It has been a very busy December but I did not let the art making process go idle. I found the time to make two new block prints. One for our Christmas card and one for the birth announcement of my son.
The Christmas card was pretty simple. It is a two color block print, although, I don't think the print was successful in portraying the idea. The concept is three hands, my hand, my wife's hand and our son's hand one on top of the other. My wife's hand is in white-the negative between my hand and our son's hand. It is too close in dimension to my hand so it gets lost.
Lastly, when you open the card you find Pugnacious's paw prints. You cannot forget about Pugnacious D.O.G. He won't let you.
The second print was also a two color block print-a depiction of my sleeping son. The card was the birth announcement that went out to family. On the inside of this card was his name, "Xavier Santos, Born December First, Two Thousand Ten, at 1:26 a.m., 6 pounds .8 ounces, 18.5 inches."
The New Year fast approaches which means a drawing a day for a year. Or, if my friend Jebadiah gets his wish, the rest of my life. I hope he has enough wall space to hang it all.