Hello all! tldr: I made a linocut print block to create the album artwork of a nature inspired album. My name is Nickalus Lindale, I am a multimedia artist based in the PNW. This year I released...
Hello all!
tldr: I made a linocut print block to create the album artwork of a nature inspired album.
My name is Nickalus Lindale, I am a multimedia artist based in the PNW. This year I released an electro-acoustic album and decided to use a linocut print for the CD artwork. I have made linocuts in the past but it has been a couple years.
Because the music is all about the nature of the Pacific Northwest I decided to use inspiration from the same place. The picture I carved is a Vaccinium Parvifolium, or Red Huckleberry, from "Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual ". This was pretty difficult for me because of the fine details and thin lines in this style of art but ultimately, very happy with it.
I used a digital scan of the print to make the artwork on the actual CD and also used it to print on envelope mailers to send them out. My next plan for the print block is to use it with some collaging or something along those lines. The last time I made linocuts I printed the artwork on pages from old books I used to make blackout poetry and think something like that might be cool for this one too.
Happy to hear any tips on the process or anything you notice!
PS. All in this took me about 9 hours! If you are interested about the bigger project please feel free to ask in the comments or check out my website posts about it @ www.nickal.us
Hello all!
tldr: I made a linocut print block to create the album artwork of a nature inspired album.
My name is Nickalus Lindale, I am a multimedia artist based in the PNW. This year I released an electro-acoustic album and decided to use a linocut print for the CD artwork. I have made linocuts in the past but it has been a couple years.
Because the music is all about the nature of the Pacific Northwest I decided to use inspiration from the same place. The picture I carved is a Vaccinium Parvifolium, or Red Huckleberry, from "Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual ". This was pretty difficult for me because of the fine details and thin lines in this style of art but ultimately, very happy with it.
I used a digital scan of the print to make the artwork on the actual CD and also used it to print on envelope mailers to send them out. My next plan for the print block is to use it with some collaging or something along those lines. The last time I made linocuts I printed the artwork on pages from old books I used to make blackout poetry and think something like that might be cool for this one too.
Happy to hear any tips on the process or anything you notice!
PS. All in this took me about 9 hours! If you are interested about the bigger project please feel free to ask in the comments or check out my website posts about it @ www.nickal.us