books!

Last silkscreen project! For me, this one was mostly about experimenting with new inks, flocking, and attempting to print on something other than paper. I had fun with the flocking, even though it's pretty messy and gets everywhere. Flocking is a soft velvety finish that you can put on a print. When you buy it at a craft store it's a bag of soft fluffy stuff (really fine particles). I also tried using metallic ink for the first time. It's pretty much the same as normal ink, just need more passes to get a nice solid gold color.


silkscreened books


silkscreened book with flocking


silkscreened book


silkscreened book

I also made a few prints of each of the designs, mostly as test prints to figure out what colors I would use, and placement of the different stencils. I think I like the prints better than the books.


silkscreen print


silkscreen print

....and some process pics. This first one is the jig I made out of foamcore to adjust for the height of each book (so the screen is flat and not floating in the air - floating not good). Hmm... I don't know why the photo is sideways...



Test prints for the blue-pink gradient before actually printing on the book. I wanted to make sure I got a nice blend of colors on the book.

A couple sketches from the last Ill'n life drawing. There was a toga theme, so lots of bedsheets and imaginary dismembered heads.


pencil


pencil

I think these were both about 10 minute poses. I can almost get the whole figure roughed out in 10-15 minutes now, so definitely improving. :)

DesignSponge Portfolio

These are all school assignments completed in 2010. The majority of them are from the current semester (September to December).

Illustration for a magazine article about Facebook and the jealousy it can cause in romantic relationships.

silkscreen

Portrait of the band Weezer.

mixed media (acrylics, oils, pencil crayon, collage)

Custom book cover design for a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories.

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Custom book cover for a dictionary.

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Illustration for a war poster recruiting orcs (from the Lord of the Rings).

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Silkscreen project. Assignment was to re-interpret a cliche phrase.

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Silkscreen project. Artist trading cards. This piece was in a recent exhibit titled "In Print" in the Concourse Gallery at Emily Carr.

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Silkscreen poster assignment.

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Print project from Intro to Print Media class.

intaglio print