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Published: 2009-07-31 20:33:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1973; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 33
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...or a cockatrice. also known as the serpent king.linotype, 100x50 cm
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Well actually, that is only a cockatrice. A basilisk is more like a big serpent.
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Oh wow I haven't seen many people use a reduction method with wood block/linoleum cuts. I'd be sort of sad to see my blocks go.
This look absolutely amazing, though! I love those colours and, even moreso, the lines!
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i think this way you are being more ok with the persony buying one of your prints. he/she knows that there are only 10 (or whatever amount you make) prints and there won`t be more. so the work a person buys is more unique.
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Very true. Same applies for screen printing. But I've known a lot of people who sold their original wood block, also.
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Really really fantastic piece! I love all of the textures and colors and layers that you put into this. I wouldn't be surprised if it tried your patience at some points 
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naaw, it was pure fun. only 4 layers of colour. my previous one had about 6 or more layers and sucked in the end. it turns out too much grooving stretches the lino block. i`m glad you like the textures. my teacher is all about "MOAR textures! D: " so my next lino is probably going to be action-less too. i dunno if it`s good but i want to exploit textures first, then torture myself with action.
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Damn, this is great...
Did you color it afterwise or did you made different linos for colors? I don't know how to say that.
Like they used to do with chromolithography....
Anyway i really like it, especially because of the slight medieval bestiary style and still very realistic.
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i used one piece of lino and grooved parts of the image, that i wanted in some colour. then printed. then grooved and add another color. then printed then grooved... it took me about 3 months. i think it`s called reduction or reductive method.
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That's more of less what i was referring to.
This really looks difficult and long but the result is worth it. It's impressive too because it is so big...
Is there only one existing original?
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i didn`t pick this one, because of the way his comb looks like. it should be deep red. instead, you see reddish-violet stuff in the head area. i didn`t like that.
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I see what you mean.
The red one works really well.
But i cannot not like the bluish, violetish one because it has this unreal feel to it.
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there are about 10 more left, the best one was taken by my linocut teacher and i`m left with what you see and several greenish and blooish color versions.
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