Next, I made a print with only my Azazel (left) and Thanatos (right) blocks. I then used watercolor to paint the background for each the other’s assigned color. (So Azazel is on a blue background, blue being the colour assigned to Thanatos, and vice versa). I then layered smaller block prints I made of each on top of the main print. I also used fine paint pens to draw lilies on top of them, very faintly. I wanted to see if I could have a less busy print, but still have some details that take a second glance at least to notice fully.
Once all my blocks were carved out, I started experimenting with making prints on a3 paper.
I wanted to play with the layering style I had used earlier on my painting, but instead use my larger stamps of Thanatos and Azazel, the 2 central characters to my narrative as the subject matter in the back, with every other character layered on top of them. I like how at first glance the print looks messy and hard to decipher, but the closer you look the more each detail begins to form itself. It tied together the layering and the interactive aspect I wanted my work to have very well.
I experimented with my work in portrait, trying to emulate the feeling of being lost in a daydream. I painted Thanatos and Azazel’s younger self with watercolor, but kept the rest uncolored to make a distinction between reality and daydream.
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