Saturday, February 4, 2012

alandesigns

The Graphic Design Portfolio of Alan Ballard

Self Portrait

Posted by Alan On April - 3 - 2009

 

Self portrait

Self portrait

It’s me! This is a print using the relief technique. Basically I carved the image out of a linoleum block, covered it with paint, slapped a damp piece of paper on top, and ran it through the press. I carved the different brown tones at different times though, carving out the white first, then light brown, then medium then dark brown last. It’s a similar technique to Japanese woodblock printing, except it’s on linoleum instead of wood, and except that its…not…even like a Japanese woodblock and I suck in comparison…..

Stylistic Huddled Family

Posted by Alan On February - 26 - 2009

Family sketch

Family sketch

This is a sketch I did in 2007 of a huddled family made of circular and linear elements. The sketch started, as many of mine do, as just random expressive curves and lines. The idea materialized in the process and I then refined the drawing into the huddled family, as I see it. If you see something else then you’re right too!

And Then it Was

Posted by Alan On February - 26 - 2009
And Then it Was

And Then it Was

This lithograph print was created on a slab of limestone. The technique is called “reduction”, where the slab is covered in ink to start with, and the artwork is scraped away with a knife. The process is quite volatile (for me anyway) and I only managed 3 prints from this edition.

St. Clare

Posted by Alan On February - 25 - 2009

 

St. Clare

St. Clare

 

 

St. Clare is a lithograph made on a huge chunk of limestone. 9 prints came out of this edition, and this particular one I colored in pencils. St. Clare has done away with her traditional secular surroundings and replaced them with a kickin’ sound system and an iPod Classic. Putti follow in cue with the headphones.