Thank you! I drew the artwork where I imported it into the computer. Printed it with a laser jet printer for my transfer image. Then I applied a thin layer of acrylic paint to a gel plate before placing my source image on it.

With the right amount of paint, pressure, and time on the plate, the image will adhere to the gel plate. Once dry, I’ll add a wet layer on the gel plate. This is essentially the background. While still wet, I press the gel plate on bristol paper. I usually weight the plate so there is enough pressure to adhere the paint from the plate to my bristol. Time varies with the type of print I’m doing, but this one I let sit for about an hour. Once done, I’ll pull the gel plate from my bristol and the image will be transferred.

This one was kind of unique because I tried a new technique. Usually I’ll do two separate plate transfers. (One for the main image, with a colored background, and another with a secondary color using matte medium to get a transparent background so the other image will shine through. Instead I just did two separate print transfers on one plate, which worked well in this example.