here's to Mat K for putting on a cool show for a wonderful cause. I would love to see the Autumn Society occasionally do more to give back, and Toys for Tots this season will bring a lot of joy to a lot of kidsi was honored to collaborate on the flyer with Mat, and had the most fun i have had drawing all year trying to capture the joy that came with getting a good toy on Christmas. Besides adding a little something for the drop box, my contribution to the wall was printing our flyer art onto watercolor paper. i then added watercolors, pencil flourishes, and even a little glow in the dark paint to the robot and his ray gun sparks.
Happy Holidays to everyone
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Smart man! Did you just print out the linework? I really dig how it sort of bleeds. Scott Brundage was doing something like this, but I don't think his lines were bleeding. Apparently, its how Peter de Seve works sometimes.
this looks gorgeous, man! i love all the texture and the linework looks great on that paper. keep working like this!!!
thanks so much for the kind words guys, especially coming from you two.
i printed the kid & toy (from flyer), and the lines of the wall/molding/etc (also in illustrator), with some wallpaper texture, light value lines, etc. (not as magical the more i explain how the sausage gets made). then some various pencils and paints. i'd say in truth it's still over 3/4 digital, alas. 99% in time spent digitally inking vs. whipping pigment
the printing on watercolor paper worked better than i could've hoped, but i felt a bit like an idiot throwing water all over it and watching it bleed. in these "gallery" settings, we're so concerned over archival prints or "museum quality" that i freaked out a little that i was doing something unforgivable somehow. in the end though, it's still one of a kind, makes it look more like a painting (to me) with all its warts and blemishes, and for the time being, i think i would totally like to keep working like this (offer prints with hand done flourishes). i mean really, all my mixed media pieces are paintings i messed around with in the computer, this is just the only time i've ever gone about that backwards. plus i have paintings that have faded with time (and poor storage, sun, or degradable materials like beet juice tomfoolery), so i can't sweat that i have a cyborg piece with pencil, cheap cmyk inkjet cartridges, and cheap glow in the dark gimmickry.
interesting Chris about Scott & deSeve, i wonder how they maintain line/ink fidelity (better ink quality than my Canon i'm sure, and lighter more tasteful hands perhaps)
thanks Alex, always appreciate your encouragement!
que lindo y tierno!
This is awesome!
Great line, warm color, design, and texture. This picture is dripping with personality. I love everything about it!
i love this! and i enjoy reading your explanations of it. nothing against digital prints at all, i just prefer unique pieces so i definitely think you should keep working like this with the added flourishes to your prints. i've been wanting to learn and practice screen printing in the future so i could do series somewhat similiar to that idea.
and the bleeding definitely works for you.
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