Throwback to one of my favorite pieces to date. . “Bad Omen” marked a turning point in my recent professional career: after several years of surprise success in the gig posters scene, I realized I was in a rut and was missing the joy of making personal work. I wasn’t sure if this new over-booked schedule (for which I was extremely grateful) would be the new normal: the joy of making gig posters, but with very long hours and the busy back-to-back-to-back summer rock show schedule. I wanted to see if there was room to push some more personal work within my nascent existence as artist working predominantly in the screenprint medium. . This ink on paper drawing (alas, I seem to have lost the original scan) was digitally imported, and then sent into Procreate on the iPad and then it was off to the races. Taking the original ink drawing, refining it and then splitting it into multiple layers of various transparent blacks, I spent quite a bit more time on this one than many other pieces during that period of my life. Colors added and refined, and then the job was sent off to the stellar crew at @endhymns, who nailed it: the printing, color balance, registration and even output onto cotton rag with a hand-torn deckled edge. This piece couldn’t have come to life without their craft. . The piece went live in the shop with the hope that with enough sales, I could blend in much more personal work into the professional gig poster schedule. As one of my most successful releases to date, the confidence was a huge boost to helping me balance a better workload, and it’s all thanks to my incredible supporters and buyers. Still some available in the shop for those interested (link in bio). . I hope this little snippet was enjoyable, as I try to balance working on new work and manage the void in between releases. I love you all. ❤️ . #art #silkscreen #seriagraph #limitededition #finart #illustration #chatteringmonkeys #anxiety https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpi8BUAvsmh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
