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Trying out this vertical slices method on some other images
January 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Trying out this vertical slices method on some other images
Hang in there, blue pen, up-close and personal
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Hang in there, blue pen, up-close and personal
Transition to the new year was a doozy . . . let us resume where we left off.
Getting ready to do more woodcuts, trying to preview the outcomes
Getting ready to do more woodcuts, trying to preview the outcomes
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Transition to the new year was a doozy . . . let us resume where we left off.
Getting ready to do more woodcuts, trying to preview the outcomes
Getting ready to do more woodcuts, trying to preview the outcomes
Hang in there, Kitty.
New Taylor docuseries dropped last night and is waiting for you to watch tonight.
New Taylor docuseries dropped last night and is waiting for you to watch tonight.
December 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hang in there, Kitty.
New Taylor docuseries dropped last night and is waiting for you to watch tonight.
New Taylor docuseries dropped last night and is waiting for you to watch tonight.
The great thing about mechanical reproduction is the ability to get perfect results each time, so that each item is really indistinguishable from another :)
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The great thing about mechanical reproduction is the ability to get perfect results each time, so that each item is really indistinguishable from another :)
46 variations, a small sampling of the possibility space of 3 colors on 3 blocks on 3 kinds of paper in 3 orders
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
46 variations, a small sampling of the possibility space of 3 colors on 3 blocks on 3 kinds of paper in 3 orders
Roll, squish, peel, repeat
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Roll, squish, peel, repeat
Progress! It's exciting to see unexpected overlaps and effects happening along with the things I predicted. Hard to know when to stop. Next up, Yellow.
December 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Progress! It's exciting to see unexpected overlaps and effects happening along with the things I predicted. Hard to know when to stop. Next up, Yellow.
More Blue onto White onto Brown
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
More Blue onto White onto Brown
Blue onto White onto Brown
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Blue onto White onto Brown
First pass with white, some happy and unhappy accidents.
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
First pass with white, some happy and unhappy accidents.
1/2", 1/4", and 1/8" out of focus lasercuts. A new set of line weights!
Up next: white ink on brown paper.
Up next: white ink on brown paper.
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
1/2", 1/4", and 1/8" out of focus lasercuts. A new set of line weights!
Up next: white ink on brown paper.
Up next: white ink on brown paper.
1/8" out of focus gives a fine (but not too fine) a line. Maybe 0.5 mm.
For those keeping track at home, 1/2" out of focus is ~1mm line
For those keeping track at home, 1/2" out of focus is ~1mm line
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
1/8" out of focus gives a fine (but not too fine) a line. Maybe 0.5 mm.
For those keeping track at home, 1/2" out of focus is ~1mm line
For those keeping track at home, 1/2" out of focus is ~1mm line
Out of focus by 1/2" gives a nice fat line
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Out of focus by 1/2" gives a nice fat line
Hatching studies getting ready to block print
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hatching studies getting ready to block print
Hatching study getting ready for a making a woodblock
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hatching study getting ready for a making a woodblock
Thinking through the translation from a line drawing a predicted final printed piece. Kind of hard to image what the layering of multiple colors are going to look like, especially when the lines drawn are actually the "reveals" to the color below, and not necessarily the paper color.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thinking through the translation from a line drawing a predicted final printed piece. Kind of hard to image what the layering of multiple colors are going to look like, especially when the lines drawn are actually the "reveals" to the color below, and not necessarily the paper color.
Long story short, changes to laser power and speed don't make a whole lot of difference in the print quality of the block. Out of focus DOES manipulate line width (eg, 1/2 an inch out of focus gets a nice fat line, focused is a hairline). Mostly it's all about hatch density. Knowledge is power!
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Long story short, changes to laser power and speed don't make a whole lot of difference in the print quality of the block. Out of focus DOES manipulate line width (eg, 1/2 an inch out of focus gets a nice fat line, focused is a hairline). Mostly it's all about hatch density. Knowledge is power!
A little ASMR inking
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A little ASMR inking
Making a test pallet for a printing experiment using laser cut blocks. I want to see what kinds of hatch patterns and densities work for inking woodblocks.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Making a test pallet for a printing experiment using laser cut blocks. I want to see what kinds of hatch patterns and densities work for inking woodblocks.
Possible fonts
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Possible fonts
Starting to think about a longer running project. I've always wanted to make a deck of cards, and working through how you'd structure a project that needs 52 single instances of 4 themed images and 52 perfect reproductions of a single image.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Starting to think about a longer running project. I've always wanted to make a deck of cards, and working through how you'd structure a project that needs 52 single instances of 4 themed images and 52 perfect reproductions of a single image.