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Tinctures Sepia-tinted prints

Sepia print of bird from acrylic painting by Leah Palmer PreissI’ve recently added a new section to my Etsy shop, called Tinctures, where I offer digitally recolored versions of some of my most popular prints. I know not everyone shares my rabid enthusiasm for highly saturated colors, & to be honest, sometimes I’m in the mood for something a little more subtle myself! I do the recoloring in Photoshop, & I try to create a pleasantly muted effect without completely losing the color variations of the original– keeping just a breath of the original hues.

My word-loving friends may be curious why I call this series “Tinctures.” Though most commonly used today to describe a medicinal alcohol extract, “tincture” can also mean a tint or color. In fact it originated in Middle English, from Latin tinctura act of dyeing, from tinctus, past participle of tingere to tinge.

I like to think of these as coffee-flavored versions of my work! (Yes, I’m a java junkie.) What does that make the originals, I wonder? Fruit salad, perhaps?

 

I’m coming to SPX! Small Press Expo 2013

SPX

These days I’m putting my Epson R3000 to the test, churning out archival prints to bring to SPX 2013. This is my first comic convention ever– I’ve never even attended one! So I’m pretty excited to be tabling along with Isaac Cates of AlphaBotsCartozia Tales, & Sam Wolk, a fellow AlphaBotter. There will be comics, cards, prints aplenty! If any of you plan to come, please stop by our table, D8-9a, & say hello!

p.s. More AlphaBots folks will be at SPX as well– Christian Sager, Henry Eudy & Kelly Williams will be at table J10!