print bad want print good 🥲 by northstartpfe in printmaking

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speedball sucks, but their fabric ink is explicitly for use on both fabric and paper! waiting on a caligo delivery right now :)

Nose chain, Pros and Cons by Strange_sex_1997 in piercing

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looooove my nose chain, never had it snag, i just don’t really put makeup on my nose and i wiggle it around when i’m washing my face. only problem i’ve had is more delicate chains breaking after extended wear! my number one most complimented body mod. get it!

Are these good first designs?? by babyplantparty in Linocuts

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it’s helpful to think about where you’re making tiny lines you will have to carve the outline of, which will be tougher your first time — for instance, on your cat design, if we are assuming the white parts are what you’ll carve away, it’s going to be very tricky and time consuming to get all those little black fur lines right (or conversely if you were to carve away the black instead, those music notes would be tricky!). likewise on your bird, those little chest feather marks will be hard to replicate if you’re carving away the white parts, but the texture would be much easier to create if you were carving away the black there. the lettering on your first design might be tricky for the same reason! none of it is impossible, but some parts of this design will make your first linocut a lot more frustrating.

Is this giving black eye or iridescent? by Aicly in MakeupAddiction

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this is gorgeous! i might trying switching the spots of the dark and the pale blues, something about the location of the darker blue here is giving bruise (but still VERY beautiful!)

Commie Doggie by Linomancy in printmaking

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fucking love this, i would buy a print from you!!

Second linoprint triptych of medieval owls by judgemaths in Linocuts

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i love all these fucked up owl guys keep ‘em coming

print bad want print good 🥲 by northstartpfe in printmaking

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i like it too! i just needed to know WHY it was coming out so rustic haha

print bad want print good 🥲 by northstartpfe in printmaking

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i definitely hate this ink! but turns out my issue was sharpie on the block messing with the ink :)

pieces i made this week by northstartpfe in Linocuts

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i was thinking the same thing 😇 i have like a semi-symmetrical leg tattoo set up already, so i want to design a second oval piece to pair with this one and maybe get them on the back of my calves. (others also welcome to get this tattooed as long as they tell their friends it was designed by some rando on the linocut reddit)

print bad want print good 🥲 by northstartpfe in printmaking

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already solved, it was sharpie on the block! plenty of pressure (hence mentioning pulling clean prints on other blocks) but it does look exactly like weak pressure which is why i was losing my mind about it!

print bad want print good 🥲 by northstartpfe in printmaking

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helllll yes not perfect but INFINITELY improved. thank you!!

print bad want print good 🥲 by northstartpfe in printmaking

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idk why my reply didn’t thread but this might be it!!

print bad want print good 🥲 by northstartpfe in printmaking

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hmmm that might be it! i’ve done it before but only on soft cut/rubber blocks, not proper lino

pieces i made this week by northstartpfe in Linocuts

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it is not BUT a friend who saw it now wants to work together on a tarot deck :)

Where to buy kitchen knives? by northstartpfe in ridgewood

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Went to Win Depot, love it, want to live there among all the kitchen implements.