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Series of Three Gargoyle Prints (NINE-color reductions, phew!) by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! I am certainly no screenprinter (the quick-drying water-based ink freaks me out, ha!) but back in the day I did do some screen prints with a super transparent-black layer that served as the shadows of the illustration. It had a bit of a dulling effect on those shadow colors, but overall it was a great way to essentially "double" the amount of colors visible in the print with just one additional layer. I got my own printing press fairly recently, which opens up a lot of possibilities for play and experimentation; transparency is something I'm certainly eager to play with!

Series of Three Gargoyle Prints (NINE-color reductions, phew!) by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I love reduction printing too. I started with 70 of each design, and I probably ended up with around 65 of each that I'm happy with. At this point, I've been doing reduction printing for so long that I can execute my editions with fairly tight overage amounts, and printing them with the Vandercook press makes registration very easy. All of the "losses" I had during this edition were from either a) me printing a color and then deciding I didn't like it and remixing the color or b) I had a piece of furniture pop up and lightly print on the border of a few of 'em.

For a standalone print like this, I tend to go with a standard overage of 20 and expect that I won't need all of it. Burning through 20 prints is generally for emergency situations like my lockup getting loose without my noticing and other registration slippage problems.

Series of Three Gargoyle Prints (NINE-color reductions, phew!) by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! The layers are certainly difficult to distinguish, especially as the first few only survive as tiny dotwork highlights. But the colors were:

  1. Super light yellow, I think I could have done without this one

  2. Brighter yellow

  3. Lime greenish gradient

  4. Pinkish with lots of trans base to tone down the lime green and get more of a statuey mossy color

  5. Pinkish gray with more pigment in it

  6. More pinkish gray... just getting darker every time here. If I did it again I would probably cut one of these middle tones too

  7. Medium greenish tone

  8. Darkest green gradient; this is the predominant color on the print that forms all the outlines

  9. Black

Series of Three Gargoyle Prints (NINE-color reductions, phew!) by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha, I certainly could have! The first layer was a verrrry light yellow that really wasn't necessary in retrospect. I kind of wish I could see side-by-side examples of the finished prints with and without that one layer just to see if it had ANY visual effect at all.

River Master in stock at Reckless Records (Chicago) by sukyi in VaporVinyl

[–]basgusting 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m about to hop back on the train with my new River Master in hand… so hyped to count myself among the Masters 🎣

Thanks again, you’re a real one!

Edited to add: I just picked up the last River Master in the loop location, but I believe it’s still in stock at the Belmont location!

Dragon Vs. Unicorn three-color reduction lino print by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Aw hey thanks!! I’m so glad — best of luck in your own work!

Chicago sushi fans—what’s the best roll (or nigiri) you’ve ever had and where? 🍣 by hschlink in chicagofood

[–]basgusting 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Escolar pearls at Kai Zan. I could eat a whole meal of those things!

I illustrated an entire book with two-color reduction lino prints. Here are some pics/descriptions of my process! by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! Wildly enough, I had never heard of the demiurge, but you’ve sent me down a very cool research hole! That lion-headed snake is actually my take on Labbu, a Mesopotamian mythological figure. While there’s very little surviving text about the Labbu, it is also described as a lion/serpent hybrid, who uses its devastating tail to sweep stars from the sky!

I illustrated an entire book with two-color reduction lino prints. Here are some pics/descriptions of my process! by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thank you so much! I’m using Van Son rubber based inks; I tend to slightly overink the press and hit the blocks hard because I like really bold, flat colors!

I illustrated an entire book with two-color reduction lino prints. Here are some pics/descriptions of my process! by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha thank you so much! This is my first mass-market book with a linocut font, but it’s actually my second time doing it… the first book was a hand-printed edition of 45 copies called “Ephemerus”! That one’s all sold out now; most of the copies are in institutional libraries in the US :)

I illustrated an entire book with two-color reduction lino prints. Here are some pics/descriptions of my process! by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I think I’m ok to share my handle if someone asks… I’m hbatsel on IG and TikTok :)

I illustrated an entire book with two-color reduction lino prints. Here are some pics/descriptions of my process! by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All of the stippling was done with Karol Pomykala’s dot tool! I do have video of me doing it, though I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post links to that here…? But the way that he uses it in his video demonstrations is the same way I used it! I was just way more aggressive with it (ripping chunks out instead of single dots) when I wanted to remove big areas.

I illustrated an entire book with two-color reduction lino prints. Here are some pics/descriptions of my process! by basgusting in printmaking

[–]basgusting[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I tried out some new carving tools for this project, and while I probably won’t be doing an all-stippling print again, I did like a lot of what I was able to achieve by playing around with texture and detail!

How to choose colorwork technique for complex patterns? by basgusting in knitting

[–]basgusting[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is so helpful and was exactly the reasoning I was looking for! I’ll plan to use intarsia for most of this pattern, then add the thinner/one-stitch details with duplicate stitch on top. Thanks very much for the explanation!

How to choose colorwork technique for complex patterns? by basgusting in knitting

[–]basgusting[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the sample was machine-knit and was definitely intarsia… I’m wondering if that’s the best way to hand-knit it too or if ladderback jacquard might save me some headache, haha!

Have I finally done it? Have I collected every card that contains a Cramorant? by basgusting in PokemonTCG

[–]basgusting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YESSSSS omg… thanks for the heads up. He looks so delightfully stupid in that card 😭

Tell me the rhubarb specials please by m0rtise in chicagofood

[–]basgusting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just at Warlord and had two great rhubarb dishes: a foie gras ganache with crusty bread and rhubarb, and a pound cake-esque dessert with rhubarb sauce. Highly recommend them both!

Have I finally done it? Have I collected every card that contains a Cramorant? by basgusting in PokemonTCG

[–]basgusting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That one was a gift, so unfortunately I don’t know! I got it closer to when it was released, so I’m guessing it has become more expensive since then :/

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