My photo emulsion has finally arrived, so I have just exposed my first Photo Emulsion coated screen.
Above you can see the screen, and positive during exposure, and then below the screen after I had just given it a good blast of water to remove the Photo Emulsion.
I will be printing this design as soon as the screen has dried off. It's called 'Night Owl' and is a departure from my normal style, but am enjoying using silk screen printing as a chance to be creative, and have fun outside of my normal drawing style.
I will be selling my prints, so will keep you posted!
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After spending hours working in Photoshop, I sometimes get a craving to do some 'real' art, and on one of these occassions recently I bought a Speedball silk screen printing set.
This is my first attempt at using Diazo Screen filler, which you can either paint on directly with a brush (as I have), or use in combination with Drawing Fluid in order to get a positive print (i.e where the line you draw is printed, rather than the gaps left which are printed, as above).
I've been pleased with the Speedball kit overall, comes with pretty much all you need to make basic prints, but if you want to make prints using the photo emulsion method (which will be my next step) then you will need to buy additional materials.
My design above is for a Christmas card, and will be moving on to more complex prints with more than one colour. I'm hoping to be able to achive a thinner line and more detail using the Photo Emulsion method.
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Thought it might be nice for people to see some of the prep work that goes into my final illustrations. Before I break out the ink I do quite a few pencil and fineliner drawings/ideas/composition experiments.
I am currently working on a very large fairground poster size illustration, so there is a lot more prep work involved that normal. Above you can see a rough layout sketch and the giant pile of paper that is my prep for this illustration so far!
I am at the stage where I know what I want the image to look like, so now need to go into ink. I dread to think how long this piece is going to take to draw (let alone colour!)
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Lack of posts lately down to a number of things, one of which is that I went to Shambala Festival with my friend and fellow illustrator Laura Elliott last weekend.
Lots of fun was had, good music, talented poets, beatboxers and acrobats, and lots of lovely tea and cake. However one of my favourite moments of the weekend was decorating this Chinese Lantern with Laura. You were supposed to write your worries and fears on the lanterns, before releasing them into the sky en mass, however we decided to opt for silliness, because I think that people would a lot happier if they drew more silly pictures and wouldn't have so many worries and fears!
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I'm pleased to say that three of my illustrations have been featured in the new 'Big Book of Contemporary Illustration' by Martin Dawber, published by Batsford.
The 'Big Book of Contemporary Illustration' features 400 pages of inspiring contemporary illustration by over 160 illustrators.
Blurb from the back of the book -
Covering the broad range of illustration today, "Big Book of Contemporary Illustration" showcases traditional methods such as painting, sketching and collage alongside computer-aided techniques using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and 3D Studio Max. Whether the art is made using embroidery, found-object sculpture, typography or digitally manipulated photography, this book demonstrates the strength of contemporary illustration, which is undergoing a major revival. This is an essential sourcebook for any creative professional or student and all those who appreciate the art of illustration.
Click here to see the Big Book of Contemporary Illustration on Amazon.
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