scavenger
08-29-2007, 12:37 PM
This is the result of an artistic experiment I started a while ago, but only finished yesterday.
Lino printing is a technique I learned way back at art school, but I haven't used it until now. It consists of transferring your drawing onto a piece of linoleum (old fashioned -easy to cut- brown linoleum) and then cut away all the parts that will become white (transparent) in the finished print. This must all be done mirrored, of course.
Of course one could easily get these effects far easier in an art program like Illustrator, but I kinda enjoy the process of cutting and printing by hand, and the result is strikingly "medieval" in feel (which is why I chose to do a Kitzalia drawing) :)
The image you see is scanned "as is". It is an unmanipulated scan of the actual print. Even the paper was hand stained to resemble parchment.
For those not familiar with the Dutch language, the text below the picture is in "mock" medieval dutch. Translated it says: "Kitzalia - How she tortured Maryke's feet".
Lino printing is a technique I learned way back at art school, but I haven't used it until now. It consists of transferring your drawing onto a piece of linoleum (old fashioned -easy to cut- brown linoleum) and then cut away all the parts that will become white (transparent) in the finished print. This must all be done mirrored, of course.
Of course one could easily get these effects far easier in an art program like Illustrator, but I kinda enjoy the process of cutting and printing by hand, and the result is strikingly "medieval" in feel (which is why I chose to do a Kitzalia drawing) :)
The image you see is scanned "as is". It is an unmanipulated scan of the actual print. Even the paper was hand stained to resemble parchment.
For those not familiar with the Dutch language, the text below the picture is in "mock" medieval dutch. Translated it says: "Kitzalia - How she tortured Maryke's feet".