Intaglio print of Farwielder

In art class I am expertimenting with the intaglio process of print making. Since we had to chose a hero to do I felt it fitting to try Farwielder and more specificly Crimson_Jimson's version of him.

This is my plexiglass plate.
All lines were carved into the plexiglass using an exacto knife as well as all the shading.

Oooh, old world engraving meets the modern hero!
That's so cool you're learning the technique. Hard to pick up the subtleties of it but looks great from what we can see, Farwielder. Really cool!

Yeah I didn't even think it would scan at all, it being plexiglass. Once I get some prints done though I'll out them up here.

Nice!, Never got into Intaglio, but I've messed around alot with Lino-cuts and Scratchboards(I know not really a "printing" material but the processes are similar).

Good Stuff!! I LIVE IN PRINT!!!

I am really liking how this is going and am thinking of joining a printers forum thats around here so I have access to their press but it'll be pretty costly.

ok...thats damn cool....Far lends himself well to that medium ~

just how is this done? it's printed onto plexiglass?

This part as of now is just etched into the plexiglass. Today at school I will cover the plate with a thick ink rubbing it into all the cuts in the plate. Then I'll wipe the excess off, put it on paper that has been soaking in water for a few minutes and run it through a hand turned press. I'm not sure how much pressure the press applies but I could find out today.

That... looks like... it would take.. an INSANE amount of time.
*scratch scratch scratch* *shudder*

depends Rowr, if it's anything like engraving, it's practically just like drawing, only your pencil is scratching it into a material instead of leaving lead or ink on paper, so, no erasor

i've done a little engraving, it's a bit hard to look smooth, if you shake, it'll show.

It took about 2 hours to scratch that in. Well 4 actually but that's my fault. The first time I did it I didn't push hard enough with the xacto so not enough ink got into the grooves. I had to go back over all my line again with the knife. Then the parts that are brown(as I'm using a brown ink) weren't scratched enough so I went back and added much more to them.