ALT A photo of a combination letterpress and hand-inked illustration. The illustration is mostly fine lines with some denser black areas in, generously, a Mucha-like composition, where the figure lounges across two separate rectangular frames as if they were steps. He is an elf D&D character wearing multiple layers of long coats and skirts. His top layer has enormously poofy sleeves, and is letterpress printed with a floral pattern in yellow and blue. He is holding a small bottle of mysterious fluid exuding oily wisps on the right of him; on the left of him is an arcing cluster of foxgloves. In the background of the top frame is a vague outline of a city with domes and spires; set into the bottom frames around his legs are the name of the campaign, “Heroes of Etta,” and his name, “Kunesov.” His first name is covered by the tail of his coat.
ALT a close up of his hand holding the bottle, and the wisps coming out of it, and some of the pattern printed on his sleeve. The pattern is a repeating grid of two kinds of floral decorations, a large thorny circular motif in yellow, and small flowers in blue filling in the corners.
ALT a photo of the handset lead pieces used to print the pattern, each individual flower arranged in a grid.
ALT A process photo of a combination letterpress printing/ink illustration project. The first photo is of the makeready sheet used to establish printing position, where a digital sketch of the illustration was printed and the letterpress element was printed on top. The illustration is of a seated figure, and the letterpress printing is a blue and yellow fabric pattern on his clothing.
ALT a real sheet for the final print, with only the pattern printed and no lineart yet.
ALT the masking system for printing in the irregular shape of the clothing, where mylar protects the sheet from being printed outside the lines, and extra thickness is packed behind the sheet where it wants to be printed.
ALT the letterpress printing form for the blue part of the pattern, which is a repeating grid of small, floral, handset lead ornaments.
