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Printmaking Pals 2024

I totally dropped the ball on keeping up with sharing my Print Pals' prints over here T_T

So I'm going to just share every print all in one post.

ARIES

Photo of an all black and an all red block print featuring the astrological sign of Aries as a Bighorn Sheep with the constellation hand-painted with gold stars on the sheep’s body. They are enclosed within an oval that has stars within it, and a border that has symbolic signs that coordinate with Aries.

TAURUS

Photo of an all black and an all green block print featuring the astrological sign of Taurus as an American Bison with the constellation hand-painted with gold stars on the bison's body. They are enclosed within an oval that has stars within it, and a border that has symbolic signs that coordinate with Taurus.

GEMINI

Photo showing two block prints of my two-headed fox Gemini design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with the custom lilac ink.

CANCER

Photo showing two block prints of my bear Cancer design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with the custom lilac ink.

LEO

Photo showing two block prints of my Monarch butterfly Leo design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with a red ink.

VIRGO

Photo of two relief prints featuring a Sandhill Crane with Virgo astrological symbols and associations within the design. One is done with black ink and the other is done in green to symbolise Virgo's connection to the element of earth.

LIBRA

Two linoblock relief prints featuring the sign of Libra symbolised as a wolf. One print was done with black ink and the other is done in purple that represents the element of air.

SCORPIO

Photo showing two block prints of my snake Scorpio design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with a turquoise ink.

SAGITTARIUS

Photo showing two block prints of my mustang Sagittarius design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with a red ink.

CAPRICORN

Photo showing two block prints of my beaver capricorn design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with the green ink.

AQUARIUS
(I ended up re-printing this one because I hated how it turned out)

Photo showing two block prints of my rainbow crow Aquarius design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with the custom lilac ink. The design features watercoloured rainbow wings
Photo showing two block prints of my rainbow crow Aquarius design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with the custom lilac ink. The design features acrylic painted rainbow wings so it looks less splotchy.

PISCES

Photo showing two block prints of my humpback whale Pisces design. The top print was done with black ink and the print on the bottom was done with a turquoise ink.

BONUS PRINT DESIGN

Collection of barn swallow prints done with black backgrounds, and the birds are either blue, red, or green.
Collection of swallow prints featuring a blue and red background and turquoise birds.
Collection of swallow prints featuring a green background and red or blue printed birds.