Random bits and pieces of awesome collected from around the web.
Phew! After a week of a few odd scheduling issues (and one instance of beer winning the battle over printing!) I’ve finally finished up the first round of color.
Next up… I got the blue blue blues!
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Swedish artist Thomas Broome created these great typographic illustrations. If Neo was a type designer… well, you know. Seriously though, great artist great work.
Great prints from the guys over at Nashville-based Family Tree. While I think they are all great, I particularly love The Kraken print! Sailors would be sure to tremble in there boots at the mere thought of this terrific beast of the sea!
{via NotCot}
You can look at a screen all you want but, honestly, the best way to tell if a screen is exposed well is to use the thing, so I pulled some test prints earlier… looking good.
If you’re wondering, I used black because the red recipe that I whip up is a bit on the expensive side and given the heavy ink coverage for these guys, I’ll need every squeegee pull I can get.
Speaking of inks, we’re are all mixed and prepped, so glad I wrote down the recipes to these colors, it made life so much easier.
Next up… not much left to do but to lay down some color!
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Spent some time this afternoon over the lightbox to touch up these screens. All-in-all things weren’t too bad… The “You” screen had some pinhole issues, but that’s nothing a little emulsion can’t fix. Looks like the guy has serious case of chicken pox though!
The “Me” screen only had a few pinholes to deal with but, unfortunately, on closer inspection, my third color artwork looked horrible so I had to fill it up and will have to get that redone later this week or next.
Next up… Test prints!
Phew! The second screen turned out ok this time around. Next step… Touching up the screens and then it will be almost time for 
+P! Stay tuned.
So yesterday I mentioned how the awesome folks at French Paper are, in deed, awesome. Well they are quickly reaching epic status now, as they have overnighted my replacement paper on their dime and on top of that they packed it extra nice. A perfect stack of paper from my favorite paper source! I think it’s gonna be good day.
In addition to the paper, I also got new fresh new screens made today! Unfortunately only one of the two screens made the cut, the other one (the one that will be the first color pass) wasn’t done very well and had to be re-redone… hopefully tomorrow.
So I received my paper shipment today, from the fine folks over at French Paper Company of course, and alas… damaged. Blech! Be forewarned when mail ordering paper in large sizes, there is a good chance that UPS will damage it. One good drop on the corner and BAM! Ruined (at least for this project). Fortunately, Mr. French is totally awesome about it when you call them, they send you a new package immediately to replace the damaged stock and if your really nice to them, they will send it quite quickly. Thanks Mr. French!
Thanks to a huge boost from the lovely Tina Roth Eisenberg aka Swiss Miss, a certain print of mine, You+Me, has completely sold out. Awesome! The response has been so beyond terrific and so amazing that I have no choice but to reprint. Stay tuned, I’ll be documenting the process here. Also, if anyone is interested in snagging one of the prints from this upcoming edition, I’ve opened up a pre-order page over at SupermarketHQ.
