queer linocuts

[hyperchromatic]

for pride month this year, i wanted to make a couple of linocuts as a themed project to celebrate. i'm still pretty new to printmaking, but it was a blast to make these!

[cyberdreamz]

Oo, these are cool! I'm also new to making linocut prints, gotta make some for a class right now and they can be a pain to get right. You did great! :]

[ffaf]

Linocut (and woodcut and any kind of print) are great mediums. Yours have a clean design and composition. I like the way you rendered the petals, with that white lines over black and the frames too are pleasing.

Congratulations on a good job!

[hyperchromatic]

Oo, these are cool! I'm also new to making linocut prints, gotta make some for a class right now and they can be a pain to get right. You did great! :]

Linocut (and woodcut and any kind of print) are great mediums. Yours have a clean design and composition. I like the way you rendered the petals, with that white lines over black and the frames too are pleasing.

Congratulations on a good job!

thank you both!! keeping linocuts clean is definitely the hardest part of carving LOL

[beetledragon3869]

These look phenomenal! I've always loved the unique textures on different prints of the same linocuts – it adds a special kind of character that you just don't get with mass-produced stuff. These specifically are so nice... the clean lines and thick shapes are awesome!

[TheFrugalGamer]

These are beautiful! I too love the artifacts from imperfect carving that linocuts tend to have (not that yours are flawed! It's part of the medium, and it makes it unique!). The thing I like most about them is that you can use them to print on paper, cloth, whatever you want. These would make great cloth patches!

[hyperchromatic]

These look phenomenal! I've always loved the unique textures on different prints of the same linocuts – it adds a special kind of character that you just don't get with mass-produced stuff. These specifically are so nice... the clean lines and thick shapes are awesome!

thank you!! texture is honestly my favourite part about linout, i really enjoy the way you can get so many different textures depending on the carve, paper, ink.. there's so much to play with!

These are beautiful! I too love the artifacts from imperfect carving that linocuts tend to have (not that yours are flawed! It's part of the medium, and it makes it unique!). The thing I like most about them is that you can use them to print on paper, cloth, whatever you want. These would make great cloth patches!

thank you so much :) i get what you mean!! i love the artifacts a lot too, i think it gives the prints a lot of character and they also serve as a little reminder that they're hand-made and printed. cloth patches are a great idea, i might do that in the future!

[rnottelovesowls]

these came out very nice! always been a fan of printmaking ever since i learned how to do it myself in college. nice work they look very clean and smooth, too; what kind of ink did you use for them?

[hyperchromatic]

these came out very nice! always been a fan of printmaking ever since i learned how to do it myself in college. nice work they look very clean and smooth, too; what kind of ink did you use for them?

thank you! for these i used speedball water-based lino ink, but i would actually only recommend using it if you have thin paper and can work fast, since it dries up REALLY quick. recently i've switched over to caligo safe wash ink, and i find it's a lot better!!