Jiwon's Self Portrait Project
Creativity! Time! Effort! Curiosity!
Prints! Colorful! Insightful!
These are the two prints that I have done with black ink; I like these two prints the most because the background and the color collaborate well together. The background of my Carving Mat can be seen as the design where sun is rising; the warm gradation of the magazines create the season of "summer."
List of Materials
- Picture of myself
- Copies of your picture
- Sharpies
- Carving utensils
- Tracing Papers
- Pencils
- Carving Mat
- Roller
- Black/Color Ink
- Different types of paper
Self-Portrait Project Process
- Get a piece of your picture in an A4 size paper
- Print 2 or 3 copies of the picture and print one side with flipped view
- Get yourself a carbon paper underneath the original picture, and trace the picture in a clean piece of A4 paper
- Get yourself a piece of white carbon paper above the traced picture, and make sure you trace it again with a Sharpie
- Be aware to shade in correct spaces
- Get another white tracing paper above the Sharpie-traced picture, and then trace it again with pencil
- Flip the traced white tracing paper, and stick in onto the carving mat
- Make sure you outline the picture onto the carving mat- be careful not to make the pencil marks too strong
- Once you have seen the trace in the carving mat, trace it again with a Sharpie
- After you are done with everything, start carving!
- Once you have carved all of the white spaces, you should get black ink.
- Spread the black ink with the roller, and then spread the ink to the Carving Mat.
- After spreading the ink, get a piece of newspaper/magazine/paper in order to match the paper to the Carving Mat.
- Make sure you spread the paper out well; once you’re done, gently take the paper out. There will be a print of your lovely face :)
Some More Pictures
Black Ink
Prints done with black ink!
Black Ink
Prints created through black ink!
Black Ink
The background and the design create the season of "summer."
Select a Picture
In order to do this project, you should first select a picture of yourself. After that, you should print it out in an A4 size paper (black and white).
Outline and Trace
Once you selected your picture, print 2 or more copies of the original picture (black and white). Afterwards, you should trace and outline the whole picture; you need to shade in black parts of the drawing.
Outline and Trace 2
Once you outlined the picture with pencil, you should outline it again with a Sharpie Marker. Make sure you don't put much pressure because the marker may spread.
White Tracing Paper
Once you have outlined the picture with a Sharpie, you should get a white tracing paper above the original picture. You should control the parts together so that it won't fall. You should trace the lines again just like the one step you did before.
Carving Mat
You should flip the paper you drew when you trace it to the Carving Mat. The reason for this is because when you print, the picture has to come out in the original form. Once you flip the paper, make sure you trace it again with a Sharpie Marker. Don't press it too hard since the colors and spread and go deeply inside.
Carving!
Here comes the fun part- Carving! Once you outlined the whole carving mat, you should start carving. There are different carving materials (1~5, where 1 being the thinnest and 5 being the deepest), so you should use the materials wisely. Make sure you don't carve the black part; you should only carve the white space you created!
Rolling
Once you are done with carving, you will now begin with printing the pictures- you should get a roller, black ink, and a handler. When there is enough black ink in the roller, you should spread the roller to the Carving Mat.
More Rolling
Roll, Roll, and Roll! Roll it until the whole Carving Mat is covered with black ink. Make sure you can see the lines so that it could create a clear print. Don't put too much ink to the Carving Mat because that may create a big clump of ink on one spot of the mat.
Done with Rolling
When you are finished with rolling, the Carving Mat should have black ink all over the un-carved area. Make sure you it is clean and clear.
Self-Portrait Project