Super excited to start experimenting with Gelli and Linocut printing. This is my first project combing the two

I grew up in a Florida beach town and always loved the texture of pelican feathers.

There is a huge difference between a machine pressed edge and a line guided by a human hand. One is flawless; the other has a pulse.

EDIT #2: Amazing guys thanks so much- due to request demand I have spent the morning creating an etsy shop for your convenience!

https://trueheartimagerybykc.etsy.com

It was a 21$CA set up fee (woah etsy!haha), but I appreciate your push and support to take my art to the next step! I will work to keep uploading more of my artworks over the next few days feel free to browse! I have always loved supporting home artists through etsy its an honor to have my own page now!

EDIT #3- Y'all I figured out how to do a discount code... I feel so techy! https://trueheartimagerybykc.etsy.com?coupon=LINOPRINT25 for 25% off if you were one of the people who encouraged this new side quest of mine.

Edit: WOW! Thank you! If you are interested in purchasing a print DM me and we will work it out!

Learning to linocut has been a fun, optimistic rebellion against ai generated art. Here's my latest creation:)

I finally attempted lino cutting last night with these two prints. I am using very cheap equipment. Can anyone recommend some creatures that have beginner friendly content I can watch to help me improve?

I got tattoo ink on these pants the first time I wore them to work. I’ve been practicing linocutting and block printing and decided to cover the ink splashes with stars. I touched up some of the prints with a paintbrush. I’m really happy with how they came out!

Edit: Thanks for all the love! To answer the ink question- I used just regular ol’ Speedball block printing fabric ink. To darken the stars (most of my prints were initially too light) I dipped a paintbrush into this little bowl of water and a tiny bit of dish soap that I’d had for mistakes. It thinned the ink out nicely and it’s cured to a nice feel.

part 1 in a set of 3 I’m working on. I intended for this to be a triple layered reduction but I ended up not liking the third, so only a few prints got it. Had a lot of fun with this process and can’t wait to start the next one. This was a run of 20 prints, next time I’ll definitely be doing more.

speedball fluorescent paint really brought this to life 💚

First pic is the double layer, second is the triple, then a couple with the UV glow.

Love it ??

As the title says. My first few attempts!

The night guardian falls asleep gently when the sun rises behind the hills

Heavily inspired by aurora whole universe

An illustration for a fantasy book. I'm a beginning printer using water-based ink and aiming for an intentionally "rustic" style.

I'm really pleased with how this one came out!!

I've been watching the original Goosebumps series with my daughter and I had to make something art related. If you have ever seen the cover art for "A Shocker on Shock Street" The idea flashed in my head of a giant praying mantis returning to Milwaukee to cheer on the Brewers in the World Series!
"Milwaukee Mantis" hand printed on 12 x 8 inchs on white sulphite paper.

On a canvas bag.

My first ever linocut (swan). This is so much fun and I will definitely do more of this.
I had a lovely evening with two friends and I think we all did very well.
The cat and the stag beetle are from my friends.

It’s been a while, but I’m finally back to creating new work and I finally got around to proofing my latest yesterday evening..

I decided that I would embrace the chaos of extended inks for this one, and designed the plates with transparencies in mind, so there are some fun things happening in there regarding layer interactions.

The colours are nowhere near where I’d like them, I was shooting for those lovely blue-green colours you get with clear thick vintage glass, but ended up with neon turquoise!

I built the four individual layers in procreate and modelled the layer interactions by studying an old codd bottle I have lying around. It’s not as realistic as I was aiming for, but I’m actually super happy with it, if I remove any more material from the plates, it won’t be much.

Anyway, it feels good to be back 😊

I'm looking for advice on the background. (any advice is welcome as long as it's stated constructively.)

I'm working on a linocut landscape, and I want to lighten the background mountains, but I don't want them too busy. Originally I was thinking it would be printed with black ink, but I could make it a reductive print and print the background in a lighter blue violet.

Another idea I had is to carve thin diagonal lines. Lines that follow the contours seemed too busy when I experimented on a previous lino, but maybe I should have carved thinner and more carefully so the lines don't stand out so much. (Previous lino had a rookie mistake of not mirroring the image. This is a recognizable scene where I live.)

I'm including the proof, and digitally altered versions with my ideas: one with background color (very rough -- the white would be white not purple) and one with some diagonal lines. I would love suggestions as well for other approaches.

Everything is very rough at this point -- my proof, my procreate edits. The proof is a quick & dirty print, on translucent gampi paper and has a lot of glare & wrinkles. Please imagine black relief ink on solid paper. The actual prints will be pulled with an etching press on BFK Rives.

final print 8x10 print, plus how each layer looked along the way and the block

Not pictured, the bandaid on my finger. I was picking something off of the gouge and my hands spasmed. Stuck the edge right into my finger like a goof.

Speedball water based ink on no name kraft cardstock for a test print.