Print #4 (Modern Teen, Female)

For my 4th print, as part of the people and characters unit, I have created a etching print, using a sheet of plastic, and an etching point tool. This print is a homage to Hartlepool's youth, and is similar in theme to the teenage male print, as well as the teenage worker, using historical themes from the past.

My etched print, of a female teenage character.

The print is an etching based print, I used a sharp cutting tool, to create lines on a sheet of plastic.

The process of making this type of print, involved using watered down printing ink, and a squeegee tool to allow the ink to get into the grooves that the needle like tool left. Then, after I soaked paper for a minimum of 15 minutes, and patted until it was just damp, I placed the print ready to go on the press, face down on the damp sheet. After winding it through the press, I removed the print, and I was left with this image (below right).

These two images are my finals for this particular print

I am very pleased with how they turned out, however, I particularly like the image on the left, as it features colour, and the lines look darker. This provides excellent effect, against the pale background.

Thomas.

Print #3 (Modern Teen)

For my third print, as part of the people and characters unit in module one, I have created a final print, alongside several testers and secondary prints, of a stereotypical modern day teenager, from around the era of the 80's/90's and early 00's.

I created this print as a homage to Hartlepool during the eras of the 80's/90's and 00's. This illustration will fit alongside my other prints, that involve an industrial worker, a female teenager, and a rich figure.

I used this sketch (below) I created, as a reference point for my print.

For the creation of my final prints, I have used a few techniques for printing. 

My prints above. The darker print is notably the actual printing source sheet.

Thomas.

Print #1 (Rich Guy)

For my first people and characters print, that sadly never got to be placed on the wall, I created a lino cut out of a 'rich' guy. I carry the 'rich' stereotype across through the monocle, and a trench styled coat.

Sketching the character out onto the vinyls surface with graphite.

After using the cutting tools to highlight the lines.

With the background removed. This will allow the print to stand out more easily.

Final Prints in an assortment of different forms:

A tester print

Print with ink on.

Cleaning ink off print.

Assorted prints, on different surfaces, using different colours.

You can find my final selected prints for this image, alongside my submitted work, and here at the bottom of this blog.

Thomas.