Our second relief print project will have 3 colors (plus black/white) and be 18 inches wide.

Here’s the image I created to be reproduced tediously in linoleum. The character and police cars were sketched in Lightwave 3D and digitally painted over with the rest of the image in photoshop.

To be honest I’m not terribly excited about doing color reduction. What happens is you cut away the white, print one color, cut away some more, print another color, and continue this until it’s done. What that means is that after you’ve cut a second time, you can never print the previous layer again. So unlike the simple black and white, the prints I do while cutting are the only prints my block can ever produce.

The alternative is to make separate blocks for different colors, but this makes registration much harder. I still haven’t really decided which approach I’ll take yet.

I’m in a beginner sculpture class and our first project will be an aluminum cast. We make the model out of styrofoam, pack sand around it to make the mold, and pour in the molten aluminum.

Here’s what I have so far. I found some interesting styrofoam and decided to utilize the shapes that were already there (while modifying it to my liking). I asked the professor if it’d be alright to add other objects to it and he gave me the go ahead, so I’m going to be experimenting with integrating a touch of new media. I don’t think it’ll be interactive, but I may use some electronics to give it a sort of cyberpunk aesthetic.

edit: Here’s an update:

I prototyped how some of the other materials will work. I also intend to add plexiglass so that it looks a bit like a monitor. If I have time, I’d like to have the blue pieces house colored LEDs and sandblast a simple design into the plexiglass.

This is my source image — a photo I took in Kyoto. This is for a class — our first project is a linoleum black and white print.

Using carbon paper, I transfer lines to the linoleum block.

Here’s a close shot at the clouds I carved away

Here’s my first test print. It’s not a big deal, but for the next project I’ll mirror the source image before starting. There’s some parts I’ve started cleaning up, but I like it so far.