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