Elliott Elena

They/them Printmaker Illustrator Trying their best :')

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A break from my usual print posting for a digital fantasy commission!

CancerQuest!

When you have to isolate during cancer treatment, sometimes videogames can become a solace and for my cousins it was EverQuest.

My cousin was diagnosed with cancer last year, it was really scary but after months of treatment and the best care from his wife and their community in Port Orford, we are all ecstatic to report he is cancer free!

His wife/my cousin commissioned this portrait of their EverQuest characters in action with their favorite pets to celebrate. It was a lot of fun to draw, especially the lettering which had me cackling, they do say some of the best medicine is laughter. The joke was all my cousin tho, cant take credit for that 🤣, I just decided I had to incorporate it in the EverQuest font.

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Lil eraser print banger process video, up on my instagram & now here cuz maybe I wanna move my shit over here idk lets see how it does 🔥

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Edit: I have no idea why this post keeps getting flagged, its art… I thought tumblr was better than this :(

🌊Keeping my head above water🌊

Sometimes the process is more interesting than the final print to me. Makes me think I need to do more reduction prints again. I dream of an industrial drying rack 🫠

Made with some very cheap dollar store wood that honestly doesnt handle very well but worth a shot. Probably will do this again but bigger when I have the materials and space.

Anyways heres the pulled print!

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hi i love your ¡Ábrete! piece, do you/would you sell prints?

Yes I do sell prints! Just DM me for rates if you're ever curious. ¡Ábrete!in particular is a special one since there are only 30 that will ever exist due to the nature of the reduction printing process. All my work is sliding scale cuz I want my art to be accessible but also am a broke artist so if people can pay more it's great for me 😅. Totally at the buyer's discretion tho, times are VERY TOUGH and I don't begrudge the lower end of the scale - I chose it and am happy with whatever within it!

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Arms of Land Sovereignty: The Morrigan

12" × 16" block

The Morrigan is a deity of Irish mythology, a shape shifter, a triple goddess. She is commonly associated with war, emboldening warriors, intimidating the enemy, and accompanying them when they fall on the battlefield. She is also, however, associated with the harvest, with tending to the land. I interpret her as a goddess of indigenous land sovereignty, of championing those who fight for a just cause, who fight to protect the land they nurture.

She has been known to shape shift into many creatures, like the crow, raven, cow, eel. Ive taken inspiration from The Book of Kells to create the border of this piece which is made up of a lace of eels. Again included some process pics & a video of pulling one of the first prints I made of this piece.

(slowly adding my portfolio to this tumblr, Im finding artist community so much more involved and responsive here. Im so happy responding to peoples work and having interesting convos and getting feedback on my own work also 🥲🩷)

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¡Ábrete! 3-Part Reduction Woodcut 16"x20"

Inspired by a deep disdain for borders. The osprey is a bird whose flight paths are found all throughout the so called americas, regardless of whatever borders have been made up.

Included some process photos, and yes, destroying all that chain for the final print was very painful and I am still recovering :')

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Smouldering in Feral Longing Linocut 9"x12" block

It's been long time since I've posted here! Gonna give tumblr another go again, I wonder if any of my old followers are still on here. In any case I've gotten really into block printing so expect to see more of that here if I stick around~

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My first copper plate print @^@! Etching & aquatint <3

Tells the tale of an inter-dimensional humanoid-hummingbird traveler who gets caught a dream loop paradox. Yup.

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Still a work in progress, but who knows when I'll get back to it. So here ya go! Thinking about turning it into a painting eventually. @w@

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Board I painted for a friend. It's real fance for something that's gonna get some street grime n grind, but it's mostly going to be used for cruisin, not trickin. Wanna commission? Message: facebook.com/humdropart

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Novemeber 17th

La luna se ha descendido a bendecir mis lágrimas

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Gah I'm so bad at uploading things, here's an old thing! Poster I made in 2012 for an artshow//punkshow I organized that was horror themed.

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Woo! Scans of an 8-page mini-zine I made for a class presentation on Paulo Freire. Everyone loved it and I cant wait to make a bunch of copies and shower them all over! More people my age need to know this man.

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Paulo Freire all up in mah sketchbook, liberating my pages n shit.

No but rly I'm making a sweet mini-zine I'll post soon~

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More from visiting the Museum of Natural History This one Caribou looked like it was freaking the fuck out tho. #shroomabou

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Sketchbook bro

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Close-up progress shot of something I'm working on for a zine about dreams~