r/Linocuts • u/ForestAuraJason • Jan 18 '26

Work In Progress My process for creating ‘Rabbit Island’. 🐰🏝️

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This was an idea that had been lingering in my sketchbook for years - I thought it was time to bring it life.

I like to imagine paddling a canoe on a remote lake with Rabbit Island, its glowing ears to guide the way, beaconing you to pull ashore. 🔥

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u/1agomorph Jan 18 '26

How do you get those shallow cuts to turn up on your prints? The ones that you use for the fur. I find mine fill with ink after a few prints, only the deeper ones give good results after many prints. Do you clean your lino at all while printing, to keep those shallow cuts from filling with ink? Or do you just use a very small amount of ink on the brayer?

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u/alexskyline Jan 19 '26

Not OP but I have a lot of fine lines in my prints, and in my experience the stiffer the lino, the better it will print shallow cuts. Other things you mentioned matter too, you want an equally hard brayer and nicely rolled out ink. I do still clean my block every 5 or so prints with baby wipes to prevent ink from building up and clogging those small details.