a tube

[egypturnash]

Saturday, as we were getting ourselves together to go help lediva move, the doorbell rang. It was FedEx with a big-ass tube.



This tube, as it transpired, contained another, smaller tube, with waxed paper wrapped around it. And embedded within that waxed paper were... two prints!



tugrik got himself a giant-ass printer recently, and is going into the art-print business. This was both a test for him and a come-on for me: I'd sent him several AI files that I thought would be torture tests, and got a couple of his test prints in return. The big one (about three and a half feet by one foot) ended up in my studio; the smaller one (two feet by six inches) ended up...



...on the oddly-angled wall next to the bathroom. Just the right size!

The strange thing about finally seeing my work printed this large is that it's not a shock - it's about the size I always saw it at through the window of Illustrator. Maybe when he solves the driver issue that aborted the 14-foot-long print he was going to try of this, it'll feel different. I dunno. It sure has a lot more impact than a little jpeg hovering on a screen does, though!

Thanks for brightening up our walls, Tug - I think there's gonna be some more stuff coming your way soon, including a significant chunk of the stuff for the show!

Comments

[neogeen.livejournal.com]

G..giant prints.

Oh my lord, beautiful! So much of your work just needs to be viewed as giant hung pieces. I'd love to experience a show like that.

[dustmeat.livejournal.com]

I would SO buy that print.

[pseudomanitou.livejournal.com]

Haha. I received no less than 8 of those same exact monster rolls myself a week ago. I recognized it from the very first photo :)

...the mind boggles at how he will ship a 14-foot long banner to you...

[turbinerocks.livejournal.com]

awesome. :D I need to get some big prints, that looks fabulous.


(hey, Tigris and Euphrates! Great game!)

[kamenkyote.livejournal.com]

The print looks great! And I want to see your stuff even bigger of course. I want to see it fill that big open space at the ICA! I can guarantee that if your friend has decent prices and good results, there will be lots of furry artists wanting his services.

[doctorpinkerton.livejournal.com]

Tug rules!!! Way to go!! Sure wish I could make it up to the opening in the fall...