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Description For Printmaking II, we are starting screen printing. We had to get our theme from a randomly chosen conversation heart, and I chose Get Real. I decided to explore the subject with what is and isn't real and things that can alter their state of (non)being.


I finally got to use an idea I've had for almost six years:

Medusa draped around a statue of a man with a sad look in her eye; the man was a lover and she inadvertently turned him to stone. She will live in even more sorrow for the rest of her life.

I'm considering adding text to the final piece due to the amount of negative space left on the 10"x10" format we are using.


I am titling this differently than the screen printed piece since that one will end up having "get real" placed in the title to show it as part of the assignment.

I really enjoyed this piece, especially exploring styles for shading, coloring, and creating her snaky hair. I figured out a technique in Photoshop and think I will try more Mucha-inspired art in the future.

All the previous color ideas: [link]
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ratravarman [2013-03-08 04:17:03 +0000 UTC]

Always love Medusa-themed art!

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BigBadShadowMan [2011-02-18 01:51:27 +0000 UTC]

oh this pretty cool

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abhorant [2011-02-10 16:41:22 +0000 UTC]

I like how you have his hand out touching her. You can really imagine the moment it happened and now its years later and she's returning to the gesture.

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freaketteangelx [2011-02-08 01:22:45 +0000 UTC]

her snaky hair is very well done, and i could see the little Mucha influence in there her expression is good and the body jewelery looks very nice but the negative space is a bit distracting, but i am curious about what the screen printing will look like! i'm glad to hear you finally got this idea down on paper!

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kurios In reply to freaketteangelx [2011-02-08 18:57:11 +0000 UTC]

I didn't realize how bad the negative space was until I started trying to arrange it on the bigger paper. I'm not sure how I'm going to make it work.

Glad you like the rest of it though.

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freaketteangelx [2011-02-08 01:22:39 +0000 UTC]

her snaky hair is very well done, and i could see the little Mucha influence in there her expression is good and the body jewelery looks very nice but the negative space is a bit distracting, but i am curious about what the screen printing will look like! i'm glad to hear you finally got this idea down on paper!

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