bad drawing and just start from scratch.
This piece was done in FW acrylic inks- they aren't my favorite, but they carry some really fun colors.
Back to the Beginning...
With a new website comes a new blog... Here for the first few posts, a little look back at art school and a little later, the things I've done in my first year out. For those of you who have traveled back this far, thank you- it's been quite a journey!