Personal: Food Puns

So... I got into a bit of a food pun cycle recently! Puns in general are pretty great, but food related ones just seen to please me beyond my own understanding!

I would love to do a series of cards and stationery with the sushi and tea food puns I've already made and then make prints of the originals as well. I just think they work really well and are that commercial-friendly 'kawaii' cute style that you can a lot in places like Paperchase.



Lino Printing: Wedding Gift

Back in July, two of my very good friends got married in a beautiful ceremony in Norfolk and I was lucky enough to have been a bridesmaid. The wedding had a very English Garden come Tropical Paradise theme!

(photos courtesy of Naomi Goggin Photography)

Pineapples and cacti were prominent features throughout the day (and the invites!) so I thought it might be interesting to make a lino print of a pineapple cactus for them!

In case you have never come across a pineapple cactus before, this is what one looks like...

My lino printing skills are pretty limited and I am, pretty much, self taught after having not done much lino printing over the past 10 years, so my outcome wasn't as crisp as I had first intended it to be but, nonetheless, I was quite pleased with the finished result. It is not a completely clear image, but I think it has an interesting quality to it in that the majority of the image is black with just a few white lines peeking through to create this cactus.

I then framed the image in a bold frame to brighten up the blackness of it all! I think they liked it!! Or, at least, I hope they did!



400 Likes

I set up my Facebook illustration page almost two years ago and, although it might not be gaining fans at an alarming rate, I eventually hit 400 LIKES today which is very exciting!

I have set up a small giveaway over on my FB page. If you would like to partake, please head over to

www.facebook.com/emmapryceillustration

and just like and share the above image!



Personal: Axl Cloves

So, it appears I can't get myself out of this vicious pun cycle...



Personal: Food

I took a sabbatical from drawing for a bit but this week I finally picked up a fineliner again and this is what happened...

I've eaten an awful lot of Japanese food recently.

Lino Printing: Midnight

So, I've actually really taken to lino printing and can't wait to learn some new skills and tricks so I can make even better results.

I've been playing around a bit more with my linocut kit and produced a little scene I've named 'Midnight'...

I'm still sometimes getting confused with which bits I have to engrave and which bits I have to leave...but it will get there!! I really love how even the tiniest little groove you make in the lino can create line and texture. I also LOVE how each print is different due to the pressure I put on it, or how much ink is on the lino. I think it makes it one special and individualistic!

I have put framed versions for sale in my Etsy shop.



Personal: Carbonmade

I've started trying to create a more 'professional' looking portfolio/blog that will be suitable to show potential clients, but also a good and efficient way of cataloguing my work digitally.

You can find this at:

https://emmapryceillustration.carbonmade.com/