/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2153019
Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (side a), Japanese, 1786-1864; Eisen Keisai (side b), Japanese, 1790-1848

>>2153027
both sides, same block.

>>2153030
some Kawase Hasui

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Richard Earlom

Isaac Cruikshank, avin a giggle

jed henry - david bul

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>>2153049
Super Mario Kart?!

>>2153050
Oh shit, I just copped on! What a great idea!

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>>2153050
Very cute

Great idea for a thread. I don't have much time now, but I'll post up a few personal favourites.

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>>2153490
Literally everything by Hideo Takeda

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>>2153495
Seriously these are brilliant

>>2153500
Zorn was dope too

>>2153506
Hiroshi Yoshida too is boss, I wish his book wasn't so expensive.

>>2153509

Here's a lithograph I made a few months back it took about 12 hours to draw 141/2"x17"

>>2153525
Neat. Perspective is wonky, but otherwise it is pretty nice. What's the process like on that? You need to draw with wax and do some acid baths or something? Was it a difficult process? Did it need lots of specialized equipment?

>>2153530
Yes you draw directly with wax crayons and you can do some reductive work with scrappers and pieces of porcelain . You use gum Arabic and nitric acid to burn in the image in two separate processes and you let it sit for about a day before printing
It's just process intensive and there's a lot of room for error but really not difficult you'll need a specialized litho press and you have to keep the stone moist throughout the process so the ink actually stays in place . I got lucky and the CC here has great printmaking facilities

>>2153336
the mind of jed henry with the cutting skills of david bull.

>>2153480
litho??

>>2153550
Cool thanks for responding. Sounds like quite the process, and unfortunately something that I wouldn't be able to do on my own.

Are there any printing techniques that are able to be done just by your average bloke in his apartment without crazy facilities?

>>2153554
Pretty sure it's etching

>>2153558
woodblock. all you really need is the wood and a simple carving set.
and use the direct ink on block, then carve technique.
but if you want more accurate lines to carve around, you print out the image you want on light paper and rub the toner out onto the top of the woodblock with linseed oil. the toner will attatch to the block when you remove the paper. then carve.

this is a rushed description. sry

>>2153558
Yeah man of course give linocuts a Google - just big pieces of linoleum you can cut into and print at home like wood cuts but cheaper here's one I made in my bedroom with a little piece of class as an ink rolling station

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>>2153558
something im working on, via just ink on a block of wood. every thing that is currently black is what is left after carving the main figure.

>>2153573
Have you printed it yet ? All that white space above the image will definetly print some black with all the peaks and valleys maybe cut the board smaller ?

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>>2153573
Wow thank you! If you guys have more info or images you've made, please post it up :)

>>2153587
Word up man I love printmaking any excuse to share is good
Here's my first ever woodcut did last year

>>2153589
And my latest wood cut did a few months ago
16"x25"

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>>2153590
Cheers! How long do they take to carve? How many prints can you make? Can you do multiple colours or does that require multiple woodblocks for each part?

>>2153590
And a shitty print of my latest etching - gotta fix those burning bundles by burnishing some white into them and applying some softground to the figure on the left

>>2153595
They take around 20 hours to carve just because I was learning as I went - the latest one took less just because I knew how to use the tools better by that point - you can have multiple blocks or you can use reductive techniques to remove parts you want colored as you go or multiple blocks - you could probabaly pull around 100 before you get some quality degregation - I don't mess with color I'm not that good yet

>>2153566
You can do this same transfer method with carborundem too it's just more toxic !

>>2153049

His wave print series is really cool!!!

pic is my last complete lino cut.

Really glad a printmaking thread is finally taking off

>>2153940
That looks great! Any others you can share? And how big is that?

Kitagawa Utamaro

>>2155099
Post more

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>>2153587
finished the cut.
also i kinda want the top of the cut to be black, like the night sky. and then im doing a tone layer for "tree line" in background.

>>2155592
Separate blocks I like your idea post when you pull those prints