The last in progress shot of this print was the black and white "key" printed. It was a 10 hour day of printing. My good buddy Wes helped me pull an edition of 35 prints. This is where I left off...
I've been working for about 2 weeks now getting all the color printed. The print is almost finished with only two more colors to go...check it out...
I ignored my instincts to print from light to dark when I started the color which turned out to be a pretty big mistake. Printing light to dark prevents any offset ink from contaminating the next color. I started with this orange which caused quite a few issues when returning to print later lighter colors. DON'T DO WHAT I DID...print light to dark. Here is the first color layer...Orange.
As you can see...the second color was this grey/cream color...the offset of the previous orange layers was a big problem...I had to clean my ink slab ever 5 prints or so as the orange ink infiltrated my grey/cream color turning it into a muddy mess.
The third color was kind of a gross green for the upper portion of the image and the outside of the cloak on the figure.
The fourth color was a second gross green which filled the inside of the cloak and overlapped the green at the top to create the rays of light from the halo.
Next was a yellow layer for the inside of the halo and a skin tone for the hands. These two areas of color were far enough away from each other on the plate that i was able to ink and print them simultaneously... which saved me a whole day of printing.
The second to last color was 2 reds printed from a photo plate. The vultures head was drawn on frosted mylar while the flats were adhered to the same mylar using rubylith lightfast film. A blend from dark red to red fills in the background overlapping the orange and the rendering of the vulture head adds detail and texture.
The final color will be a brown printed from a photo plate. The rendered color layer will be drawn on frosted mylar and will cover nearly the entire image. This layer will fill in the clothing, parts of the head, hands and background and will serve to pull all the separate color flats together for a more cohesive final print. I'll be sure to post the final print when it is finished...but for now...here are some shots of the rigorous printing process for some of the colors.
I ignored my instincts to print from light to dark when I started the color which turned out to be a pretty big mistake. Printing light to dark prevents any offset ink from contaminating the next color. I started with this orange which caused quite a few issues when returning to print later lighter colors. DON'T DO WHAT I DID...print light to dark. Here is the first color layer...Orange.
Stay tuned for the final version...should be done in the next few days.
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