La guarida de Jesse Acosta

Transparencies printed, ready to start silkscreening!

# silkscreens

# silkscreening

# screenprinting frames

# speedball

# diy screenprinting

# diy silkscreening

I am making three silkscreen día de los muertos Nintendo posters for Spokane Comicon on June 1st. Second in the series is La Leyenda de Zelda. The print run will be limited, so if they sell out at the show, that will probably be it.

Drawn with a non photo blue .05 mechanical lead, and inked with a Tombow Fudenosuke hard brush pen. Final output will be a one color silkscreen on 11x17 black cardstock.

Close up of the banner with color.

3’x11” craft paper. Sharpies, exacto knife, t square, and a couple Copic markers.

Preview pic of my silkscreen Mega Hombre: El Bombardero Azul print. This will be available at Spokane Comicon on June 1st.

Writers Club: The most productive thing you’ll do today is practice.

idonethis:

Photo: Jay Ryness

I wasn’t originally sold on the idea of blogging.

Even when I tried to get in the habit of posting, I found it hard to stick with. Blogging took time — time to write essays daily, put in links, clean up spam, and respond to the comments that trickled…

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My new temporary banner for Spokane Comicon June 1st! The tables are 6’, so this guy is 3’x11”. I’ll be sharing the table with Matt Brazee! Check out his work! http://sacklunchcomics.tumblr.com/

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A lot of people don’t really understand the capabilities, and aesthetic appeal of silkscreen printing. Here’s a really great video that shows what you can accomplish with a four color screen on colored paper. Pretty awesome. Jeremy Montoya is a really impressive printmaking artist. I’m very inspired by this video of his process.

The aesthetic appeal and the fact I can make my own prints from home for fairly cheap is a real eye opener. When I attend cons as an artist, I don’t see too many silkscreen prints, or even silkscreen comic covers. But when I do, they really stand out from the crowd.

Dishes are done. Can’t wait to get home and scan this, and start rolling on the silkscreens. Día De Los Muertos Mega Hombre ;)

Inking with this amazing Tombow brush pen. Finally satisfied with this version of my #DíaDeLosMuertos #Megaman.

Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you, and stay.

Wu Tang Clan

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My dad helped me build this light box almost 15 years ago. Still using it, it’s one of my most used tools of the trade. I clean up rough sketches on to new paper. Speeds up the process, and so much easier than using a window on a sunny day.

First draft of Día de Los Muertos Link complete. Excited for this to be a silkscreen print for #SpokaneComicon. Time to tighten this guy up, and make it worth looking at!

First home made one color silk screen press. $20 at Lowes for the wood and screws. Could have gone cheaper, but we used poplar instead of pine. My dad welded some hinges and clamps together too, so I didn’t have to spend $20 just on those “special” jiffy clamps made for screen printing.

# one color silkscreen press

# one color screen printing press

Trying out my new Tombow brush pen from JetPens with a Johnny Cash sketch.

Hello JetPens order! Trying out new brush pens for upcoming caricature sketches gig June 8. 30% the time my Pentel Ses15N sign pen bleeds with watercolors, and I can’t risk it while doing on the spot sketches for people.

2 x Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen - Hard - Blue Body (TOMBOW GCD-111) 1 x Zebra Disposable Brush Pen - Fine (ZEBRA WF1) 1 x Kuretake Disposable Pocket Brush Pen - Extra Fine (KURETAKE PK1-10) 1 x Pilot Pocket Brush Pen - Hard (PILOT SV-30KK-B)