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Really nice art, love your style a lot! :3
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Your welcome! :3
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Thank you for following me!
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hey there~
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Yep yep! Getting everyone that's posting their weasyl's lately. XD
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Well hullo! And aaaahh, you're a printmaker?! What kind of prints do you make? :D
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I mostly do woodcut! I'm starting to branch out into screen though! I've got an independent study this semester to focus on making things in the vein of Jay Ryan :3
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Awesome! I have yet to do actual woodcut; my only relief print experience is just lino. Still fun though. Screenprinting is the shit, and I am jealous. I miss having the space for it. I still have my screens, just nowhere I can use them and nowhere to dry prints. One day!
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We've got an entire room at school dedicated to screen XD It's really nice. We've got some pretty high mesh screens, too. Relief is super fun. I switched from lino because I didn't care a lot for the feel. Still, I use MDF instead of normal wood blocks because it gives me the freedom to carve without worrying about the grain.
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Alas, I dun graduated and no longer have access to all them fancy studio spaces. I miss it! Ah well. Perhaps soon I'll be able to live in a place with a garage, where there's a lot of room and it doesn't matter what happens to the floor. It's my dreaaam.
MDF for woodblock, eh? That hadn't occurred to me, and it sounds like a really good idea. The internet is saying that it needs to be sealed a couple of times to keep it from warping, is that your experience? I miss printmaking and it seems like with my setup and available space, relief is probably the most doable.
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I've never had a problem with warping with it. I also use oil-based inks and mineral spirits, so that might have something to do with it. I'm thinking of sealing them with shellac anyway, though, so the ink doesn't stain the block and I can pull states more easily.
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Oil-based may be part of it. My studio space is now the same space as my bedroom, so if it ain't water-based I pretty much don't use it. P: I miss having a legit studio space.
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I hate the feel of most available water-based inks for block printing though XD They're slippery instead of sticky and not as reliable. I think I would either put a fan facing outward in the window or brave the fumes rather than work with them XD
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Oh are they? That's disappointing. I haven't actually had occasion to use them yet. Noted, though.
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The ones I used were. They were the Speedball brand I think? They were a bit of a pain on wood, because wood likes to absorb the first few runs of ink, no matter what kind you use, but especially so with the water-based. If I were to use water-based, I would try doing it in the traditional ukiyo-e method with essentially watercolors, rice glue, and a brush. Only problem is that you HAVE to use a good wood, like cherry, or it doesn't work out so well.
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hey hey hey!
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You're welcome for the watch.
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Thanks for following me :3
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Welcome to Weasyl! :3
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