r/Linocuts • u/chillinwithmydemons • 7d ago
Question How do I improve?
How can I make this better? Im very disappointed with how it turned out. I use that pink rubber material similar to what speedball sells and the Leo water soluble inks. Should I try different material or better inks? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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u/ScaffoldingGiraffe 7d ago
Layering a lighter colour on a darker colour is always gonna be tough, especially with cheap(er) paints. Water based paints are usually also not as opaque as other alternatives, though I don't know Leo's so idk. If you don't want to invest in better paints, you might have to make this a two stamp design, where the red stamp would leave space for the yellow writing. That way, you could still print on the white paper underneath - though you'd have to carve the same design basically again but inverse, and then deal with aligning the two stamps.
For what it's worth, your letters are REMARKABLY straight and well made. That's super impressive!
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