- Here all my finished lino cuts, one thing I learn from cutting these linos is that where there is a large area of plain white space, its easier to cut it straight out with a blade rather than digging it all out with a tool (that could still print some texture) just making sure it is all connected as one piece and you dont cut away any sections fully from the sheet. It seems really obvious now but this is a good tip and will speeds up the cutting process.
- I used three identical squares of lino to cut each on so that made the consistent square composition easy to achieve.
- Im really pleased with the finish set. I like the pattern that runs through them all, The uneven stripes and dots have translated well into a lino print.
- My favourite designs have to be the crocodile and the fox, maybe this is because im used to working with a human face, and the animal faces look different to work I normally produce. Its also interesting to see how my bold tribal line qualities can be applied to animal faces as well as human faces.
- Each printed really cleanly and bold with dense black. It can often take me a few prints to get the density im looking for, but these printed well straight away. I think because they are full compositions, the ink could easily be applied flat and evenly, especially when using the large roller that covers the full width.
- I decided to run with the sun set background, and use it for all of the characters. I thought I would cut it and print it at the same time as the characters to speed up the process, because I would need to back in the print room asap to colour blend (screen print) the background in loads of different colours.
Scans...
Background positive, ready to be screen printed.
- I had considered screen printing the lino characters on to the colour blend backgrounds, but this could be to complicated and un efficient, it will be much easier to digitally construct the final images, and get them digitally printed.
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