Stage 4: Final

The final stage consists of the last and darkest color. In this stage we cut away everything on the image that wasn't going to be the final color. My final color was a dark blue. This complemented the orange in my first color.

In my stage 2 and 3 I didn't have my ink mixture down the way I wanted it as well as I used too much ink. Beginning mistakes I believe. The last color went on nicely, but a lot of the white was lost when I applied the green in stage 2. Next time I'll know what I'm doing!

My favorite part of this print is the ground area. The original image was of a burl, or tumor-like piece of wood. I think that it worked really well to create this landscape feeling. I intentionally left some of the carving marks in this area (as in where the red and green meet. I wanted this to add texture to the piece as well as incorporate the process into the final outcome.

I think knowing what I do now, I would make the creature less busy. I would also perfect my inking technique as well. I think overall, though, that this piece turned out pretty well.