Tiffy! Unless you work on this nonstop, it’ll take a little while to complete, but you should try diamond painting! It’s really stress relieving and fun. It’s pretty much color by number, but once you finish it can be a really good sensory touch fidget. It’s just a suggestion, but I definitely recommend and it would be calming to watch a sped up version of it lol
Glad you discovered one of my favorite things I learned in graphic design. Some tips: You can heat the linoleum to soften it to make it easier to carve For actually transferring a even print to paper. You can use the back of a wooden spoon and body weight moving in circles as a brayer.
My mums friend is a successful Lino cutter, and she said I should try it, so my mum got me a kit, it is super fun and I really enjoy it. We use some sort of rubber thing😂 You should totally put some paint on the paper before in pretty colours and then put the print on, it looks so pretty, and makes it super unique!
Hey Tiffy, I’m an undergrad at Vcu and my major is Painting and Printmaking 🙌🏼. I’m actually gonna learn the Printmaking side of the degree this semester 🙃. Thanks for being so creative and inspiring 💙
Hi, Tiffy. Stop me, if you have already tried these. They are called Shrinky Dinks. It's listed under arts and crafts. Although they are marketed for children, adults are using them to make jewelry and other projects. They are sheets of polystyrene. You use colourful felt-tip markers to make a design, cut them out, then "cook" them in a toaster oven. The thickness is 9 times more than the original sheet. Keep up the awesome work. And, take care.
Omg I literally majored in Printmaking in college always so exciting when people end up learning about it!!🥺🤩💙 Edit: we usually get those bits that you refer to as ‘dirty’ or not cut out enough! Part of it is yeah not cutting deep enough but the other is how you’re rubbing it to get the print on the paper. When you use your hands as opposed to the roller your putting more concentrated pressure in smaller parts so you’re pushing further into those lil bits!
OMG!! i did this in 8th grade, i found that when you use the tool to cut in the linoleum, you dont need to scoop you kind of just glide it upon the surface!! if you are scooping, youll find that you need to apply more pressure!! you always also should cut away from yourself and try to keep your fingers away from the tool :) edit: keeping it straight rather than at an angle also helps so you dont have to add more un-needed pressure!!
You should try making gradients! Place one color on top, one on bottom, then blend w the roller towards the middle. Also, I think you kept having marks in the white space because they were too big and the paper started to bend inward. You could try a new design w less white space or press the rubber onto the paper instead of the paper being pressed onto the rubber on top. This entire series reminds me of my freshman year in art school lol love it :)
A+! This turned out so great! Curved lines are so difficult to carve, I was surprised you took to it so fast! I took a printmaking course last fall, so I'll try to remember all the tips I picked up: -warming up the lino with your hands, or just the environment makes it softer and easier to cut. -printmaking ink dries really fast, but can be mixed wit a bit of water to reactivate. -the ink may be less stiff or sticky if you scrape it around a bit with your palette knife for a few minutes to warm it up first before rolling. -that kind of spotty texture you got on your finished print might be because you sanded it first, a smooth lino will leave a cleaner print. -As you figured out, other mediums can be used, such as gouche or watercolours. -you can make gradients known as "rainbow rolls" by placing 2 or more colours next to each other on your palette and rolling them together, just make sure you only roll in one direction so they don't get muddy. -printmaking paper is great, but lino is also versatile so you can use any paper you want! I've found that softer paper like newsprint or vellum picks up the ink really smoothly and creates a really crisp print. Coloured paper looks awesome too! Can't wait to see more if you try this again!
As someone who does linocut printmaking I was so happy and overjoyed when I saw this, also if you ever plan to do this on wood or harder linoleum please wear gloves because the blade slide and you can stab or slash your hand 💜 you should try bookbinding as well
I got so excited when I saw this video because I learned this in first grade and even made a print of a kitty, it was very fun, i'm getting a wave of nostalgia right now rn. You did such an incredible job as always, the waves flow so well and the piece looks phenomenal, I would rate this one an A+, it came out so good, and I love how you were learning from your mistakes and improving in the process of this.
for anyone wanting to try linocutting I would recommend using a iron and press it to the area you want to carve out. It will make carving easier for a bit !!!!
I loved doing this at school when I was around.. 15 or 16! What made it easier to do and less painful on your hands was to heat the Lino (we did it gently with a hairdryer) and it made it easier to carve as it softened up 💜
Omg I just got the idea to paint a wall like this with linoleum patterns!!! Like, a tropical palm leaf wall just stamped on in paint from this process would be so cute! And since you have a stencil, you could even just pass it around and share the design. This was hella cute, and I definitely would love to see you dive more into this because I think this is hella sweet. Also peep the outfit, you looking hella fresh today ayyy
lino printing is so versatile like that! I made some wrapping paper by making little prints and covering a bunch of newsprint with them, it turned out so cute!
I think the reason why tiffy's hand was hurting was because of the way she was holding the lino cutter. I was taught to put your index finger on the indent of the tool. (not sure if that makes sense) it makes cutting smoother and easier
Heat the Lino before carving and it will carve so much easier and smoother. We had a heating plate when we did it in high school. Have to keep heating it up but it ensures your lines are cleaner and so much easier on your hands ☺️
iIdid linocut in school for art and i learnt that it is better to cut the parts deep, put a bit more ink on and to have a surface that can hold down the rubber so both hands aren't in the way or as sore. :)
I love seeing these little diys from you! I’m at the beach right now and I just had to watch this. It was pretty relaxing watching the art and then looking up and seeing the ocean 😂.
Next time, try using the back of a wooden spoon to burnish the paper into the block print by rubbing it in small circles, you’ll get a more solid ink transfer!
If anyone wants to try printmaking but doesn't want to go and spend a bunch on supplies, you can do a low budget print using foam boards, a dull pencil, and some thick-ish paint. (Also a roller, but there's not really a low budget version of that). You can indent the foam with the pencil to make a design and then just print pretty much the same- hope this helps! :]
I did this in high school, it was by far my favourite thing we did in art class. When we did it we were told to warm it up over a hotpad before starting to cut in it though cause it made it a lot easier.
I love lino printing use to do it at school and got so into it would love to do it again. To anyone who wants to try please be very careful with the lino cutter tools they are relly sharp cut away from you as i have witnessed someone get there skin glued after cutting towards herself but its so much fun and your able to create so many unique prints ♥️
Hey Tiffy! If you ever do printmaking again you should try MDF board to carve on. It's a softer wood and your lines are really crisp when you print. Also when you're printing you can sit your breyer (the roller) on the metal part so it wont develop a flat spot and you get even coverage when rolling the ink! So many cool videos on how to do printmaking on RU-vid. It's also a very forgiving and relaxed medium because printmaking is just the idea that you're making multiple copies of something. This was my major in college and there are so many different ways you can printmake. TikTok also has amazing creators that can share all kinds of different types of print as well.
I used to do Lino prints all the time in 6th form textiles and I loved it so much! It’s so satisfying once it’s all carved out! You did a great job and I would suggest you could also roll half of one colour on one side of the print and another colour on the other side so it makes a gradient, could be fun :)
Tiffyyyyyy, you should really try wood burning art There’s a lot of cool and beautiful designs you can do! I’m not too sure if you’d try it yet, but I’d love to see what you can create!✨🤩 there’s a pen you could use to do very detailed designs, I hope you try this and experience something awesome and super fun!❤️
I’m surprised some people don’t know about this I’ve done this all the time in art class, I never cut on the lines tho and never dig into the block it can rip it! Tiff I love how this came out make another one but get more complicated 👀😂 let’s see how you’ve done 😊
I would love to see you do an episode that's out of the box, like you try to learn a language in so many days or try to watch a movie series! It'll be so cool!
The thing I learned from linocuts are that you should never be afraid to use "too much" ink. It actually fills up all the small spots if you use a bit more on your roller and the prints end up looking even more amazing!
