I am really starting to get the hang of lino carving and inking and am having a lot of fun with it.
I guess I have played with this technique for a dozen or so hours, this week alone, and it is starting to pay off.
So far, I have created 4 lino illustrations ( 17 to go ) of the 22 illustrations of my book. One story won't have an illustration, for a reason.
Two out of the 4 were carved, inked and printed yesterday and today, namely this hangry, golden dino, with an oatmeal pancake on top of his head
and this orange, red, phoenix, illustrating a story titled 'Rise of the Phoenix':
Although I really liked my golden dino lino, yesterday, I can't help but feel that this phoenix feels extremely powerful and not just because it's a phoenix, a mythical creature of energy, rebirth and so much more!
Both carvings were based on the following illustrations, that I included in the ( very imperfect ) 10 copy first print of my book.
The main idea about starting with lino carving was to work more with my hands and spend more time offline - mission accomplished.
It's also pretty Zen, overall, and I can do it while video calling with friends and fellow creatives, during so called co-creation sessions - extra powerful.
I will probably select some ( process art ) scans of the above art pieces to NFT Showroom soonish for about a handful of HIVE each. The idea is that you can buy them and thereby support me in my lengthy creative process.
To give you an idea: I started on my Hypersensitivosaurus stories in October 2019 and the first print of the first book was finished in February 2022, two and a half years later.
If you missed it, you might also want to check out my previous lino art post here: My Dino Lino process art is now for sale on NFT Showroom - another update on my creative journey
Last but not least I will share a scan of this particular colorful phoenix, that I printed on a mini canvas. Talking about print, I incuded my dirty finger print for traceability ( just kidding, it was a perfect little 'accident' ). I am having a bbq at my sister's place tonight and will bring this latest art piece along as a present. Who knows, they might want to hang it in their guest house ( where I will probably spend the night ).
I hope I managed to empower you a little bit with this post of mine.
Sending you a creative hug from Portugal!
Get your hands ( not your fingerprints ) on my Art, by buying it on NFT Showroom: https://nftshowroom.com/vincentnijman/gallery