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yeetomato (artist)

@yeetomato.bsky.social

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Canadian artist and printmaker. Working on a series of cats. 🐱 Prints and originals sold here: https://ko-fi.com/yeetomato

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yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · Mar 10

I'm sharing these again to pin them to my profile so new people can look at them (if you're new, hello)

Acrylic, 3' × 5'. A figure in a red coat inspects a wall of limestone in the fall.

Ink and wash drawing of the doll and the bath messengers from bloodborne. A distant looking woman in a victorian bonnet and shawl is standing behind a bush. There is a bird bath full of small, gaunt, humanoid creatures in the foreground with candles at its base

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 9h

Looks like the leaf even matches, it was meant to be

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 11h

That is so cute

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 1d

Some lino is slippery. I've managed to avoid any stabbing so far, but have had some close calls even when trying to cut away from myself

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 1d

I got to try it for the first time just a couple years ago. Fun medium, it's become a favourite

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 1d

I heard that including a face does something for the instagram algorithm, so I tried it and it actually worked... Which is terrible news for me, it means I have to keep doing it

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 1d

Check out this seahorse...
I have reluctantly started making videos for instagram again
#linocut #printmaking

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 6d

All the numbers are wrong at the moment, I planned to glue accurate numbers over them but haven't done so yet

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 6d

Possibly the largest ink drawing I've done. It's a full bristol board sheet.
I'm no letterer but I had fun with the text. Inspired by an old sears catalogue

A poster listing a bunch of printmaking tools. All the numbers are wrong, so far.

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 8d

Have you tried drypoint etching? I think the kinds of marks you can get with it would suit your style well

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 8d

This one is so striking and good

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 8d

Very fitting. Diamanda Galas is great

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks :) I still want to try mezzotint, I rocked a plate last year but didn't get to use it. I'll try again soon

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 9d

I was making this cute sticky note thumbnail sketch when I suddenly got some intense deja vu. It's always mundane things for me

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 9d

Also working on another poster, these are for the school art studio (got a student job as an assistant)

Unfinished poster with printmaking supplies labelled by number with an empty text box

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yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 10d

A gloomy seahorse I drew a while ago

A pen drawing of a seahorse and the pen that drew it

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 9d

A reminder to my fellow artists:

A poster that says "Got pains 'dans les mains'? Stretch before you sketch".
"Dans les mains" is french for "in the hands", at least it is according to my memory of taking french in elementary school, so the grammar could be totally wrong.

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 10d

Carving another linocut cat bookmark

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 10d

A gloomy seahorse I drew a while ago

A pen drawing of a seahorse and the pen that drew it

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 10d

Happened to me on the dark souls 3 reddit so I gave up on using it

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 12d

Really cool, has the effect of a mezzotint

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 14d

Kate bush put some b sides up on spotify, hooray

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yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 17d

Cat stalking an indifferent raven.
First experiment with firm linoleum

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 17d

I found it trickier to hand print with this as compared with rubber blocks btw, I accidentally wore through the first page I printed it on

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 17d

Wonderful expression

yeetomato (artist) @yeetomato.bsky.social · 17d

I based this on a picture i took of a raven at the very top of my favourite old ash tree. Also referenced my cat Oliver