Black Cobra - Empty Bottle poster

First off, I want to congratulate my friend and fellow artist, Kathleen Judge, for her nomination for a grammy for the art work she did for Neko Case's record, 'Middle Cyclone'. Judge is an amazing artist and a great person - I also want to thank her for her input into the poster that this blog is about!

So, here is my process post for the Black Cobra poster I did via the band and Secret Serpents.
I began by drawing the image on clayboard
I always do everything by hand, including the separations
The first color was a white to red split for the body and the dress of the figure which was done with rubylith




I tried something new for the next two steps. I decided to try to paint onto mylar plastic film, which we use for registration at the shop, with acrylic paint and a horsehair flat brush to create waves. The results were amazing! I was able to burn the screen using the painted transparency and the detail with the brush strokes is gorgeous - I printed it with a gold - golden orange split



I repeated this process with another set of waves using a metallic teal to a silver split.







The gold in the hair and the dress of the figure was hand-drawn onto tracing paper and burned directly onto a screen

Finally, the line-work was printed in a dark red to finish it off. A beautiful poster if I don't say myself!