Comments on: Striving for Simplicity, and Skater Sketches http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/ Fine Art, Woodblock Prints, Printmaking, and Illustration Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Justin Matthews http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-629 Justin Matthews Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:38:45 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-629 Cool! Thanks for the primer, I will look forward to the post with all of the details. I know some things about making prints, I was fairly good in high school with screen printing and offset press printing. I just wasn't as good coming up with the ideas so I got out of graphic design. Still your stuff is way cool. I like the idea that the woodblocks are only good for X amount of printing. that keeps a uniqueness and limited availability to your art. That limited edition can drive your prices up as well as demand. Good luck! Justin .-= Justin Matthews´s last blog post ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/justinsbrainpan/javp/~3/riQ8NQda9Uc/" rel="nofollow">What Do You Mean? I Have Kids?</a> =-. Cool! Thanks for the primer, I will look forward to the post with all of the details. I know some things about making prints, I was fairly good in high school with screen printing and offset press printing. I just wasn’t as good coming up with the ideas so I got out of graphic design.
Still your stuff is way cool. I like the idea that the woodblocks are only good for X amount of printing. that keeps a uniqueness and limited availability to your art. That limited edition can drive your prices up as well as demand.
Good luck!
Justin
.-= Justin Matthews´s last blog post ..What Do You Mean? I Have Kids? =-.

]]> By: Deacon http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-628 Deacon Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:33:02 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-628 @Megan, Carving *is* fairly meditative. When I get into it, I really focus, and become really present with the block, my knife, and my hand. Other thoughts fade away. @Carlos, I was listening to metal a lot recently, but this got my punk rock juices flowing again. Punk rock is what I grew up with, and it feels good to listen to it a bunch again. If you can track down "Horse Bites, Dog Cries", or "Team Goon" by D.I., I *highly* recommend those albums. @Megan, Carving *is* fairly meditative. When I get into it, I really focus, and become really present with the block, my knife, and my hand. Other thoughts fade away.

@Carlos, I was listening to metal a lot recently, but this got my punk rock juices flowing again. Punk rock is what I grew up with, and it feels good to listen to it a bunch again. If you can track down “Horse Bites, Dog Cries”, or “Team Goon” by D.I., I *highly* recommend those albums.

]]> By: Carlos Velez http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-627 Carlos Velez Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:30:21 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-627 Rad. This seems like pillar content to me. I don't know, ask that Doolin guy...very cool getting in behind the scenes like that. Art takes patience and it sounds like this is no exception. Checked out a few more D.I. songs yesterday...killer. Your recent posts are definitely putting me in a punk mood these days. .-= Carlos Velez´s last blog post ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/consciousme/RiiP/~3/9vifLboEe_E/" rel="nofollow">Coming Clean & Transparent: You Need A Story Of Success In Progress</a> =-. Rad. This seems like pillar content to me. I don’t know, ask that Doolin guy…very cool getting in behind the scenes like that. Art takes patience and it sounds like this is no exception.

Checked out a few more D.I. songs yesterday…killer. Your recent posts are definitely putting me in a punk mood these days.
.-= Carlos Velez´s last blog post ..Coming Clean & Transparent: You Need A Story Of Success In Progress =-.

]]> By: Megan Potter http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-626 Megan Potter Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:28:44 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-626 When you made your first block and called him silly I almost commented telling you not to call your art silly - never belittle your art. I decided lecturing made a bad impression. So, can I tell you I get immense amusement from the fact that this "silly" series just refuses to let go of you. Loving the work, and especially this step by step... I can imagine that carving must be hugely meditative; I'd definitely lose myself in it. Yours, Megan .-= Megan Potter´s last blog post ..<a href="http://www.limitlessliving.ca/5-ways-lists-can-change-your-life/" rel="nofollow">5 Ways Lists Can Change Your Life</a> =-. When you made your first block and called him silly I almost commented telling you not to call your art silly – never belittle your art. I decided lecturing made a bad impression.

So, can I tell you I get immense amusement from the fact that this “silly” series just refuses to let go of you. Loving the work, and especially this step by step… I can imagine that carving must be hugely meditative; I’d definitely lose myself in it.

Yours,
Megan
.-= Megan Potter´s last blog post ..5 Ways Lists Can Change Your Life =-.

]]> By: Deacon http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-625 Deacon Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:18:22 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-625 @Justin, thanks! One purpose of this site is to show all of the "behind the scenes" stuff that goes into making the art. There are a lot of questions there! I think I will have to write an entire post discussing just this. Executive summary, I emphasized in printmaking in art school, and learned woodblock printing then. In art school, I mostly did lithography, but that requires thousands of dollars worth of equipment and lots of space. The most common type of fine art printmaking is probably Intaglio (ie. etchings). Woodblocks aren't that common, likely because it is the least versatile printmaking method. Wood has a natural limit to what it can do, due purely to the fact that it is wood. @Justin, thanks! One purpose of this site is to show all of the “behind the scenes” stuff that goes into making the art.

There are a lot of questions there! I think I will have to write an entire post discussing just this.

Executive summary, I emphasized in printmaking in art school, and learned woodblock printing then. In art school, I mostly did lithography, but that requires thousands of dollars worth of equipment and lots of space.

The most common type of fine art printmaking is probably Intaglio (ie. etchings). Woodblocks aren’t that common, likely because it is the least versatile printmaking method. Wood has a natural limit to what it can do, due purely to the fact that it is wood.

]]> By: Justin Matthews http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-624 Justin Matthews Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:07:08 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-624 This is a way cool "how I did it" post. thanks for sharing some insight into your work. Is woodblock printing one of those dying arts or is it popular? Also, you have talked about art school, did they teach you how to do the woodblock prints there or did you learn that on your own? they seem very old school and classic, like something not many people do anymore. .-= Justin Matthews´s last blog post ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/justinsbrainpan/javp/~3/riQ8NQda9Uc/" rel="nofollow">What Do You Mean? I Have Kids?</a> =-. This is a way cool “how I did it” post. thanks for sharing some insight into your work. Is woodblock printing one of those dying arts or is it popular? Also, you have talked about art school, did they teach you how to do the woodblock prints there or did you learn that on your own? they seem very old school and classic, like something not many people do anymore.
.-= Justin Matthews´s last blog post ..What Do You Mean? I Have Kids? =-.

]]> By: Deacon http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-623 Deacon Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:54:00 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-623 @Dave, I'll do at least 4, and probably at most 4. I plan on being done with all of these by Sunday evening. These are many things in addition to pictures of guys on skateboards. Proof of concept, DP, business experiment, etc. @Dave, I’ll do at least 4, and probably at most 4. I plan on being done with all of these by Sunday evening.

These are many things in addition to pictures of guys on skateboards. Proof of concept, DP, business experiment, etc.

]]> By: Dave Doolin http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/02/striving-for-simplicity-skater-sketches/#comment-622 Dave Doolin Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:23:28 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1092#comment-622 How many are you going to carve in this series? .-= Dave Doolin´s last blog post ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/nggivj37BTk/" rel="nofollow">Carlos Throws Down, and Closed Means Closed. Yep, the Week in Review</a> =-. How many are you going to carve in this series?
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog post ..Carlos Throws Down, and Closed Means Closed. Yep, the Week in Review =-.

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