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A lithograph I did in school. This type of printmaking is pretty difficult considering all the chemical processes you have to go through for the block. Then when you draw the image it's with a grease pencil that you can not erase.So, you have to go with what you have, mistakes or not.
Then you continue on with printing as many pieces as the image can handle. Enjoy, and if you ever get a chance to do a lithograph. Do it, there's nothing like it.
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I've never tried to do a lithograph
But this worked out so well!
The lines are so well defined and the printing leave such a unique texture that just adds to the feel of the elephant's skin from the lineart...
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It's a wonderful experience.
Thanks for the comments.
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Pas de problem ^_^
I may have to go and try it now!
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wow... it looks really good, but complicated!
Ive never done a lithograph before....
Its amazing and very different to the things i usually see, which makes it all the better ^^
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ah i love printmaking. never did a litho though. etching (knife and glass, not the traditional kind), linocut, and monotypes are what i did. all are fun as hell.
really nice piece!
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thanks and ya, I've done all of those too.
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printmaking is such a fun medium... its such a minority though in the artworld from what i can tell.
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It really is, but most of it you have to access to stuff that you normally wouldn't. Though you can easily do mono's, collagraphs and woodcut/lino's at home. Albeit messy and more time consuming....but you'd first have to know how to do it I guess. xD
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amazing.... i have seen some of my friends do lithographs....they look really intense and this came out amazing......wish i had the chance
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Oh I hope you get the chance too! I wish I could do more and thank you.
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This looks pretty cool
It would have been cool if the picture didn't just stop en the middle of nowhere (in the bottom) but went all the way down to the frame. Very cool to look at, it's an interesting perspective, like a spiral kind of. A bit like hypnose. Lots of details, but not over detailed. Cool
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Well, basically, you draw an image on a lithograph stone that weighs about 20 lbs. You draw it with a grease pencil because the only thing that will print on the stone is grease....so in essense you could draw the image with your fingers because of the natural grease we have on our skin. So, while drawing, you can not ever touch the stone unless you want fingerprints in your image. So, the reason the image is cropped the way it is is because that's as large as the stone was. Once you draw the image you go through treatment processes. Before each print you have to water and ice down the stone then lay printmaking ink on it, then lay the paper on top and send it through the press. You can do this until the image is no longer stable, which is somewhere around 10-20 prints. Here's a better explanation. [link]
So, it's a very strange drawing process. It's much harder to put the typical detail in that you would a regular drawing.
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Wow... very cool
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Very awesome! I love elephants, so I'm partial to the motif as well. 
I know it's school work, but if you ever feel like selling drop me a note, I think this is awesome!
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If I can find another print, I will let you know. Somehow they were all confenscated by friends and family. *shifty eyes*
I wish I had done more than one litho. It's like a one chance in a lifetime opportunity.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. One of the few reasons I'm sometimes sad I'm out of school. No more opportunities to try out nifty things without it costing a fortune for actually taking a class or *gasp* buy your own stuff. 
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Ya, well I bought this spiffy cintiq recently so I could dabble and maybe be a real life illustrator one day. lol.
But yes, my list consists of a printing press for normal things like collagraphs, linocuts or whatever.
A Darkroom.
A Superfabulous Digital Camera.
Hmm...ya, that's all I want. It cost too much to be an artist. Or maybe it just cost to much to be a varied artist.
And, yes, I actually looked and I only have the one print. I thought I had two left, so I called my mom and sure enough she has that one too.
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This is very good, I love elephants, they're awful hard to draw though.
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Well, generally it wouldn't be that hard for me, but in this form it is hard yes.
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I never did a lithography and I suddenly want to make one because the whole process looks very interesting
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Yes, you just can't draw well or shade with a grease pencil. They are sticky and not smooth in the least. So, it's pretty difficult for sure.
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this is really good what goes into doing a lithograph
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This is the best way for me to explain it. [link]
Thanks for the 
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