Maleah Boyd's Blog

    Relief printing is the process of cutting away at a surface in order to create an image from the raises area. This process began in hand printing and is very popular because materials are cheap and easy to get.  1. Tone block with an Indian ink wash or a wash of a black film 2. Transfer paper with the help of iron ioxide 3. Use wood cutting tools to cut image onto block 4. Roll ink over the block 5. Put on press and inl transfer to paper Intaglio printing process is the process in which am image is carved below the flat surface of a printing plate. 1. Polish and clean plate 2. Etch the plate 3. Rinse plate for 15 minutes 4. Wipe and remove excess ink 5. Cover with damp paper 6. Run through press at high temperature Lithography printing is the process of using oil and water. 1. Apply small amount of rosin om image for sketching 2. Apply gum arabic to the stone for the non-image area 3. Apply acidified gum arabic 4. Use cheesecloth to buff in easily 5

For this project we had to take a picture of our partner and make them look like they were pop art or from a comic book. We were given several examples to help us with this project. I was trying to use primary colors because they go together and it was simple. At first I selected the the background and made it black and white to make Anna stand out. Next I put a filter over the background and if you look closely you can see dots randomly spread out across it. After putting a filter on it next,  I made 3 rectangles and shaded them with 3 different shades of yellow. Starting from top to bottom it goes lightest to darkest. The last and final step was outlining her blue and red. For the outline I used the wacom tablet. That made it really easy. I think the hardest thing about this project was to come up with an idea of what I wanted to do. Other than I thought it was really easy and fun.