Apprentice. Apprenticeships.

So, as I might have mentioned in an earlier post, I'm apprenticing to a woodblock printer in Ogunquit Maine. His name is Don Gorvett, and he does an outstanding job at most prints. He is a reduction woodcut printer, so each edition is a alone of a kind and can never be reproduced. (A reduction print is the same a suicide print, you have one chance, and one chance only) Each of his prints run from 4 to 9 reductions, which is insane. You should check out his website to see what I'm talking about. 

Anyways, I'm living with him for the next two months, and I'm uploading a few pictures now to show you how the place looks. I'll try my best to update every time I either pull a reduction, or do a major amount of carving. (I need to be in the studio to do this, because his house doesn't have internet)

Well, here we go! (A short tour of what I'm going to be dealing with for the next two months)

Downtown Perkin's Cove,  left of the bridge.

Downtown Perkin's Cover, right of the bridge.

Don's house/Where I am staying. A true cabin in the woods. 

My bedroom, part one.

My bedroom, part two.

I even get my own personal bathroom!

Anyways that's all for now, I'll upload more next time I'm in the studio!

Till next time~

-Ben 

V.V.-Short Comic Preview

Sneak peak at my next short comic, "Victorian Vigilante" based off the song (of the same name) by the band Abney Park. You can listen to the song below.

The Comic~!

It will be up shortly, well, at least photos of the finished drawings will be. My computer is dead, and I am currently having to use the computers in MICA's Illustration department. (Where I am working)

Till next time~!

-Ben

Figure...Drawings?

So in case I forgot to mention this somewhere, I am taking life drawing classes here at MICA over this summer with Laini Nemett, well, morel like ending in a week, but eh, oh well. Here are two things that have come out of it so far. (note: these are two of probably hundreds of drawings I have done in the past month or so, they are the most complete/ my teacher decided to take pictures of to put on her blog?)

Roughly two hours, Graphite and Charcoal. 18"x 24" Model: Lara

Three hours, Charcoal, 29"x 41" Models: Michelle & Niki

(I know both their heads are too small, sorry. I didn't realize it until it was waaaay to late to change anything without having to adjust major portions of the drawing) 

Well, if I get around to taking pictures of anything else, or I get through some pages in the comic which I am drawing for the final (fuck me right? two weeks to do this? No, 6 days. DX) 

Till next time~!

Ben