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More alchemy/symbolism from Senior Studio.1-run woodcut on tea-dyed paper, 11"x14", E.V., 27 impressions.
ŠE. Patrician 2007, all rights reserved.
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I like the use of the alchemical symbolism in your prints quite a lot.
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Thank you so much!
Also, I just looked through your gallery and your work is stunning- I definitely need to watch you.
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I love the linework and contrast. Nice design and fine flow. The tree is well rendered.
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Thank you for your lovely comment!
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*glomps you lovingly*
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That is such an incredably striking picture. The white on black just works so well. I find that whenever I look at your pictures, I'm always left wondering if there's more symbolism in there than I initially pick up on.
Ironically, I've been trying something similar with white on black artwork myself recently. I don't know if my uber detailed style lends it'self as well to such techniques though? It's certainly not as striking, but then, I think simplicity often is more eyecatching.
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Well, looking for the symbolism is half the fun, isn't it? The great thing about finding symbolism/meaning in art is that most of the time people will find meaning in it that the artist never intended- and it's no less valid because of that.
This is why I keep telling you to try woodcuts! *grin* It's a whole lot simpler to carve a thin white line in a solid black block than it is to try and fill in a large area with black ink without messing up your white lines. Although if that's not your style, what about trying scratchboards? You can get the really fine details that you favor without having to worry about the black leaking and whatnot.
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That is true. I also tend to find that people read far more into my pictures than I ever intended. I think that's because I'm not really one to use symbolism in my own work, I like all the messages to be very open ( Like the Chian Empire. I think one of it's greatest strengths was that everything was out in the open and I basically just said whatever I wanted to say. ) so I never really think about what things in my pictures might symbolise to everyone else.
I love woodcuts, but I don't really know if they're something I'd actually like to do. I spent a lot of my childhood kit building and making things, but I'm not really the handycraft sort these days.
Rather than filling in the large area black, and just leaving the little white bits left, I just draw everything in black ink normally, and then photo-negative it in a photoeditor. So long as you remember to ink in the highlights instead of the shadows, that seems to work fine.
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Fantastic. I would love this on a black t-shirt.
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Oooh, I like that idea. Thank you for your comment!
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I love how gestural your lines are especially on the tree
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Thank you!
Funny thing is, I cranked this entire thing out in a day and a half, including carving time. It was the end of the quarter and I felt like I needed to bulk up my portfolio. I'm kind of "ehn" about it, but I like it well enough.
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