More ClyCards...

 I really liked how this came out and used it as a blog header

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can search for the ClyCards app and download a free version to test it out. Teddy Hose and Paul Clark also did a few of these cards.

Another card used as an old blog header

A few more mnemonic pieces (this is what they actually look like but without the watermark)...

 INCITE (v) stir up/ provoke: "He stirred trouble *inside* the school."

 BIGOT (n) racist: "*Bigfoot* is a racist."

There's also more from my previous post.

Igorot Etching, Level 1

I printed a few, since after I do the rest of the "levels" there is no turning back...

It's really nice to see the progression from the actual Igorot drawing and the rest of the "levels". Off to do Level 2...

Girl + Poodle + City

The final prints of Fashion Try-out. I only did one of the 3.

 The final look on white paper

It started out as a digital file, figuring out which color goes where and which color blended with another color to make another color. Yeah, it was confusing but I eventually found my color guide.

 The digital color guide

Some of the prints actually looked really good when it was missing one of the color screens.

One print has less color screens than the other 

I printed them on several colored paper to see which would look the best.  

 Some color combination looked better than others

 New colors also came up when the silkscreen paint printed on the color paper 

 Ultimately, prints on the lighter papers looked the best

This is what they look like in the process of getting to the final looks.

Once finished printing, you get a whole lot mess of test prints that did and did not work

On this picture, you can see what each screen "levels" looked like

Keggus the Silkscreen Prints

Inspired by vintage Gladiator movie and Pulp posters

Finally got around to take a pictures of these prints of my second silkscreen project. It's about 16x20 and has about 9 screens. Being only the second time I'm doing this, I didn't realize you can overlay the colors to make more colors. I made a screen PER color, which was insane.

The print before adding the text

There were a few mishaps along the way, but it's simply part of the learning curve. Mis-registration of the screens is the most common mistake.

On some, mis-registration works for it because "that's silkscreen"

This one looked kinda nice, too, and makes it a unique print

Another "unique print" with a slight mis-registration

Another mishap, is the level of transparency you put on the color

On some, mis-registration just messes up the look you're going for

This one just didn't work out right

Works in Progress...

 

War Elephant is finally getting some colors!!!

It has been a great summer for new artworks!!! Some of the digital pieces that I'm working on... 'Kinda cool balancing the art projects made from digital and through traditional means.

Digital Coloring Project... Texturing and Coloring a shaded drawing

 My last CLY CARD of the latest batch

Igorot (Filipino Tribal)

I started a new Etching project depicting indigenous Filipinos. I used old photos of Igorots for reference.

I was pretty pleased of how this came out. I made the heads bigger on the etching

When I sketched these out, I fully intended on inking right on top of them. But I really liked how the sketch came out, so I inked over a tracing paper.

I liked how intense his eyes came out

 I really liked how the tattoos serve as great details to the piece. I'll post the plates and Etching prints soon. I started the male and the prints came out great.

I ended up altering the face a bit on the etching plate as the eyes/ nose got wonky

This is kind of a departure of what I usually do, which is pretty cool. I also feel like I'm getting the hang of using a brush pen.

I made the jewelry and tattoes different color as a guide for myself

New Etching colors...

 "Wiping" the plate with 2 sets of green (hair is different color)

New Etching color prints on different color paper... I'm starting a new plate next week, but here are the last prints from my first test plate. I'm getting the hang of the process now.

Forest Green ink on a Gray-Green pastel paper

Forgot the color ink on pastel paper

Blue ink on a Light Blue pastel paper

Breaking in the New Sketchbook...

 EDIT: Here's another quick sketch

Some quickies using a Red Lead pencil and a Brush pen...

I miss the days Blogger allowed you to upload the images next to each other in a row...

New Silkscreen (in the works)

In the process of doing this new silkscreen project. I printed 2 of the 5-6 colors so far. I'm getting pretty excited since I haven't silkscreened since December.

Silkscreen looks a lot cooler with bright colors.

This is the silkscreen of the first figure from the last post. I'm not sure I'll print the others... This one took way too long to prep, in terms of the color layers.

Some color combos looked better than others

I printed the image in various paper colors to experiment on how the final print will look like. I'll post the finalized print soon.

There are at least 3 more colors that goes here.

Awesome.

Fashion Try-Out

Something I'm trying to Silkscreen... 'still trying to figure out the color combinations. I inked it using a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, which is super awesome.

Fig.01~ I added the poodle since it seemed like it needed it.

Fig.02~ The face came out a little awkward, but I fixed it on the final.

Fig. 03~ I might change the clothing design. Not happy with this.

I'll post the colored and silkscreen version, once I finish them.