Sign In
Close
Man (Yote?) Behind the Camera by BluYote
Just messing around with drypoint printing in my friend's studio.
Scratched this out in about half an hour. Never did a drypoint before, so I was just messing around with different crosshatching techniques all over this image
Submission Information
- Views:
- 291
- Comments:
- 4
- Favorites:
- 0
- Rating:
- General
- Category:
- Visual / Traditional
Comments
-
-
Just 1) scratch drawing into a piece of plexiglass using a sharp implement 2) apply ink 3) wipe off excess ink (so ink is retained in the scratches only) and 4) print using an etching press. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drypoint. Quite fun and much easier to learn if you already know how to draw and sketch vs relief printing where you have to think about the negative of the image.
-
oh wow thats how they did the etchings in the olden days! minus the plexiglass of course. Looks like you can get quite a bit of detail using that methodology.
-
Yep! This print is only 2"x3".
As you have seen from the photography too, I like to keep it old school! (Though it helps that my friend is going to art school and lets me sneak in to use the equipment sometimes :P)
-
-
-
Link
Zrcalo
ooh, this is really neat. what's the process behind drypoint?