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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Horsefly -- test prints
Did some test prints of my paleo-horsefly this afternoon, working out some colorways.
Yellow ochre or vanilla print. ;-j
More like what I'm aiming for: yellow ochre, red and thalo blue, with a touch of white to lighten up the colors.
Had to keep adding water as the ink was drying fast. Must be dry today. My hands feel like sandpaper, but that's par for printing. Used my baren and wooden spoon and some sketch paper.
I'm feeling smuggly productive today, after days of displacement. ;- j ¶ 4:49 PM 2 Comments
Yellow ochre or vanilla print. ;-j
More like what I'm aiming for: yellow ochre, red and thalo blue, with a touch of white to lighten up the colors.
Had to keep adding water as the ink was drying fast. Must be dry today. My hands feel like sandpaper, but that's par for printing. Used my baren and wooden spoon and some sketch paper.
I'm feeling smuggly productive today, after days of displacement. ;- j ¶ 4:49 PM 2 Comments
Friday, November 13, 2009
Paleo-Horse Fly -- Possible Colorways
I can displace all day. ;-j Trying out a couple of colorways in colored pencil.
The blue-green is more eye-popping.
But I'm leaning toward this orangey-purple colorway.
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The blue-green is more eye-popping.
But I'm leaning toward this orangey-purple colorway.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Paleo-Horse Fly -- Faux Print
Faux print -- darkened mirror image scan of the block, to see how it's coming along. Not bad. A couple iritating chips that leap out at me. A little more work around the lower right wing.
Don't know if I'll carve out the black background or leave it as a frame. ¶ 1:24 PM 2 Comments
Faux print -- darkened mirror image scan of the block, to see how it's coming along. Not bad. A couple iritating chips that leap out at me. A little more work around the lower right wing.
Don't know if I'll carve out the black background or leave it as a frame. ¶ 1:24 PM 2 Comments
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Paleo-Horse Fly WIP
Started carving.
It's going pretty quickly. Not happy with a couple of choices I made. I'll see if I can carve my way out of a corner or have to start over. Maybe I'll try it both ways and see which one I prefer.
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Monday, November 09, 2009
Paleo-Horse Fly -- a sketch
Getting back into carving. I want to have something new for the Loscon art show in a couple weeks. Something small.
Here's a computer-cobbled sketch for a new paleo-mythos critter, a paleo-horse fly. I sketched the horse from a Przewalski horse and added some dragonfly wings I found on google. Still working up the details. I'd like the wings to be lighter than the background, but that may not work.
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Friday, October 02, 2009
The Battle is Lost
There will be no Pelican/Knight woodcut for Kitty.
This is so sad I can barely type it. Kitty has succumbed to the H1N1 virus -- swine flu. She was young and strong and so vibrant just a few short weeks ago, and now she is gone. It hit her fast and it hit her hard, going straight into pneumonia, and she never recovered. She passed away yesterday when they took her off of life support. She was only 27.
Folks, H1N1 is no joke. It is horrifyingly real. We all know young people and they are the most at risk (behind those with pre-existing conditions). Please see that your friends and loved ones get the vaccination when it comes out.
And if you disagree please don't post it here. I am grieving.
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This is so sad I can barely type it. Kitty has succumbed to the H1N1 virus -- swine flu. She was young and strong and so vibrant just a few short weeks ago, and now she is gone. It hit her fast and it hit her hard, going straight into pneumonia, and she never recovered. She passed away yesterday when they took her off of life support. She was only 27.
Folks, H1N1 is no joke. It is horrifyingly real. We all know young people and they are the most at risk (behind those with pre-existing conditions). Please see that your friends and loved ones get the vaccination when it comes out.
And if you disagree please don't post it here. I am grieving.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
The Battle Continues
The knight's portion didn't seem to be holding its own, so I now have it capturing the pelican's foot in the belt (as the pelican is biting the belt). Now each has a hold on the other. Getting there.
And I'm thinking orange, because it is a favorite color of Kitty's. ¶ 7:05 PM 0 Comments
The knight's portion didn't seem to be holding its own, so I now have it capturing the pelican's foot in the belt (as the pelican is biting the belt). Now each has a hold on the other. Getting there.
And I'm thinking orange, because it is a favorite color of Kitty's. ¶ 7:05 PM 0 Comments
