I got new supplies!
Armed and dangerous with a new roller. Time to do some damage.
A big fat order from McClain’s arrived yesterday.
(I order from them ’cause they’re the best. Seriously. I placed my order late afternoon Thursday, they ship it Friday, it arrives Tuesday)
I got a new roller, which I am very excited about. It is far nicer than the dinky pinky Speedball roller I’ve been using.
Got some clean up supplies, soap and nitril gloves, and most af all, paper. I got a dozen sheets of Shin Torinako washi paper. I used it for the first round of printing of these skater prints I’ve been making, and I needed more to print up the rest of the editions.
Each sheet of the paper can make about 16 or so prints, so I have enough to print up a nice edition of each. I’ll probably make about 15 prints of each block, except block 2, there will be 23.
(I’ve already printed some, and gave some away on Twitter. Follow @BadDeacon on Twitter. You might get free stuff)
Speaking of rollers and paper, I finally got the 4th skater block printed:
Woodblock Print, 4x4 inches, title to be determined
This means you can expect a few things to happen now that these are done:
- I’ve got an upcoming post discussing what this series of prints was really about. It actually has little to do with punk rock and skateboards, anbd a whole lot to do with deliberate practice (I’ll talk about exactly what that is).
- I’ll have a video coming out about this 4th print. I filmed the carving and printing of this block, so as soon as teach myself how to edit video, I’ll have that out. Turns out video ads quite a bit of complexity to pretty much everything.
- These skater prints will be going on sale. They’ll be pretty cheap, about the same price as a sandwich (I like to think of value in terms of food). I’ll probably do a bunch of stuff like make a “buy 3 get the 4th free” promotion, as well as discounts and early sales to people on my newsletter. Sales should begin some time next week.
That’s it for now. Leave a comment and say “hi”.
Must be because I have had an overwhelming amount of laundry to do lately but please! Tell me you do not make prints in the white dress shirt.
Can’t wait to watch the video!
.-= Nicki´s last blog post ..The Kitschen Sink and Dee Sprague’s Opening =-.
I *probably* don’t print in my dress shirts. That would be crazy, after all, to print in my dress shirts, which I meticulously get dry cleaned (instead of washed) so they stay nicer, longer.
I *almost* never print in my nice white shirts.
Sometimes, however, sophisticated art requires sophisticated dress. Luckily, the art I’ve been making lately isn’t *too* sophisiticated.
.-= Deacon´s last blog post ..Ye Olde “What I’ve Been Doing” Update =-.
Dude, you need to do it the old fashioned way: suit and tie.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog post ..Maintain Draft Queue with Practical WordPress Tips 1 – 12 =-.
The suit and tie is not suited for punk rock-inspired prints, but eventually…
.-= Deacon´s last blog post ..Ye Olde “What I’ve Been Doing” Update =-.
My friend Julie Roads (@writingroads, follow her, you’ll love her) and I have a theory about dressing to impress your art.
We’re both writers and we don’t do the writing-in-pajamas thing (much). We dress hot so we can write hot and we call it ‘pretty girl karma’.
She wrote a post about it.
We have very small egos.
Even so, I worried for the white shirt too. Be nice to the whites.
Following @writingroads now.
I am fairly meticulous with my dress clothing. I am also very bland. I have 4 white shirts, all exactly the same. I have 1 black shirt too, for variety. I take them to the dry cleaner all at the same time, to get them dry cleaned, not just washed & pressed.
I think that if I were dressed meticulously, my printing would be meticulous too. I usually print in old, ink-stained clothing though.