☀️Houndsaint☀️🤕
@houndsaint.bsky.social
Medievalist printmaker. I carve & print hard lino using Pfeil palm tools & Hanco/Cranfield/Van Son inks.
Please don’t tattoo my art. 33. They/them 🏳️⚧️
houndsaint.etsy.com
Please don’t tattoo my art. 33. They/them 🏳️⚧️
houndsaint.etsy.com
it’s already been a time-intense project and sanding/painting them is gonna take forever (and then there’s detailing…)
These will be replacing my old ones, which I made out of half-inch foamcore and intended to be temporary (fragile!) then used for like 4 years (stupid!)
These will be replacing my old ones, which I made out of half-inch foamcore and intended to be temporary (fragile!) then used for like 4 years (stupid!)
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
it’s already been a time-intense project and sanding/painting them is gonna take forever (and then there’s detailing…)
These will be replacing my old ones, which I made out of half-inch foamcore and intended to be temporary (fragile!) then used for like 4 years (stupid!)
These will be replacing my old ones, which I made out of half-inch foamcore and intended to be temporary (fragile!) then used for like 4 years (stupid!)
Basically now attacking this like I’m priming a sculpted panel. after 2 coats of plastic primer cured, I did a coat of regular thinned gesso, then 2-3 coats of thick modeling paste/gesso mix, then rebuilding/evening edges.
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Basically now attacking this like I’m priming a sculpted panel. after 2 coats of plastic primer cured, I did a coat of regular thinned gesso, then 2-3 coats of thick modeling paste/gesso mix, then rebuilding/evening edges.
blacked out and forgot to take photos but I gave every single panel basically a gap filler coat with foamclay which took about 4 passes, filled in sharp corners to make them more sandable/uniform, sanded everything crazy style for adhesion, then hit it with a spray plastic primer
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
blacked out and forgot to take photos but I gave every single panel basically a gap filler coat with foamclay which took about 4 passes, filled in sharp corners to make them more sandable/uniform, sanded everything crazy style for adhesion, then hit it with a spray plastic primer
I’m in the process of remaking some of my table displays! More details in the alt text.
These need to be resilient, lightweight, & impact-resistant since I’ll ideally be traveling with them for years, which presents an interesting set of problems to solve without machinery.
These need to be resilient, lightweight, & impact-resistant since I’ll ideally be traveling with them for years, which presents an interesting set of problems to solve without machinery.
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I’m in the process of remaking some of my table displays! More details in the alt text.
These need to be resilient, lightweight, & impact-resistant since I’ll ideally be traveling with them for years, which presents an interesting set of problems to solve without machinery.
These need to be resilient, lightweight, & impact-resistant since I’ll ideally be traveling with them for years, which presents an interesting set of problems to solve without machinery.
Just one of those people who can fucking DRAW, man.
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just one of those people who can fucking DRAW, man.
He was an extraordinarily versatile and talented artist, and many of the 50+ books he illustrated (and wrote!) were woodcut, as when he first immigrated he worked in an engraver’s shop. He was very active in magazine/poster advertising, particularly later in life.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
He was an extraordinarily versatile and talented artist, and many of the 50+ books he illustrated (and wrote!) were woodcut, as when he first immigrated he worked in an engraver’s shop. He was very active in magazine/poster advertising, particularly later in life.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
Boris Artzybasheff, a Ukrainian illustrator who immigrated to the US in 1919, was known for florid, grotesque explorations of surrealistic anthropomorphism, combining human and machine into fearsome, laboring hulks of metal & flesh.
These illustrations are from “Machinalia.”
#historyofillustration
These illustrations are from “Machinalia.”
#historyofillustration
November 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Boris Artzybasheff, a Ukrainian illustrator who immigrated to the US in 1919, was known for florid, grotesque explorations of surrealistic anthropomorphism, combining human and machine into fearsome, laboring hulks of metal & flesh.
These illustrations are from “Machinalia.”
#historyofillustration
These illustrations are from “Machinalia.”
#historyofillustration
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
sure! the Rockwell museum has a pretty comprehensive archive: www.illustrationhistory.org/history
but my number 1 rec is to find the books by (and about) the illustrators themselves; Anthologies/collections are a good start and they’re usually shockingly cheap secondhand. A few of mine:
but my number 1 rec is to find the books by (and about) the illustrators themselves; Anthologies/collections are a good start and they’re usually shockingly cheap secondhand. A few of mine:
October 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
sure! the Rockwell museum has a pretty comprehensive archive: www.illustrationhistory.org/history
but my number 1 rec is to find the books by (and about) the illustrators themselves; Anthologies/collections are a good start and they’re usually shockingly cheap secondhand. A few of mine:
but my number 1 rec is to find the books by (and about) the illustrators themselves; Anthologies/collections are a good start and they’re usually shockingly cheap secondhand. A few of mine:
His only formal artistic education came from 3 months of night classes at Chase College, and one of the reasons his work was so popular with editors was because his limited colors required fewer inks to print, and therefore the covers and ads were cheaper to produce.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
October 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
His only formal artistic education came from 3 months of night classes at Chase College, and one of the reasons his work was so popular with editors was because his limited colors required fewer inks to print, and therefore the covers and ads were cheaper to produce.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
C. Coles Phillips was an illustrator born in Springfield OH, a longtime staff artist at Life magazine & Good Housekeeping’s sole cover artist from 1912-14. He was famous for his “fadeaway girls,” figures which use the background color & negative space to fill in the blanks.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
C. Coles Phillips was an illustrator born in Springfield OH, a longtime staff artist at Life magazine & Good Housekeeping’s sole cover artist from 1912-14. He was famous for his “fadeaway girls,” figures which use the background color & negative space to fill in the blanks.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
procreate update unfortunately completely changed how the literal only brush I sketch with feels/looks (I’ve already reinstalled the brush, tweaked settings, classic mode, etc etc) so I’m looking for recs that vaguely resemble this sort of blunt monowidth pencil thing:
October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
procreate update unfortunately completely changed how the literal only brush I sketch with feels/looks (I’ve already reinstalled the brush, tweaked settings, classic mode, etc etc) so I’m looking for recs that vaguely resemble this sort of blunt monowidth pencil thing:
Absolutely the fuck not. I never use DMs anyway. anyone needs to get ahold of me, wait for me to hangglide past your window and throw a brick at my head
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Absolutely the fuck not. I never use DMs anyway. anyone needs to get ahold of me, wait for me to hangglide past your window and throw a brick at my head
After Janet’s death in a 1979 housefire, her heartbroken sister Anne made good on all of their outstanding commissions, and mastered many subjects which had been her sister’s speciality, particularly horses. She worked until 2 days before her death, at the age of 69 in 1998.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
September 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
After Janet’s death in a 1979 housefire, her heartbroken sister Anne made good on all of their outstanding commissions, and mastered many subjects which had been her sister’s speciality, particularly horses. She worked until 2 days before her death, at the age of 69 in 1998.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
Works by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone, a pair of identical twin sisters who worked (primarily in gouache) by passing their shared illustrations back and forth. Together they illustrated hundreds of ads, logos, and over 100 books, including Dodie Smith’s 101 Dalmations.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
September 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Works by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone, a pair of identical twin sisters who worked (primarily in gouache) by passing their shared illustrations back and forth. Together they illustrated hundreds of ads, logos, and over 100 books, including Dodie Smith’s 101 Dalmations.
#historyofillustration
#historyofillustration
me after surgery
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
me after surgery
Come see me and @stablercake.bsky.social in the DLCC at bizarro Anthrocon I mean Oddities & Curiosities Pittsburgh! We’ll be in the dealers den I mean vendor hall until 6 and 10-4 tomorrow!
August 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Come see me and @stablercake.bsky.social in the DLCC at bizarro Anthrocon I mean Oddities & Curiosities Pittsburgh! We’ll be in the dealers den I mean vendor hall until 6 and 10-4 tomorrow!
“Saturn,” carved way back in 2018.
August 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Saturn,” carved way back in 2018.
Come and visit me and @stablercake.bsky.social at #GenCon! We’re being hosted by our lovely friends at Chronicle Games (Booth 1752) and have a whole series of paintable minis available through them!
July 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Come and visit me and @stablercake.bsky.social at #GenCon! We’re being hosted by our lovely friends at Chronicle Games (Booth 1752) and have a whole series of paintable minis available through them!
I believe this design ended up on hoodies as well as t shirts.
July 31, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I believe this design ended up on hoodies as well as t shirts.
my original concept for this one had Gen, the dragon mascot, in her usual red coloring.
July 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
my original concept for this one had Gen, the dragon mascot, in her usual red coloring.
