Killsauce

Hairy nips.

Hi Friends,

I think I ought to come back here and make better use of this blog. I haven't been working on much art lately, not too inspired for some reason, but I'm slowly getting back into it. I almost have to make it like homework. I've just let myself get so lax with creative efforts. I do have a job now, which is quite nice, but I feel like I allow that to block my art working. At least, it gives me a poor excuse to say I'm tired or busy or whatever. I'm back doing kung fu again too, which I feel is excellent; it really helps hone my physical and metal prowess, but once again, I'm allowing it to detract from my focus on art. So, in hopes that the upkeep of a blog will somehow push me to create more art, I'm going to get this thing up and running again. I've been using Tumblr for a while, but it feels way more... inane and random. I need more focus. So back to blogspot! Wish me luck.

With love,

Jill

Summer

Stuff from my last quarter of college. Now it's summer and I have no job and it sucks.


Finished Frazetta tribute. India ink and water soluble graphite.



Open Studios Spring '10. Stuff from Adv. Drawing

Abstraction attempt.

Sleipnir!

Sneak Peak

Inks in the works. Humans are really hard for me to draw still... must practice more. Taking inspiration from the great Frank Frazetta. Sorry for the kinda shitty phone pic.

And Another

And here it is. I'm too tired to write much else except that the photo intaglio process I'm currently working on is the most frustrating thing I've ever done.

Trial Print

Here is one of the trial prints from my first intaglio project. It's a three plate print, which is amazingly frustrating, especially when you realize your plates aren't all the same size. Still, I quite like how it turned out. I've already gone back into my key plate (the one with the linework) and added some more details. I'm also going to try playing around with colors (and paper colors), but I think I like this cold gray and the blue with the yellow. Once I figure out all that, I'll be making an edition of maybe... 20 prints? I dunno, we'll see. I'd love to give them out as gifts or possibly sell some.

Don't worry, I didn't forget about this blog, I've just been somewhat busy. Also, the lack of a camera coupled with pieces that are too large to scan has deterred me from being able to post recent works. Soon hopefully. All I have to offer at the moment is a sketch for an intaglio print, and an image I'm using to make a photo etching for another intaglio print. I have some actual prints done, but I need to bring them home from the studio and scan them.