I carved out some lino blocks to start with of my original character designs, two from before, and one newer one which I developed in the character design workshop I mentioned earlier. Inspired by the bold and detailed lines I saw used in the murals in Mumbai, I carved around my lines on the lino block , creating a lineart effect.
I experimented with both soft and hard lino, and found that I preferred the overall experience of working with hard lino to soft lino, as it held its form better and didn’t stick to things much. However, I did find that soft lino transferred ink onto paper without needing as much pressure as its harder counterpart.
The part I found most challenging about this process was filtering out detail from my designs, as I needed to simplify them so that they would transfer to lino seamlessly. I did struggle with scaling the drawings onto the block as well, so certain prints have flat heads or are cut off because of this.
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