Girls on birds 3-color linoleum cut

Here are individuals from editions I did of this block print in green and pink.  I'm not sure how I feel about the way they turned out, although it is the first multi-color block print that I have done so far.  The process was frustrating, but I liked it enough to think I might try it again.

This one I like better because the ink is a lighter brown.  I inked it once and then printed it twice without re-inking it and the dark bits don't seem quite as heavy.  However, this seems to only work with the pink ones, whereas the green on the others is dark enough that it merits a near-black tone.

One of the things I like best about block printing is the lack of need for absolutely perfect inking and printing.  As you can see on this one, the green ink underneath has a good deal of paper coming through, but due to the fairly rugged nature of the process, it adds to it rather than detracts.

Sketchbook 1

The more professional I get, the more I find that my dumpy little digital camera just sucks.  It too me an unseemly long time to start taking decent pictures of my work, and having a scanner available makes things simply heavenly, and even the grungiest images look top-notch....

medecine

I will never, never be employed in the medical field.  That being said, I will always have a strong afinity for medical diagrams, especially if they are misleading or display theories which have since been disproven.  I am enamored with natural history, and I place human civilizations within that category.  Here is just a small selection of medical diagrams, charts, and other related ephemera, false, accurate, or once thought to be.

My favorite part about science class is always the drawing of diagrams.  It is very interesting to me to see human representation of the perceived universe, especially ephemera from the past, which exhibits knowledge of the time that has either since been expounded on or ridiculed.  A most interesting way to observe such an unpredictable organism as humans and humanity is to look at its self-proclaimed knowledge, and how it is illustrated.  A particularly interesting category is that of medical diagrams, which carry on their own a very potent appeal. . . .

cryptid diagram by Walmor Correa,  http://www.walmorcorrea.com.br/php/inicio.php

Tibetan vein chart

i want candykiller

 

     

Candykiller limited edition letterpress print

  I am a great fan of great genre blending, and little seems to go more seamlessly together than artist Candykiller's combo of classic toon characters with gore and dispair.  Perfectly rendered and yet entirely unique, this work ranges from the adorable to the disturbing - my two favorite categories, of anything.  Candykiller employs all types of well-executed print-making techniques, and recently has come out with a line of plush and vinyl toys that no kiddie of adult should be without.  The prints feature delightful characters I can only hope will soon be part of larger narratives, but even if not, I hope that Candykiller keeps the treats coming.

Beautiful sketches

Impressive sketchbook

Adorable dismembered toy bear

Another impressive Candykiller letterpress print

Impressive sketchbook ii

Plenty of drippy-eyed cartoon glory

"Smokin'" poster, yes it is

Grab bag .4

Unfinished bed sketch.  This is unfinished because I was too interested in the bed and couldn't decide on what would go on it, or under it.

Watercolor and india ink, a wintry couple with branches.  This is from my first semester at art school, so it is a bit old.

Peeling, unable-to-be-saved pangolin stencil, for trays. Who knows why I decided to cut all of those tiny scales out of newsprint instead of something sturdier. 

Selections.1

  Every new job I am assigned in Special Collections is new and completely different from the one before it.  However, I have to say that graphic materials are my favorite things to look at.  They are trickier to light and photograph than three-dimensional objects, but paper ephemera from the past never ceases to interest me.  This entry features the best of the correspondence to Walter Jaeger over the years he spent overseas, mostly in France, during World War I.  It is a small part of a much lager collection of artifacts, including uniform items, a set of bloody longjohns, honor pins and several albums of photographs.

 

Many of the postcards were in a similar vein to this one: chauvinistic postcards printed with hopeful and patriotic sayings to be sent to the soldier at war.  As it happens, most of the postcards have no more than a quick and to-the-point sentence written on the other side, with generalized best wishes.

This card I like only because of the landscape in the background, but I don't know what about it appeals to me so. It seems very stylized and of-the-era.

illustration - Byron Eggenschwiler

I just now stumbeled upon this artist
                                          http://www.byronegg.com/#

His name is Byron Eggenschweiler and I dig his vibe.