Couture: Burns Agains

(August 31, 2015)

I wanted to do a print that would end at the neck, so when I saw this Charles Burns image, I just went with it. And it just worked.  I used a pretty soft squeegee. But I got a pretty heavy paint deposit around the collar: Looks quite punk, though, so I don’t mind.  But … Continue reading Couture: Burns Agains

Couture: Panter Mash

(August 26, 2015)

I wanted to try more over-printing to see whether anything exciting happens.  So I took one of the Jimbo t-shirts I did a couple of weeks ago and made one final Daltokyo logo print. Nothing weird happened, but that looks kinda nice! (Both the Jimbo image and the Daltokyo logo are by Gary Panter.)

Couture: Fury Duplicate

(August 26, 2015)

This one went well until I got to the black layer: I forgot to clean the squeegee after the gold layer, so the black one got a bit muddled.  Which isn’t a good thing if you’re doing this kind of print. If it isn’t crisp it looks like a mistake.  Which it is. I usually … Continue reading Couture: Fury Duplicate

Couture: Daltokyo

(August 26, 2015)

The very first print I made (before I had anything proper to print on) was the Daltokyo logo. So I wanted to print it properly. Oops!  That didn’t really go too well… Let’s try again with gold ink for max bling. Eek!  The screen has been improperly washed, and that’s the problem.  Oh, well. (Daltokyo … Continue reading Couture: Daltokyo

Gutvik Ukentlig 2015

(August 26, 2015)

The Best Comics of 2015 (so far)

(August 23, 2015)

I’ve read a huge number of comics this year, and mostly old stuff. But I’m also keeping up with newer comics, and whenever one of them strikes me as particularly interesting, it ends up in this little bookshelf instead of disappearing into the larger bookshelves. If it’s not a floppy pamphlet. Or too big. So … Continue reading The Best Comics of 2015 (so far)

Couture: Fury

(August 23, 2015)

I thought it might be fun to try to do overlapping prints, so I chose an image from Mark Newgarden’s “Love’s Savage Fury”. I knew I was using the wrong tool to apply the photo-sensitive emulsion to the screen: It got all thick and bubbly and … wrong. I wanted to do some smaller prints … Continue reading Couture: Fury

Couture: Jack Again

(August 23, 2015)

I did a Jerry Moriarty t-shirt last week, but then I went through the transparencies I printed last summer and found another one.  So I had to do another print. For this shirt, I did without any pins or anything to line up the different bits of the print.  (The bar vs the rest of … Continue reading Couture: Jack Again

Blow Out 2015 Day Three

(August 22, 2015)

I bought a CD from those peeps: And those, too, but it doesn’t look as funny.

Blow Out 2015 Day Two

(August 21, 2015)

Blow Out 2015 Day One

(August 20, 2015)

Lots of merch at this festival. CDs… T-shirts… Unmentionables… The usual stuff. Anyway, here’s some vids:

Couture: Caro

(August 19, 2015)

I wanted to try to screen print a pre-rastered image, so I chose this rather striking face from a strip by Caro in one of the early Raw issues.  The images from that comic have remained vivid in my mind since I was a teenager. Especially from the last panel.  (Not featured here.)  If you’ve … Continue reading Couture: Caro

Couture: Max

(August 18, 2015)

I thought I’d stray a bit from my usual hunting ground of early 80’s American punk-ish imagery…  by picking something totally different.  Car-Boy by Max Andersson. Yeah! Different! But what I want to attempt this time is doing a more tightly semi-registered print by using pins and stuff to mark off where the screen is … Continue reading Couture: Max

Live Camera/Emacs Link

(August 17, 2015)

I mostly use Emacs for WordPress blogging, and it works fine, but it’s a bit cumbersome to snap pictures, hunt around for them, and include them in the article manually. It would be nice to be able to type away at a blog (or email), and then take some pictures and have them included in … Continue reading Live Camera/Emacs Link

Couture: Muñoz

(August 16, 2015)

I thought I’d try a really subtle print. This is from a panel of the imitable José Muñoz from an early Raw issue (I reread all of Raw v1 recently (and other tabloid size stuff like Bad News) (Mouly and Spiegelman are great editors, by the way)): Perhaps too subtle… That’s better. Colours are difficult.

Couture: Interrupted

(August 16, 2015)

I said “-reverse” instead of “-negate” to ImageMagick, so I got an image with the wrong polarity.  I interrupted the printer and the thing to the right is the result. I thought it was mildly interesting that the interrupted edge of the print doesn’t just stop, but kinda drops off.  It’s supposed to be 100% … Continue reading Couture: Interrupted

Couture: Jimbo

(August 13, 2015)

On the previous screens, I got a bit too much emulsion wash-off.  Yesterday I experimented with increasing the exposure time, thinking that if it washed off, it can’t have been exposed enough?  But instead the un-exposed areas were very difficult to wash clear, and the exposed bits washed off, anyway, since I spent so much … Continue reading Couture: Jimbo

Couture: Target

(August 9, 2015)

For this screen printing experiment, I’m coating the 32TW screen with three layers of emulsion, and drying for three hours.  Would that affect how much emulsion is washed off? Not really.  I still got excessive wash-off at the bottom there…  Hm…  Perhaps my main problem is the exposure stage.  Perhaps it’s not even enough? Perhaps … Continue reading Couture: Target

Couture: Windex

(August 9, 2015)

A while ago, I asked if anybody knew what caused these Diazo blotches. But then I thought: Perhaps cleaning the screen a bit might help? So I went at it with Windex and a cloth for ten minutes. It helped!  Just compare the edges of that speech balloon to the red/black version.  But the round … Continue reading Couture: Windex

Couture: Jack

(August 9, 2015)

I got a coarser screen (32TW) than what I’ve been using until now (43TW).  I’m using “supercover” paints, which is thicker than what professional printers use.  When printing on dark fabrics, they often lay down a white paint layer underneath the real colour, so they can use a less opaque paint. But you need better … Continue reading Couture: Jack

Couture: Hanawalt

(August 8, 2015)

New gear time: I got an emulsion coating trough: It’s a lot easier to apply the emulsion evenly with the trough than trying to use a squeegee, although I got a bit messy at first. But look at that dapper gentleman by Lisa Hanawalt, who made the funniest comic book of 2013. Just look at … Continue reading Couture: Hanawalt

Couture: Printer Complications

(August 8, 2015)

After finishing that Tilda Swinton Project yesterday, I didn’t have anything to do today, so I could either do something useful…  Or I could start screen-printing again. So I went out and bought some new photo-sensitive emulsion, and some new inks, and off we go. Just to get started, I printed this duo-tone George Herriman … Continue reading Couture: Printer Complications

The Tilda Swinton Project Redux

(August 8, 2015)

This spring I decided to see all films that Tilda Swinton had appeared in. It was a somewhat random decision, but I felt that I hadn’t seen her in any bad films ever, so perhaps she had exceptional taste? And perhaps that would lead me to see films I otherwise wouldn’t have seen? I think … Continue reading The Tilda Swinton Project Redux

TSP2015: Trainwreck

(August 8, 2015)

Trainwreck. Judd Apatow. 2015. The Amy Schumer show is funny.  This film isn’t. I haven’t seen any of the other Judd Apatow films.  My impression is that they are going for cringe humour, but this one just isn’t that cringe-worthy.  Instead it’s just slow. It’s like a very, very, very long partially improvised HBO sitcom. … Continue reading TSP2015: Trainwreck

TSP2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel

(August 7, 2015)

The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson. 2014. This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

TSP2013: Death for a Unicorn

(August 7, 2015)

Death for a Unicorn. Riccardo Bernasconi and Francesca Reverdito. 2013. Geez. This short is only available on Amazon Prime? So I had to hook up my Ipod Touch again to the rest of my system, and then spend half an hour re-routing the HDMI through splitters and capture devices to do this blog post… Everything … Continue reading TSP2013: Death for a Unicorn

TSP2013: The Zero Theorem

(August 7, 2015)

The Zero Theorem. Terry Gilliam. 2013. The start made me go “Yes!  Gilliam!  Yay!”  Unfortunately, the last four hours of the film is so dreary.  It’s looks so cheap, and nothing much happens.  Too bad.  I think Gilliam really needs a huge budget to shine. This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

TSP2013: Snowpiercer

(August 7, 2015)

Snowpiercer. Joon-ho Bong. 2013. This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

TSP2013: When Björk Met Attenborough

(August 7, 2015)

When Björk Met Attenborough. Louise Hooper. 2013. Hey!  It’s the third film in this series that’s mentioned Britten! This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

TSP2013: Only Lovers Left Alive

(August 7, 2015)

Only Lovers Left Alive. Jim Jarmusch. 2013. This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

TSP2013: The Stars Are Out Tonight

(August 7, 2015)

The Stars Are Out Tonight. Floria Sigismondi. 2013. It’s a proper music video!  Yay. This video can be found on Youtube. This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

TSP2012: Getting On

(August 7, 2015)

Getting On. Susan Tully. 2012. This is a really uninformed opinion, as this is the first episode I’ve seen.  And this was the last episode from the third series.  So it might be brilliant, and I’m just not getting it.  But I’m unlikely to get around to watching the entire series, because it’s filmed in … Continue reading TSP2012: Getting On

TSP2012: Moonrise Kingdom

(August 7, 2015)

Moonrise Kingdom. Wes Anderson. 2012. All of Anderson’s films I seen have been good (except Bottle Rocket, which was awful), but I think this one is probably the best one.  So funny. This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

TSP2011: Genevieve Goes Boating

(August 7, 2015)

I found Genevive Goes Boating, so that’s one more down.

My New Concert Blog

(August 5, 2015)

I got a new lens for my Blackmagick Pocket Cinema camera: Yeah, I know.  But it’s a 7-14mm lens, so I can finally get the entire stage in frame. I don’t think I quite got peeps in focus, though.  And I should have used my external microphone, because the internal microphone is awful: Whenever there’s … Continue reading My New Concert Blog

TSP2011: We Need To Talk About Kevin

(August 1, 2015)

We Need To Talk About Kevin. Lynne Ramsay. 2011. I remember reading about this film way back then in 2010 and thinking it sounded awful. So I was prepared for a Benjamin Button sized turd. This is a kinda good film, and perhaps an important film, but it’s such an enormous downer. And the archer … Continue reading TSP2011: We Need To Talk About Kevin

TSP2010: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader

(August 1, 2015)

It’s Alan Moore!!! The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader. Michael Apted. 2010. This is much better than the second film. The only thing I remember from the book is the picture on the well, and that that annoying kid was annoying. The film certainly reflects the book in that regard, but … Continue reading TSP2010: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader

TSP2009: The Invisible Frame

(August 1, 2015)

The Invisible Frame. Cynthia Beatt. 2009. It’s hypnotic. It turns out that this is a sequel to a short made in 1988.  imdb doesn’t list it on Swinton’s page, but they do list it here.  What’s up with that?  How come some short films are listed on the actors’ pages, but some aren’t? Now my … Continue reading TSP2009: The Invisible Frame