I have been tinkering with a recreation of the Sammael artwork from Bruttenholm’s book for a while. I’d not really put much thought into what I was going to do with it but I’ve been messing with woodblock printing for another project and wanted to warm up with a linocut… and then my brain started joining dots and here I am spending my lunch hours at work carving Sammael out of lino.
I started with some screen grabs. I got some low res shots of my own from the DVD but someone was kind enough to post a high res Bluray image on the boards a while back which was a huge help. I used Photoshop to remove the perspective, patch out Abe’s thumb and started tracing. For some reason I ended up flipping the image as I cleaned it up.
The design was printed (right way round), placed face down on the lino and transferred by rubbing the back with a rag soaked in acetone. It came out a bit patchy so I filled in the gaps with a marker.
I’ve put in about five hours of cutting time so far and am about half way through. I don’t know what size the original was created at but I’m guessing it was larger than the A5 I’m working at. This is seriously fiddly!
I started with some screen grabs. I got some low res shots of my own from the DVD but someone was kind enough to post a high res Bluray image on the boards a while back which was a huge help. I used Photoshop to remove the perspective, patch out Abe’s thumb and started tracing. For some reason I ended up flipping the image as I cleaned it up.
The design was printed (right way round), placed face down on the lino and transferred by rubbing the back with a rag soaked in acetone. It came out a bit patchy so I filled in the gaps with a marker.
I’ve put in about five hours of cutting time so far and am about half way through. I don’t know what size the original was created at but I’m guessing it was larger than the A5 I’m working at. This is seriously fiddly!