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Official: SaSe and NightEnD leave Fnatic

We would like to thank @NightEnDD & @HelloSaSe for everything – You will be missed! http://t.co/8GZytenKoD pic.twitter.com/IDd2TV9A5L

— FNATIC (@FNATIC) February 4, 2014

Its has now been confirmed that SaSe and NightEnD have left Fnatic and their…

This quote is a little bit older but seems to be always a hot topic  ;)

"If this game is balanced I am queen of England." - NightenD

December Printing Session

Here's a short clip of yours truly doing some photogravure printing for the project Valerie Schmidt and I are collaborating on - photogravures of professional StarCraft2 players.

I've pulled the first couple of prints on a mid-sized press (Halepress) from Finland, but wasn't too satisfied with the pressure it could deliver (with the pressure set the way I wanted it, the press really didn't sound too good), so I moved over to the large Sjöström press (ah, getting way too spoiled with all this 24h/365 access to a shop with many great presses - coming down in the autumn will be hard) - I think the upper cylinder alone weights as much as the entire Halepress, so pressure was not an issue.

Further reading:

Two* things:

1) You know how professional sports people watch themselves running to analyse and improve their performance? When seeing myself printing these photogravures I realized one thing right away: usually I prefer to have larger tarlatan pads - the ones I am using in the video were the last from my stash of tarlatan, and thus a bit smaller in size - it really makes wiping less efficient. 

2) chewing gum, wtf. I think this is the first time I ever saw myself chewing gum, and while I don't mind other people chewing gum (as long as they keep their mouth closed), I strongly dislike seing myself do so. This is probably a bit too neurotic for a tumblr dedicated to printmaking, but meh - it's in the video, so I get to talk about it. My sis sent me a message after seeing the video, saying that chewing gum in high-speed looks awesome. (She was probably just having a pang of nostalgia for her pet rabbit Tiggr, who passed away some years ago)

3) Here's the video showing the plate making: http://blackheartpress.tumblr.com/post/36029867051/progamer

4) Happy New Year, everyone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPQG6xlzU8