The Sketch - my sketchbook is filled with ideas scribbled down just like this. Very fast, very messy work; just enough for me to get the idea down.
I then draw out my rabbit character using a Pentel pocket brush. This is scanned in and, since the original is small, I convert this into a Vector in Illustrator.
I decide I want to add some texture to my background so using an old toothbrush I splatter some indian ink onto a sheet of paper and scan this into Photoshop.
I lay the whole thing out in Photoshop, seperating colours, and get each 'screen' printed out onto acetate. Here is the first on top of my stack of paper.
Mixing the ink.
Coating a screen.
Waiting for the coated screen to dry...
...Still waiting...
Mustard anyone?
At last the first colour is away.
The finished stack of yellow along with some monoprints.
Green is underway!
After printing the black the prints are left to dry before being guillotined.
The final print.
Detail.
Some people can see faces in the flames...
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Signed and numbered edition of 80, available for sale in April.
