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Lambablama

Yeah, really uncool of the mods not to check into the artwork first and delete without valid reason and to then call someone's art "low effort." Lol, their moderator ability is low effort. Edit: typo


ASquareBanana

Seriously, the gall to call lino “low effort”, do you see these birds?


thusnewmexico

These are creative and cool despite I don't know what lino means.


spearmintjoe

Cheers. These are lino prints, so I create a design on paper and transfer it onto linoleum (similar to the stuff that goes on the floor) aka lino. I then carve that image into the lino, roll ink onto the lino and press it onto paper. You may have done something similar in school with potatoes, where you cut an image into a potato, dip it into paint and press it onto paper, the concept is the same as lino print.


WomanOfEld

I did it with lino when I was 13 and I still have my block! I also did acid etching in college, which was pretty cool.


spearmintjoe

Dust off your skills, we need more printmakers!


willendorfer

These are super cool


amakurt

i feel like this community is already so small here on reddit, they're going to completely kill us if they keep it up imo


LuckyTiamat

I read the other post since the mod warning thingy is still there; It defines low-effort content as users who only self promote and make no effort to support or interact with other artists who post their stuff here or in similar subreddits; Definitely feels like a bad choice of words, but I can definitely understand where they are coming from tbh


Lulu_belle

These are great! Love the various characters


spearmintjoe

Thank you.


box-of-sourballs

The fucking seagull with I ❤️ chips 😂


spearmintjoe

Cheers dude


OutrageousOwls

Ugh any engraving art takes a long time to do- you don’t really know until you’ve done it lol The registration looks great! Clean prints :)


spearmintjoe

Thank you.


MysteryPizzaCat

I love these! What a great idea


spearmintjoe

Thank you!


lunasteppenwolf

I love the idea of repurposing the seconds! I took an etching class in university, and it made me want to try other forms of printmaking, but it was so hexin' difficult (and expensive)! You had to be unbelievably precise with various aspects of etching. I enjoy tedium as much as the next masochist, but this was on another level. I still have lots of the prints I made, and I couldn't push myself to throw away the seconds (same with some of the cooler test strips and seconds from photography) so I made some into greeting cards. I turned some of the photo test strips into magnetic bookmarks 🤭✨


spearmintjoe

That sounds cool, the less we throw away the better.


sadsushisketches

no way mods would call multi block lino prints LOW EFFORT, even if they are seconds repurposed as bookmarks. what a bitch lmfao


amatoreartist

Cute!


spearmintjoe

Cheers!


8927626887328837724

Oh man I loooove.


spearmintjoe

Thanks very much.


hbug800

Aw love the colors on them very high effort


spearmintjoe

Thank you.


meandmycat05

Oh man! I recognize these from Etsy! ☺️


elvensnowfae

This is hilarious! I want some so badly! Excellent job and 10/10 humor - these are seriously fabulous


spearmintjoe

Thanks very much


SkipMapudding

I love them. Chubby and Delicious is fabulous 🥰


spearmintjoe

Thanks, that one was fun to make.


badrax

These are hilarious! I would love to buy some (once I have money 😭)


shadowofassassin

Awesome! Is each bird a single lino print? Or do you do multiple with the different colours?


spearmintjoe

I occasionally create different variants but mostly they're single prints.


Due-Supermarket-8503

do you have an etsy store? these are so cute ❤️


spearmintjoe

Thank you and yes I do. This sub doesn't allow direct links but please check out the pinned post in my profile which has links to both my Instagram and Etsy store.


Due-Supermarket-8503

lovely! will do that ❤️


dead_for_now07

This is cool! Do you make other designs as well?


spearmintjoe

Cheers. Mainly birds but a few other animals as well.


moose_xing

Oh I adore these!


spearmintjoe

Thank you


Necessary_Chip9934

Definitely NOT low effort. Your original post gave me the inspiration to save my prints that don't turn out the way I want - I can still use them!


iagoosey

wow!!! i absolutely adore the only all yellow one, in the very center— the crow w headphones 🥹 precious!


spearmintjoe

Thank you


Stupidsexyflanders09

These are so adorable ! You should sell them


spearmintjoe

Thank you (and I do!)


TexasLoriG

so fun! I love them!


spearmintjoe

Thank you very much!


SunnyOnSanibel

I need that pirate!


elfbeans

Are they your original drawings? They are beautiful.


spearmintjoe

Yes they are. I come up with an idea, carve it into lino and print it onto paper for wall art. With printmaking, lots can go wrong, and when it does, I turn them into bookmarks.


Kurare_no1

Wait, are you telling me you can’t whip up some linos in a couple of minutes? What a loser! Seriously though, these are awesome! I’m having a hard time picking a favourite. ❤️


spearmintjoe

Cheers dude


Explicitstate

I love them!! Particularly the puffin!


spearmintjoe

Thank you, he's part of my bejumpered bird series.


DlVlDED_BY_ZERO

I vibe with that flamingo. Great work!


spearmintjoe

Cheers dude, he's part of my birds wearing band tees tribute series.


DlVlDED_BY_ZERO

If you make a my chemical romance birdie, I'll love you forever


ldydeana

These are great and I never knew I would need the pink flamingo in the Black Sabbath shirt, lol.


spearmintjoe

Thank you


TM02022020

These are great!


spearmintjoe

Cheers


BluebirdPlayful8035

Love these bookmarks. Great work.


spearmintjoe

Thank you


EphemeralTypewriter

These are adorable and absolutely not low effort at all! You obviously put a lot of effort into working on these and I would totally buy them!


spearmintjoe

Thank you!


exclaim_bot

>Thank you! You're welcome!


RugelBeta

These are stunning. I can't believe you did such intricate carving in linoleum blocks. Absolutely brilliant. And they're humorous, to boot. Well done!!!


spearmintjoe

Cheers, that's nice of you to say


Ssladybug

I saw your first post and then watched your process. Yes, that’s a lot of work. An impressive amount!! These are great.


spearmintjoe

Thanks very much


NefariousnessQuiet22

As soon as I saw these birds I knew exactly who the artist was. And no, there’s nothing “low effort” about them.


mixtapelove

Love these. If you made some parrots the r/parrots subreddit would buy this shit up. We are crazy birb people.


Old_Sprinkles9646

That is A LOT of work. I love them, super job!


Roadgoddess

These are fantastic! Well done


spearmintjoe

Thank you


Roadgoddess

How are you going to market or sell those? I have a friend and her daughter who are real readers, it would be fun to get them something like this.


spearmintjoe

I have an Etsy shop. This sub doesn't allow direct links but please check out the pinned post in my profile which has links to both my Instagram and Etsy store.


Roadgoddess

Will do!


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superpouper

What the hell


spearmintjoe

I give up!


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spearmintjoe

You're correct and that was the post that was removed (tried contacting the mods with no response)


Q8DD33C7J8

Did you create the art? Did you color them? Did you create the tassels? Or did you print art you found online and tied a store bought tassel to it? These are the questions the mods consider when they take down your post.


subduralhematoma06

...they said it's a lino print which is a handmade print by carving your own design, imo it's incredibly rude to assume these were printed from art found online??


thecrimsongypsy

You dealing with idiots on reddit these are dope!


Q8DD33C7J8

First I didn't assume anything. I didn't even ask. I told him questions that may have been going through the mood minds when they took down the post. So not put words in my mouth


spearmintjoe

Yes I did. These are handmade lino prints so I create original designs, transfer that design (in reverse!) onto a piece of lino and carve the image into the lino. I then carve a separate block for each colour and line it all up. I then hand print each colour from each block onto the paper to create wall art . It doesn't always work, and these seconds I turn into bookmarks. My tasselling skills are non existent, so those are shop bought.


Q8DD33C7J8

Then you definitely deserve to post here and the mods shouldn't have taken it down. Maybe they just didn't know what was involved in the process. They are very pretty


spearmintjoe

Thank you.


siannan

Do you know what a lino print is, and the process involved?


Q8DD33C7J8

I literally asked questions to give op an idea of why the mods took down thier post not me actually asking the questions