Another logo experiment! I’m not sure if I like this one more or less than the previous one, but you can’t go wrong with laurel leaves on a panda. :)

Another logo experiment! I’m not sure if I like this one more or less than the previous one, but you can’t go wrong with laurel leaves on a panda. :)

Panda Camp Racing Division! …wellllll, not quite. Just something I’ve been working on while I’m off my feet. I love the way racing memorabilia looks - the letters and numbers, the iconic hand-painting on the cars and helmets, all of it. This is my attempt to recreate that with my studio logo and push myself more in that direction with my work. For those interested, my site for my studio is www.pandacamp.com - hasn’t been updated in ages, but I had to throw some self-promotion in. :)

Panda Camp Racing Division! …wellllll, not quite.

Just something I’ve been working on while I’m off my feet. I love the way racing memorabilia looks - the letters and numbers, the iconic hand-painting on the cars and helmets, all of it. This is my attempt to recreate that with my studio logo and push myself more in that direction with my work.

For those interested, my site for my studio is www.pandacamp.com - hasn’t been updated in ages, but I had to throw some self-promotion in. :)

Hey y’all, sorry for the lack of updating. I have a good reason, though! That photo is my ankle. About a month ago I was on a deck that collapsed, leaving me with a broken ankle. I had to have surgery to put two pins in to reset the bone - I think the technical term for it was a “lateral reduction” - and have had to be off my feet. And that’s meant no printing for me (and no retail job, either, so yay for having the holidays off!). I have been drawing, though, and I’ll work on getting my sketches and stuff posted up here. If you’re still following me after this long hiatus, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! I promise the wait will be worth it. :)

Hey y’all, sorry for the lack of updating. I have a good reason, though! That photo is my ankle. About a month ago I was on a deck that collapsed, leaving me with a broken ankle. I had to have surgery to put two pins in to reset the bone - I think the technical term for it was a “lateral reduction” - and have had to be off my feet. And that’s meant no printing for me (and no retail job, either, so yay for having the holidays off!). I have been drawing, though, and I’ll work on getting my sketches and stuff posted up here.

If you’re still following me after this long hiatus, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! I promise the wait will be worth it. :)

firstproof replied to your photo: I fixed the stone!! Turns out there was grease on…

Wow that’s a big difference from the prior post, must have taken a long time to ‘clean’ those areas up.

Thanks! It did - I ended up sharpening an etching needle and tapping into the dark spots, to give the illusion of the grain of the stone picking up the litho crayon, for a good chunk of the morning. Worth it to save the image, though! :)

wnussbaum: fromasouthernstate: See those scratches? They kept appearing on my stone every time I’d roll out ink today. Obvious conclusion - my litho stone is HAUNTED. Those are clearly marks from beyond this world. Claw marks. Orrrrr I’ve seen too many horror movies. The deal with scratches like these are that they are going to happen when you do lithography. There isn’t any particular way around it. Most likely this is a little different cause than the Jesus Stone that Black Heart Press brought up recently. Most artists just accept the reality that you will get white lines when doing stone litho. The primary cause of this would be a mineral deposit that is running through the stone. Whereas the Jesus Stone is caused by a previous image, these white lines are inherently in the makeup of the stone. Tough luck, but still a nice image. They don’t seriously distract from the image and if anything, someone that knows what’s going on will recognize the level of process that went into the piece because of those lines. I didn’t know about the Jesus Stone! Glad to see He’s branching out from the toast-and-soup circuit. :) The white lines on my stone were mostly from me having to scratch out/tap out to fix mistakes, but I had a dark grey streak of granite and some fossils that I had to work around. I like having those kinds of things in the stone - they add to the history of it and make an image more interesting. The back side of this one has an etching from an actual peach crate label on it.

wnussbaum:

fromasouthernstate:

See those scratches? They kept appearing on my stone every time I’d roll out ink today. Obvious conclusion - my litho stone is HAUNTED. Those are clearly marks from beyond this world. Claw marks.

Orrrrr I’ve seen too many horror movies.

The deal with scratches like these are that they are going to happen when you do lithography. There isn’t any particular way around it. Most likely this is a little different cause than the Jesus Stone that Black Heart Press brought up recently.

Most artists just accept the reality that you will get white lines when doing stone litho. The primary cause of this would be a mineral deposit that is running through the stone. Whereas the Jesus Stone is caused by a previous image, these white lines are inherently in the makeup of the stone.

Tough luck, but still a nice image. They don’t seriously distract from the image and if anything, someone that knows what’s going on will recognize the level of process that went into the piece because of those lines.

I didn’t know about the Jesus Stone! Glad to see He’s branching out from the toast-and-soup circuit. :)

The white lines on my stone were mostly from me having to scratch out/tap out to fix mistakes, but I had a dark grey streak of granite and some fossils that I had to work around. I like having those kinds of things in the stone - they add to the history of it and make an image more interesting. The back side of this one has an etching from an actual peach crate label on it.

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I fixed the stone!! Turns out there was grease on it that had accepted ink, and the pressure of the press mashed it in. Ended up doing a few wet washouts and then tapping the dark spots with an etching needle. Compared to how it was, I’m really pleased with the results - got an edition of 12 out of this!

I fixed the stone!! Turns out there was grease on it that had accepted ink, and the pressure of the press mashed it in. Ended up doing a few wet washouts and then tapping the dark spots with an etching needle. Compared to how it was, I’m really pleased with the results - got an edition of 12 out of this!

Before I gave up for the day out of frustration over my haunted stone (never should have played with that Ouija board…), I got a few good prints done. By “good” I mean “kind of passable.”

Before I gave up for the day out of frustration over my haunted stone (never should have played with that Ouija board…), I got a few good prints done. By “good” I mean “kind of passable.”

See those scratches? They kept appearing on my stone every time I’d roll out ink today. Obvious conclusion - my litho stone is HAUNTED. Those are clearly marks from beyond this world. Claw marks. Orrrrr I’ve seen too many horror movies.

See those scratches? They kept appearing on my stone every time I’d roll out ink today. Obvious conclusion - my litho stone is HAUNTED. Those are clearly marks from beyond this world. Claw marks.

Orrrrr I’ve seen too many horror movies.

wnussbaum asked: Tympan

:) Leaving this here to remind myself of the spelling, ‘cause I know I’ll forget again.

Truth. Time to get to work in the print lab!

Truth. Time to get to work in the print lab!

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