Angel of Wrath

 These are tee shirts I made about the 4th Angel of Wrath in the book of Revelation pouring out a bowl of God's wrath on the sun.  I wanted to make an image formatted to fill the front of a tee shirt instead of just a chest graphic. 

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Yurei

I made this really detailed drawing of a samurai and a ghost called a "Yurei" which means something like dim spirit.  The detail didn't translate into a screen print as well as I would have liked, but it was a learning experience and that's OK.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Golden Skull

This was just a little print I did, trying to combine photo reference with hand drawn illustration.  The bottom, black layer was used to make some tee shirts.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Snapper Screenprint

Here is the finished product! I'm pretty pleased with it. It would have been nice to maintain some of the line quality in that first layer, but my ink was kinda runny and bled a little. That's really all I'm not satisfied with in this piece. I kind of like working with the screen filler, you can make some cool textures, it looks somewhat painterly, and it's a lot easier to clean out than photo emulsion.
TURTLES, BRAH!

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Here's some process for ya to look at.

Cooperative Print

This is a pretty simple print (WHATTAYA WANT? it's just a paper stencil) that was a collaboration between myself and fellow illustrator, Catherine Repko. She made the deer and then submitted it to me, trustingly, to deform and add too. I think it came out pretty well.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

ps - Catherine also has a blog here.

Snapper Screenprint

Here's the color scheme and rough layout of my next screen print. Don't read too much into it, just a lot of images that can sort of correspond on a subconscious level. And don't expect too much detail out of this print because we're using screen filler instead of photo emulsion, which means it will basically look painted instead of carefully registered. And we are working reductively, which I've never done before, so we'll see how this goes.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Dia de los Muertos Postcard

These cards were entered in a competition / exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts as part of Dia de los Muertos, or for those not "in the know," the Day of the Dead. I wanted to make the holiday more personal, so I inserted the reference John 8:51. This reads, "Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." This is a big part of my faith and therefore my life, that I am promised true life which accompanies my faith in Christ.
I wanted it to be pretty simple, so I thought, "A skull!" So as not to be too "on the nose" about it, I cropped it right under the eyes. I tried printing a second, gold layer on the silver, but I stopped doing that after about three of them because I didn't like it so much.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

ps- here are some photos of the installation

Zao Tee

This is a tee shirt design I made for one of my favorite bands, ZAO. If you know them, this is based mostly on their older music and imagery, but otherwise, I just wanted a symbol of brutality that retained something sophisticated, and gentle. So I chose the iron maiden, and I emphasized the gentle side of it with the angelic feathers in the background. I'm kind of getting into using a lot of hatching in my illustration, so this was a good opportunity to mess around with that more.
Here's a poster I made about the vibe I was going for.

Done for my Illustration Products Class with Charlene Smith.

Ezekiel 6:5

Here is the final print of Ezekiel 6:5 (the actual title). It came out really well, and I hope I can get a hold of a screen and keep with the medium.

Done for my Print Paper Book Techniques Class with Jody Williams.

Lusty Worm

Since I finished my screen print final, I still get access to a screen and printing facilities for a week. So I took a sketch and made some extra prints.

Original Sketch

Silver ink test print.

Black ink test print.











The image was burned off of plain paper instead of transparency or xante, so it's kind of grainy (if that doesn't make sense, it just means I went cheaper and quicker). So the idea was to take a deadly sin and turn it into a monster (actually one of my ideas for senior project).
Thanks to Dylan Davis, who gave me the colorful paper. What a swell guy.

Ezekiel 6:5

This is an in process image of the screen print I'm working on now about a passage from Ezekiel. Hope to be done before Thanksgiving; I only have two more layers left, and getting one done tonight.

Clifford

This was my first screen print. YAAAY! The North Dakota punk band Clifford has not to my knowledge had the chance or funds to make any merch to sell at their shows. So I used this assignment to make some prints they could sell. I hope people buy them!

Done for my Print Paper Book Techniques Class with Jody Williams

Ezekiel 6:5

This is a sketch about Ezekiel 6:5 ("The most hardcore book of the Bible" - Nate Cariveau), where God tells the Israelites that he will "Lay [their] bones round [their] altars" because they have left him to worship idols. This will be turned into a screen print for my Intro to Print Paper Book Class.
Hopefully it comes out well!

Done for my Intro to Print Paper Book Class with Jody Williams.