Sunday, February 26, 2012
Lizard color proofs
I managed to print a few more color proofs of my lizard print.
The red and yellow blocks are indeed a bit out of register; but as there is a bit of play to the color blocks--I have several overlaps--by just moving them over a smidgeon (about 2mm) to the side and 1mm up on one corner they fill in pretty decently and I think I'll have a go at a proper print run this week if I can carve out some time instead of recarving the blocks.
The lizard is too blue-green (it is a really vibrant yellow-green in real life) and I need to distinguish the lizard from the background a bit more (there are separate blocks for this so it should be easy).
Still a small amount of clean up to do though. Some stray edges,unwanted embossing, spotting, low spots and filled-in gaps to tidy up with the chisels before printing the first batch.
The pebbly skin was lost a bit from overprinting; I'll try to open up the holes a bit more and print it last to give the skin visible and raised texture. As it is now a bit too subtle.
Labels:
Florida Anole,
green anole,
lizard,
moku hanga,
reptile,
woodblock print
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color me lizard, I like them both
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ReplyDeleteboth really beautiful, maybe I prefer the first one?
This is a lovely print and hard to choose which colour is better although I do like the second one maybe a touch more.
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