Art Post: Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird (Gavia immer)

[radiantfracture]

Because when I make fan art, I like it to be as obscure as possible

Sure, it looks like a linocut of a loon but really it's a symbol of queer hockey transcendence



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[ETA: I want to use some of the shimmering ink* to create the iridescent effect of the black feathers and to do the red eye -- painting ink on overtop of the print didn't do what I wanted, so maybe painting it right onto the printing block somehow?]

* specifically, Octopus Fluids' Witch, pine green with purple sheen

Comments

[thatjustwontbreak]

This is absolutely delightful. :D It looks awesome.

[sovay]

Sure, it looks like a linocut of a loon but really it's a symbol of queer hockey transcendence

That is excellent. I look forward to the results of the iridescence.

[lokifan]

Love it!

[smokingboot]

The symbolism's beyond me, I just like the way it looks!

[sabotabby]

Love it. Also have I ranted at you about David Blackwood yet? I think however he gets those layered effects would look very cool with this (although he was doing intaglio not linocut).

[pauraque]

Beautiful! I love the startled-looking eye.

[radiantfracture]

Thank you! It sounds like sabotabby has some ideas for how I can do the iridescence, so I'm excited.

[radiantfracture]

Thank you! More pictures to come, no doubt.

[radiantfracture]

Thank you!

[radiantfracture]

Thank you! Luckily the symbolism is not all that deep, so you're not really missing anything

[radiantfracture]

have I ranted at you about David Blackwood

No! Please do so immediately. I love your art rants. And I think the strategies would be similar, right? Layering, etc.? Tell me more.

[radiantfracture]

Haha thank you! The blade makes it own magic.

[foxmoth]

It's glorious although I understand nothing about hockey or the referenced media. :3 BIRB!!

[sabotabby]

Just look at it! The website doesn't do it justice—the prints are very shimmery.

From what I can tell, it's just 10 or so layers of different colours. There's a documentary, though I haven't seen it.

[radiantfracture]

Ha, I don't know anything about hockey either, except what I got in the water by growing up in Canada. I just latched on hard to a catch phrase in the show.

I feel like you will have worked this out well before me: a nice thing about printmaking vs. painting is that duplication is so much easier. If I make a painting, I have one (1) painting, and if I want prints I need a special scanner, etc. But a linocut just needs more ink.

Cool.

It fulfills my weird and often unproductive compulsion to do everything myself and never ask for help.

[radiantfracture]

I have some sparkly gouache my mother gave me for Christmas one year that I have never found a use for because I'm too Serious to make sparkly art. But if that dude can do it, maybe I've been missing out all this time.

[sabotabby]

There is nothing unserious about Sparkly.