I've been working on a lot of things here lately. I'm a busy little bee, but it keeps me out of trouble. One thing I try to do is to make out at least one sketch every day. It doesn't always get done, but trying to keep up with that expectation has helped me knock some of the rust off of my hands. Some of my sketches are just practice. Some are just for fun, like this little image of the Little Prince, which is definitely NOT my design (talk to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry!).
The Little Prince is one of my favorite books of all times (which you should read if you haven't- Yes it appears to be a children's book, but I assure you that it is not). I did a few Little Prince related works back in my old high school art class days, so I thought it might be a nice way to get the creative juices flowing again.
Some other stuff I'm working on...
Not too long ago I went for a walk along Moline's riverfront. It was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon (albeit a very hot way to spend said afternoon). I took my trusty little Molskine sketchbook along with me in case I saw anything worthwhile. I was really pleased with the look of the I-74 "twin bridges" from a nice shaded park bench. So I took some time and dropped a rough version into my wee book. So far I'm calling it "Bridge to Bettendorf" which I think has a nice ring to it. Over the next couple weeks I'm going to blow the image up, refine it a bit, and hopefully get it transferred over to a block. There are a lot of fine lines, different textures, and I definitely need to work on the portrayal of the water, but I think it will end up a very nice print.
I'm also working on a self portrait. So far, it isn't too complex. I usually like a certain degree of simplicity, but I feel like this image needs a little something. I'm contemplating putting this one on the back burner for awhile, and just pulling it out here and there to work on. I think it may be a good choice for a reduction print when I get a little more experience under my belt.
I've also done a few preliminary sketches for a print that I'm doing for my buddy Mikey. It is (of course) agriculture based.
I'm calling it "Bungalow Corn" and it may have to sit on the back burner for a little while as well. I'd love to take this opportunity to experiment with some varying textures in the background, and even in the leaves around the ear, but I'm still looking at different ideas for how to go about doing that.
The blocks from my previous printing run have been "edited" so I can go back and do a full run soon. I'm hoping to have a couple more blocks carved by then so that I can run a couple AP's while I'm at it.
I am sitting on one block that's ready to go, that I call "Open Til Midnite" (someone out there please get the reference).
I'm really excited about pulling this one, because it has some fine lines that were a new challenge for me, so I'm curious to see how they turn out. I'm sure that I will need to do some tweaking and the like, but I think that the design is going to look really sharp.
Well, lots to do, lots to do, so I'm off to get some of it done. Hope you're all having a good day. Keep on keeping on.
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