Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Moon moth


I’ve been working on some prints of the moon lately and as moths are night creatures I have been wondering about combining the prints. I have no time for actual printing so this is a combined Photoshop print, colours I don’t think I could ever achieve in real  life.
I tend not to use Photoshop much but as I am doing an Illustration course I think its time I really used it for the best it can do, which for me is combining images and playing with colours. So many ides and possibilities can emerge.

 

Moon moth, 2 prints combined in Photoshop

Friday, October 17, 2014

Moth Print Development

I’ve spent a little time with the moths again… no joke ..
This time combining the two plates.

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moth-2-plates-bg

moths-3-bg

Hmm.. nice possibilities. These are just proofs on newsprint which prints up really well! Better sometimes than the expensive paper. That’s just how it is sometimes ..

Moth second plate

At last I have finished the cutting of the second plate.



The patterns are quite different from the first plate, as I want to overprint and see what happens.



I also cut a mask, using a test print from the first block. I can’t now remember why I I wanted to do this but I had written it down in my invaluable to-do book.
(Note to self: Good idea to add reason or give self some clue or other.)Anyway I hope I will remember when I start printing.
Test print of number two plate

 moth-2plate-bg .
I was looking at the new plate and the cut-out print from plate one and thought how much I liked the isolated pink moth.

plates-2

Some more possibilities are suggesting themselves.. sadly not the reason for the mask yet.

moth-cut-out

More soon..