Color separations for Dolphin spread

color separations for the inside spread/fold-out poster of my "rainbow & i" screen printed book.

process cyan

rocket red, diluted w/ transparency

transparent yellow mixture

transparent light tan

dark blue line

dark brown line

New silkscreen print for "Crazy 4 Cult" show in LA!

I make all of my color separations by hand. It's a lot more fun for me that way (also, I'm not too versed in the computer department) I like to work straight onto the Vellum and I usually use a combination of pens and oil markers to ensure opaque-ness. The top image is the white separation.













After I have all the color separations ready, I can get to my favorite part which is printing! Here we have the blue and pink colors printed, which, layering the two colors on top of each other with the right transparency ratio makes purple.

It gets better! Printing the transparent yellow layer will then bring out a whole slew of other colors, with beautiful green and orange and browns.


There's an endless amount of things to keep in mind in order to ensure quality printing. For every layer to be printed there is an elaborate process to it. Before shooting your image on the light machine you have to make sure that the coat of thin emulsion on your screen is absolutely dry. I found myself still having to fix my images after each and every shooting.

Here is what the final print looks like after the white and line work. The paper I've always used is the Rives BFK cream color and I love mixing my very own brown for the final line separation, which I think goes perfectly with the cream paper.

Something to keep in mind while printing the paint through the screen with the squeegee, make sure you are printing at a 90 degree angle. I've only recently been tipped off to do this, and it was challenging (on my back!) at first, but it can prevent things like a flooded image. The paint also needs to be the right consistency, like melted ice-cream. There is seriously so much to the process!

"Harold" inspired by the film "Harold and Maude"

"Another Dimension" opens this week!

Opening this Thursday at Gallery1988 in LA, "Another Dimension" featuring artwork inspired by the classic sci-fi TV series, "The Twilight Zone"

Opening Reception: May 20th, 7-10PM
7020 Melrose Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90038


I spent a couple of days marathoning the original Twilight Zone series and painted two new pieces for the show, drawing influence from two specific episodes: "People Are Alike All Over" (S1, EP 25) and "The Lonely" (S1, EP 7)

Some of my other favorite Twilight Zone episodes are "Time Enough At Last", "A Stop at Willoughby", "The Invaders", "Long Live Walter Jameson", "Execution", "A Nice Place To Visit", "A World Of His Own"... and so many others!!

Here's one the pieces I painted for the show-

"the lonely" oil on Gessobord, 11"x14"

New comic in IKJK anthology!

I recently did a comic story for the newest installment of I Know Joe Kimpel (IKJK) 4- square anthology, "Future" which will make its debut at MoCCA festival!

It's been a while since I've done a B&W comic! My story is titled "Virtual Date." It's about two boys that encounter each other online, they then find themselves involved in hologram dates and interplanetary romance. :)

The newest, latest anthology also includes stories by José-Luis Olivares, Jason Overby, and Emily Wieja. You can check out previews and more here: http://www.iknowjoekimpel.com/blog/?p=327


As always, very excited to go to MOCCA, which is coming up so soon this year!
It's next weekend, April 10th and 11th, held at the Lexington ave. Armory in NYC.
You can find the "Future" 4-square comic at the IKJK table (G6). The image on the left is the cover but instead of the yellow it will be gold foil (nice!) so pick up a copy :) See you guys at MOCCA!

"Happy Ending" at Miss Scarlet in the Parlor

I have some new pieces in this show! (including the new silkscreens I've posted lately on this blog)

The show will remain on display until the 17th of this month, so if you're in LA be sure to check it out!

Miss Scarlet in the Parlor is also a nice shop and they are currently carrying some copies of my latest silkscreen book "rainbow & i"

Check out the video of the opening here!

Romance in color

The final prints is on nice Rives BFK cream color paper, the only kind I print on really. This took one night for separations and just a few hours at the print shop, basically a day's work. :)

silkscreen- drawing & color separations for Alice

drawing separation w/ sumi ink & oil markers

light process cyan

rocket red + magenta with transparency

halftone + cadmium yellow w/ transparency

custom mixed tan w/ transparency

white w/ transparency