robo hobo.

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:28 pm

the background not finished yet but who cares eh. eau forte, drypoint, aquatint. holla at your boiiii

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:31 pm

That's really, really nice. How long did it take?

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:33 pm

Fantastique. I quite like the cigarette. How'd you do the background?

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:52 pm

Cheers & beers & thanks for the compliments.

Spazmo wrote:How long did it take?

I've worked on it for maybe 8-10 hours? lÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â© shrug. It's taken quite long as I've never done this printmaking stuff before, this is my 1st real piece ever.

atoga wrote:How'd you do the background?

I sprinkled resin on the etching plate, melted it and dipped the plate in acid for a while. There's supposed to be a silhuette of mountains and another one of buildings, but they're barely visible, so i'll have to redo it.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:58 pm

Holy chit, I didn't realise it was an etching. That makes it a lot neater. I can sort of see the outline of the mountains you mention, but the building is nowhere to be seen.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:01 pm

It reminds me of the ocean.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:03 pm

How does one make an etching?

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:13 pm

Nice technicue and awesome picher!

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:18 pm

Yes. Etchings are far more fun with humans. The sound. Glass is weary, metal is trite. Acids, timeless.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:20 pm

Send us a picture of your etched skin Blargh?

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:24 pm

Blargh wrote:It reminds me of the ocean.

Thanks, you apparently noticed how I was going for this whole oceanesque look.

ExtremeRyno wrote:How does one make an etching?

I don't know the English terms so I googled some site
http://www.cubanartspace.net/c0204pg202.htm
it's explained pretty well there I think

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:27 pm

vx trauma - Given the significance and underlying purpose of such things, they cannot. Mimicry would invalidate the integrity, steal the meaning. Can't, won't, have that.

Gimp Mask wrote:Thanks, you apparently noticed how I was going for this whole oceanesque look.

*smiles*

Naturally.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:31 pm

how big is it? and whats it for?

I like it, very cranium. Though mabye something on the right like background, but I can't see it if it's there. hollaback

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:59 pm

it's about the size of a B5 paper (176mm x 250mm) , and it serves no real purpose , it's just for fun . I will work on the background , probably next week . HOLLED to the max !

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:40 pm

Very, very nice.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:48 pm

I like the helmet, with the craters.

Geno · Post by **Geno** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:06 pm

Do you have an high-res version? Could you make a wallpaper out of it? It's really cool!

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:37 am

Quality. You must be excellent at etching, because it's barely evident, it looks like you just used ink. The only place where the etching is really evident is on the star. I used to do etching myself a while back, but the results were consistently shitty. And the cigarette is still really dope.