More kitchen sink lithography

First try at home after recent etching workshop by Fiona Maher.

So far, a very unpredictable medium! I will just put everything up, including the really bad ones so that you can see how much the results vary.

First of all, this was Deebs's amazing print (definitely the best of the lot):

And here are mine. Some turned out alright, others problematic. The type of paper made a big difference to the outcome, and I think the with more experience I'll be able to fix some of the other issues as well.

Still Sold Out Cover Picture

Final version chosen for www.facebook.com/stillsoldout cover picture:

Still Sold Out Cover Picture (progress)

Following on from the Still Sold Out logo, I was asked to come up with an image for the facebook page's cover photo. This was to be in a similar colour scheme and portray to tragedy theatre mask i some way. Here's a progression of some ideas, I'm still to discuss progress with the client.

This led me to use an online images editor (pixlr.com/editor) which seemed great for simple mock-ups. Plus it's free and you don't have to download anything so it's good if you don't have a lot of disc space.

I then played about with the levels and such, I think one of the next three options is close to what I'll do for the final work.

I'd love to have the resources right now to make a lino print version of this, I think the bold lines could work really well. 

Also, check out www.facebook.com/stillsoldout if you need a laugh.

Scratch That Etch! Workshop

These are the two prints I made at Pop-up Scotland's Scratch That Etch! workshop run by local artist Fiona Maher. We were using inexpensive materials you could find in most supermarkets, such as coca-cola and tin foil, to replicate the process of lithography. This was a fun two hour course and I'll definitely be trying it at home.

First print:

 Second print:

Series of pen sketches