Final Sword Fish Print

I believe the overall composition of my print was good; it had a good balance between positive and negative space, but the sloppy print of it was caused by frustration and the fact that I couldn’t get the ink to roll onto the linoleum. I think this added to the texture though because it looks like there’s a flow of water from ink getting on the negative space and also the texture that was already there actually blended well. Texture is important because it can make a simple two dimensional drawing three dimensional. It also makes it look detailed instead of just two different colors looking sloppy together and not defining shapes it separates them making them blend well. I used positive and negative space by mixing the two together like the small details on the animal like the eyes and the tail. I also used it to make the two different colors on the animal itself which was hard because to make the bottom of the animal the background color and make it not blend with the background was hard because of the steady and thin outline I had to make. I believe I had good craftsmanship until the printing itself because it kept smearing and not having enough ink, but the actual picture itself was pretty good and had good detail and there was actually objects in the background like smaller sword fish and sea weed and the lines of the currents. I think I achieved a foreground, middle ground and background because the animal has depth like how the tail is in front of the rest of the fish and is a bit thicker. I also have a middle ground with the seaweed and the other fish and then the background is the currents and the bubbles. I think print making was an ok experience I mean personally I didn’t like it because of the time consuming tracing of the animal to get it on the linoleum and cutting it out, but the actual picture itself and it was a cool concept. The advantage to doing print making is you can make as many prints as you want without re-drawing it, but the disadvantage is that if you mess up on the linoleum you can’t erase it or put it back so it involves a lot of improvising.