BIG POST: Exploring the World of ✨Linocut Printing✨

Hiii! Happy Friday! It feels like it's been Wednesday every day this week, so I am so pleased for the weekend to have finally arrived! I hope you all had lovely, lovely weeks as well!

I have a bit of a different big post for you today! I took this past week to experiment, ordered a few things to test out some linocut printing, SO let's just jump right into all the things!

Of course, I had to start by sketching/putting together some ideas for some prints I'd like to start with!

Once some of my supplies arrived, I couldn't help but give it a tiny triaI run! Nothing too serious!

 (plz ignore how icky this looks lol I started carving at like 10pm hehehe)

I love the whoooole feel of this, big time! For a first little test, with the little bits of things I had around, I'm super pleased! I just need better ink, for starters and ALSO! Something to more consistently press the images! ALSO ALSO, different paper too! My paper was far too dusty! ALL that aside, I cannot WAIT to explore this further!

Some more little ideas-

(this is my favorite eee! a moon to go with the sun above!!)

 (I pulled from some old designs to sort of visualize what I could do with the way I draw/my little characters etc!)

Once I'm? Goood-er? Am I dreaming too big? It'll all need to be simplified quite a bit, but I'm dreaming big here! Don't mind me!

I am always getting asked to make clothes and things, and I just think it would be so fun to thrift clothes and bits and print on them!? Maybe? I am always such a fan when I see fellow artists sharing their homemade, printed apparel, so we will see!

DRAGON!!! (I'm absolutely making him a big sticker before I explore a big printed version, but!)

My first big goal is to make a cute sun/moon print pair from the above sketches. I am super inspired by the juxtaposition between my usual works/color palettes and the simpler block prints. Something about it! I've always loved it!

If you're into this, I'll definitely share as this progresses. Once all of my supplies arrive, I will have something a bit more "legit" going, but for now! Just wanted to share the beginning stage!

Next! I wanted to share that I have lots and lots cooking behind the scenes with this wizard buddy!!

first!

(I love dragons!!)

second!

I have been putting SO many hours into this. It's fully animated. I also plan to have little zooms into the different moving parts, and I'm hoping to finish it up over the weekend! Woo!

Here is a little preview!! (I'd put the whole thing in, but the file is tooo huuuge for Patreon haha)

Little update- I got a box of funky envelopes and had to reorder and have new ones shipped, so February rewards will be going out this weekend!!! Thanks so much for your patience!!

Anyway, that's about all I have for you! It was another up and down week adjusting to Mr. Mushroom's new routines, but things are looking up, and I'm so grateful and so excited to make things this weekend!

Have the most wonderful friday, everyone! I appreciate ya so much!!

Aub + Mush