Silkscreen SUCCESS!

Last night's attempt was a success. I think I found several small detailed hangups from previous attempts that I've corrected and made all the difference. Mainly you need some real pressure when spraying out the screen. I had a crummy dish sink hose.

Exposing the dry emulsion silkscreen to a 500 watt halogen work lamp (with removed UV filtering glass)

Using brown craft/mailing paper for testing. Giant roll of this for cheap at Staples.

Washed out image looks great on the screen.

 

Going to flood the screen with ink, then lay it down and pull a test.

Test image isn't too bad. The random spots of ink are from a previous test.

 

Now I'm using the nice black 11"x17" cardstock I ordered from PaperAndMore.com

 

Pulling ink, making some screen prints! My girlfriend said I have a ridiculous smile while doing this.

  I made a total of 16 Mega Hombre silkscreens

Some small labels I've stamped with the silkscreen title and my contact info for the backs

 

Front and back of a print.

 

I actually silkscreened the paper prints with acrylic titanium white ink. Hobby Lobby only carried Speedball Fabric Ink, so I improvised. Now I'm silkscreening a navy blue Mega Hombre shirt for myself, and drying the ink before I toss it in the oven to cure it.

 

Done! Not too bad, if I say so myself! It took a lot of attempts and learning, but it was worth it!

So now I'm going to attempt my other two designs as silkscreen prints, and a shirt each for the convention. I'm so ready for Spokane Comicon Saturday! See you there!

PS Im thinking I may write a tutorial covering everything I did, and list all the little details that I had to be aware of to get a proper screen.

Little Con of Horrors

I'm setting up at The Little Con of Horrors at Spokane Community College in #Spokane right now. 10am-4pm enjoy our first Halloween & Comic Convention!!

Lion-O of Thundercats

On Sunday, I spent the evening at Starbucks sipping an expensive chai and drawing Lion-O from Thundercats:

5"x7" bristol board, pencils and prismacolor pens (Not favoring them much anymore. They aren't as black and bold as I'd prefer).

Afterward, I wanted to color this guy up in Photoshop for the heck of it, and this was the result. The actual bristol sketch will be colored with prismacolor markers and colored pencils. I've been reading about people mixing the two mediums and making amazing results. The final piece will pop up in my Etsy Shop. If you are interested in a commission, let me know! I'm willing to do something like this, or anything else you'd have in mind!

This also leads me into my next point of interest. I have applied for an artist table at Emerald City Comicon again! I haven't been in nearly three years. It's March 1-3, so I have plenty of time to save for the event. This is why I am promoting commissioned work right now. Everything is being packed away for the trek to ECCC in Seattle. So, if you want some art, I can hook you up!

Thanks!