12 Phoebe tan

1 select the picture that i am going to use

• i ensured that i took this picture in good lighting and was clear, so that it would be easier to identify the shadows and highlights

• i also ensured that my face was big enough in the picture, so that the details on my face can be captured

• then i adjusted the transparency and size for printing

2 add in shadows, highlights and shadings (process)

• i identified places that were darker to be the shadows and places that were brighter to be the highlights

• then i shaded these identified areas in 

• i colored in my hair too!

• i made sure that every detail was there and no shadows or highlights were missed out

3 completed shadows, highlights and shadings

• after completing the shadings, shadows and highlights, i outlined the drawing on the other side of the paper for my color scheme planning

•   ( i forgot to take picture of the transferred drawing, sorry 😅)

• i thought that this was a rather interesting and fun process to identify shadows and how light depicts how we see things

4 decide on color scheme and write down printing instructions

• i decided to choose pink for the white areas on my face and shirt, and blue for the background

• i coloured in these parts with the respective colours, and shaded in my hair and shadows

• then, i wrote down the instructions for the printing process of my linocut at the bottom

• i felt that this process made me a lot clearer about what i wanted to achieve at the end of this linoprinting process

5 start cutting! (forgot take pic..)

• this is the end product of my linocut (sorry i did not take pictures of the process of it being cut)

• this stage is supposed to be cutting the white parts of the linocut, then printing my face pink

6 pink prints (1st print)

• after cutting out the white parts of my linocut (lips, eye whites, ear etc.), i printed my face with pink ink

• i made a total of 4 prints and was satisfied with the 4th one

• this is the 1st print i made. i was extremely unsatisfied with it as it turned out messy and smudged. i realised that i did not wipe the excess ink off properly before printing

pink prints (2nd print)

• this is my 2nd print i made. i managed to wipe off all the access ink, but i saw many white areas that were untouched by the ink. 

• i decided to roll more ink more consistently onto the linocut when printing the next print

pink prints (3rd print)

• this is the 3rd print i made. i thought that the white untouched parts had decreased, but they were still very obvious.

• i realised that the cause of this was that the consistency of the ink was abit too dry, so i added abit of water and made a 4th print, which i was sartisfied with -->

pink prints (4th n FINAL print)

• this is the 4th and FINAL print i made. As there was not much time left, I improved the consistency of the ink and made a rather decent print.

• there were still a little bit of white spots on my print, so my teacher allowed me to touch it up with a paintbrush.

• i think that i can improve on the crispness of this print, as there are still some marks on the side showing that i did not completely wipe off the excess ink.

7 blue prints (test print 1)

• after printing the pink linoprint, i cut out the white areas covered by my face and neck. 

• then, i printed it in blue which is my background colour, remembering to wipe off the ink that was on my facial features, as i was supposed to get a print without facial details

• i think this test print was bad. there were many white areas which meant that i did not roll the ink on properly

blue prints (test print 2)

• i used a different shade of blue this time! it had a better consistency, and there were lesser white patches on the print

blue prints (failed)

• i forgot to wipe off my facial features when printing this one, but this print let me realise that i did not carve deep enough at the neck area, as there were some scratchy blue stains around that area

• also, i forgot to take picture of the blue print above the pink print, so sorry

black print  (1st print)

• this print was extremely disappointing to me. it was patchy, the ink was not rolled over the lino well enough, so it turned out horrendous

black print  (2nd print)

• this was also a failed print. the black ink transferred better, but the parts with the blue background were not covered

black print  (3rd print)

• this was a bad print, but i only had one more print left to print the black ink on. i did not feel satisfied at all with this print. there was so much black dots transferred to the pink areas, which was not supposed to happen. i think i had pressed the lino too hard onto the paper when transferring the ink.