Early 20th Birthday.

On Friday I received this beautiful printing press in the post as an early 20th birthday present from my Dad. It's just a tad smaller than A3 but its perfect for what I will be using it for. Need to stock up on lino and polypropylene for making all the pretty prints! Will be looking into buying some plain tote bags to lino print onto in the near future too! 

In the last picture you can see the first etching I made using this press, so pleased with the result! 

Printing press, top view.

Printing press, side view.

First etching from my printing press.

Birthday Card.

It was my dads birthday the other week and I made him this A5 drawing and popped it on a plain card. Cards are boring and drawings you can take off the front are fun. 

Hannya: The Hannya mask portrays the souls of women who have become demons due to obsession or jealousy.

Hannya mask A5 drawing.

Colourful Mens Face Prints.

These three geometric mens faces are also now up for sale (as prints) on my etsy store. They are individual and A5 sized, printed onto 200gsm paper. You can view and order these here, here, and here! 

Hand and Hair Prints.

The two 'Hand and Hair' drawings are now on my etsy store available to order as prints. You can view and order these here and here!

Gem Faces.

I tried something new, combining the use of fine detailed hair drawing and messy but pretty ink splats. These will be up for sale in the next few weeks on my etsy store as A5 mini prints. 

Line drawings.

Final design, ink added.

Hand and Hair #2

After finishing my first hand and hair piece, I decided I would continue using this style of working, and try to get to the best possible standard I can. I created this circular hand and hair piece. I used A4 white paper and a black 0.25mm micron fine liner. This will also be up for sale on my etsy store as prints in the next few weeks.

Line drawing.

The beginning of hair drawing.

Close up of hair detail.

Close up of the finished piece.

The finished piece.

Hands and Hair #1

My CD artwork commission fell through, but I continued the piece I was making and will now be scanning it and making prints. I was very happy with the outcome of my first really intricate piece (for a long time). You will be able to order these on my etsy web-store in the next few weeks. 

Finished hand and hair piece.

Tutankhamun

Yesterday I had a play about with water and acrylic ink painting. I painted a black and grey Tutankhamun mask. I was pleased with the outcome for my first painting in a long time, even if it is a bit messy. Here are some pictures from my process.

Blacking out and lining.

Blacked out and lined.

Finished.

Messy, but finished.

Foo Dog A5 Prints.

I recently finished a line and dot work drawing of a foo dog. I have now got this up for sale on my Etsy store for £9 each. You can order these here.

Foo Dog A5 Print.

Zine pieces.

I was asked a few weeks ago to contribute two pieces to a zine. There was no theme, only that it would be printed A5 and black and white. I went with something I haven't done too much, but would like to get better at, small precise pieces of work in a Tibetan style. Here are the two pieces I made, may be up for sale as small prints soon.

Dotwork flower.

Dotwork tiger.

Love Heart Snake.

I have found myself comin up with ideas more, little ideas that I will write down and make into something special, like this love wart snake. The idea popped into my head on a random evening watching the TV. I was asked to make Sonny something new and thought this was the best idea to go with. I am really with how this piece turned out, just from a simple idea in my head. 

Lined flash sheet #1

Today I finished my first lined flash sheet. Really pleased with how it turned out in the end, and how well I've managed to fit everything in. For once I've actually gotten proportion right! I will be making a limited run of 10 A4 prints of these which will be up for sale on my Etsy store tomorrow evening. They will be on high quality 200 gsm paper and £20 each (not including p+p).