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Drypoint on plastic, 4x6"Related content
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Damn. That is nice midtone.
Not easy to do on plexi.
Well made!
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Thank you! One of my goals is to get back to drypoint on plexi. It's a wonderful material, shame it only makes a few prints.
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gorgeous, little etching, dammit you so need access to a proper print studio. You're too good for only plastic!
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Aww, thank you! I'm working on getting back into printmaking for the next schoolyear.
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On plastic? Like plastiboard or plexiglass? Whatever the ground it looks like it took ink really well! Do you bevel your edges though? You are at risk for perforating your paper if you don't!
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A really thin plexiglass, yeah. It took the ink beautifully, but I only got four or five good prints off it before they started to ghost. And the edges were indeed beveled, but thank you for the concern!
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Ah, now I can see the bevel 
And four or five seems pretty decent if you weren't re-inking every time?
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Ah, no, I meant before the drypoint stopped taking ink because it had flattened out!
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oh wow! Soft stuff 
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Oh yeah, totally! XD
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i like the detail in the feathers and the angle is nice
awesome work
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Thank you very much! <3
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I like the scratching in this and the composition.
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Thank you! I love your icon.
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Since ... three years ago when I did it? 8)
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I ran out of thin plastic....
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DX
what is that stuff?
and when is your birthday?
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September 17th, and I dunno. It was just this super-thin flexible plastic sheet. Doesn't hold up to printing well at alllll though. You can get maybe five good prints off it before it flattens.
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so how did you make this then?
and is the stuff made for art in the first place, or did you just improvise?
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The first five prints were great! So I sold two, gave two away and scanned this one.
I dunno about if it was made for art or not. Our teacher handed it to us. I suspect she improvised. But really, any plastic will do. That one was nice because it was a little softer and easier to dig into with the etching needle.
...and I didn't see the "make more cute animal pictures" comment, hahaha. I dunno, I like the creepy heavy-shadows stuff right now!
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creepy heavy-shadows is good too!
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actually, after having just watched "The Watchmen" movie, I'm in a creepy heavy-shadows mood meself. I will proceed to favorite everything you've ever posted... XD or near to it anyhow.
too bad my projects atm are uber-cute (finishing first ch. of the eyeballfishcomic FINALLY and making neopet portraits to submit to the neopets art gallery--for fake money and imaginary prestige!)
we should do some collab comics again someday
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uber-cute animal pictures that is
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