[Leo Boyd]

Jun 13, 2016 22:47:46 GMT 1 jayTown said:

Looks great mate. What's the process to the finish piece then? You mention printing onto the wood...are you doing that?

ah its quite hard to describe as there are a lot of steps... but these ones are printed onto 12mm ply that i covered in lots of washes oh house paints and left to dry for ages whilst leaving things on them like letter stencils and cups... so thats like 2 or 3 days of paint washes...
then i screen printed some layers of patters that are just slightly off the background colour... tis subtle and sometimes too subtle so you cant really see it.
then a ghost layer of the main image... let that dry and paint in the background colours... mainly using washes again and then finish with the black print over the top...
but a lot of this is not very typical screen printing practice... like i try not to flood the screen much so that the black print layer is all scratchy and worn.
good fun it is but it takes fakin ages!
hope that helps?
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

So I have uploaded some new pieces onto my big cartel... I am pretty happy with these and am planning on working on a whole series... they take quite a lot of time, mainly preparing the wood with thin layers of wash and waiting for that to dry before applying more and more layers. So it won’t be for a few weeks that I bring out new ones in this series.
Anyhoo I hope you like them
They are £120 each but if you want to make a reasonable offer send me a PM and I will change the price on the Bigcartel and we can go from there
Thanks
Leo
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/

[Leo Boyd]

So I have uploaded some new pieces onto my big cartel... I am pretty happy with these and am planning on working on a whole series... they take quite a lot of time, mainly preparing the wood with thin layers of wash and waiting for that to dry before applying more and more layers. So it won’t be for a few weeks that I bring out new ones in this series.
Anyhoo I hope you like them
They are £120 each but if you want to make a reasonable offer send me a PM and I will change the price on the Bigcartel and we can go from there
Thanks
Leo
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/

[churchwood]

the two recent ones are ace - the backgrounds work really well with the main print - great stuff

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 14, 2016 15:32:53 GMT 1 churchwood said:

the two recent ones are ace - the backgrounds work really well with the main print - great stuff

thank you very much!
I am really pleased with these!
Leo

[maxyboyed]

Nice work.

Just purchased Go Baby.

Look forward to seeing more of your work.

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 14, 2016 16:37:39 GMT 1 maxyboyed said:

Nice work.

Just purchased Go Baby.

Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Ah nice one! And thank you!
I will get it in the post for you tomorrow... Hope you like it!
cheers
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 15, 2016 13:03:12 GMT 1 Neil Aarck said:

Leo is an absolute gent, with a reallys**te promotional strategy so this thread makes me very happy.

His work is class and his taste in music is great but he is a messy bastard in the workshop.

Buyers won't be disappointed

Ah ha ha ha! Cheers Neil. I think there are some compliments in there!

[Leo Boyd]

Working hard down the print mines today and my brain has gone to mush... going to upload a couple of old things
This one is called Computer Break Up
and its a smaller version of this much larger piece below

[elwheel]

Jun 10, 2016 23:52:32 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

Here is another one in the same kind of style... this one is called 'The Death of Orpheus' and is about the demolition of the Orpheus building art school in Belfast

My old alma mater - we shall miss her greatly!

Good to meet you at the flea market the other week and glad to see you took the plunge here. Lovely prints to see, sniff and feel folks so don't be shy.  Get the stormtroopers out.

[Dibbs 45]

Just been catching up with this thread and like the work. No ones mentioned Blek yet I take it with the computer head reference. Some great layering effects. Good luck with your work.

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 16, 2016 22:31:36 GMT 1 Dibbs 45 said:

Just been catching up with this thread and like the work. No ones mentioned Blek yet I take it with the computer head reference. Some great layering effects. Good luck with your work.

Thanks Dibbs! I have never heard of blek but I will check him out...
cheers
Leo

[rgc]

Jun 16, 2016 22:41:36 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

Jun 16, 2016 22:31:36 GMT 1 Dibbs 45 said:

Just been catching up with this thread and like the work. No ones mentioned Blek yet I take it with the computer head reference. Some great layering effects. Good luck with your work.

Thanks Dibbs! I have never heard of blek but I will check him out...
cheers
Leo

Blek work...

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 16, 2016 23:48:52 GMT 1 rgc said:

Jun 16, 2016 22:41:36 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

Thanks Dibbs! I have never heard of blek but I will check him out...
cheers
Leo

Blek work...

Ah ha! YES!!! He is even wearing a pair of Adidas!
But yeah been thinking about this... I must know that piece deep in my back brain but wouldnt have cited it as an inspiration for the no signal print... although there are clear parallels.
In my mind the image came from reading lots of 2000ad when I was a kid, especially Ro-Jaws and the ABC warriors

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 16, 2016 22:14:58 GMT 1 elwheel said:

Jun 10, 2016 23:52:32 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

Here is another one in the same kind of style... this one is called 'The Death of Orpheus' and is about the demolition of the Orpheus building art school in Belfast

My old alma mater - we shall miss her greatly!

Good to meet you at the flea market the other week and glad to see you took the plunge here. Lovely prints to see, sniff and feel folks so don't be shy.  Get the stormtroopers out.

Yeah good to meet you too!
And thanks for giving me the push to actually start putting work up here!
I don't know about the Stormtroopers... It might be a bit early for them!
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

Hard day down the print mines today... but managed to get two of these babies done so I can relax and enjoy the weekend without thinking of different ways to distress paint!
Very happy with these I am
You can find one of the pieces for sale here leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/tech-head
Cheers
Leo


And here is a picture of the whole family

[Leo Boyd]

I'm just going to stick this old print of mine up here

[Leo Boyd]

I have one of these for sale for 50 quids... its an artists proof of my tech head piece but unlike those (which are more expensive as they are printed onto wood) its printed onto picture backing board.
Its a pretty nice piece but im selling it cos i am mad skint and need to pay my studio fees good times.
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/tech-head-artists-proof

[Leo Boyd]

Sold!

[Deleted]

Jun 23, 2016 22:40:31 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

I have one of these for sale for 50 quids... its an artists proof of my tech head piece but unlike those (which are more expensive as they are printed onto wood) its printed onto picture backing board.
Its a pretty nice piece but im selling it cos i am mad skint and need to pay my studio fees good times.
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/tech-head-artists-proof

Really nice and great price - just seen this post and missed it. Well done to whoever got it.

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 25, 2016 12:23:54 GMT 1 @ekap said:

Jun 23, 2016 22:40:31 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

I have one of these for sale for 50 quids... its an artists proof of my tech head piece but unlike those (which are more expensive as they are printed onto wood) its printed onto picture backing board.
Its a pretty nice piece but im selling it cos i am mad skint and need to pay my studio fees good times.
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/tech-head-artists-proof

Really nice and great price - just seen this post and missed it. Well done to whoever got it.

Cheers!
I am going to do a few works on paper next week that i'll stick up for good times prices! Keep your eye out!
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

I have 5 of these babies that I am selling at the good times price of £50 each!
The Piece is called The Morrigan and is named after the Irish goddess of death and war. This piece was originally exhibited in Bristol for an exhibition called WarHead.
The Morrigan is a 4 colour screen print onto fabriano paper and measures 42 x 60 cm
It is an edition of 5
Snap em up before they are all gone!
Leo
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/the-moriggan

[Leo Boyd]

This whole post brexit come down is really messing me up... that and the northern irish weather seem to have created a perfect storm of apathetic doom
I am normally pretty prolific but at the moment every time I try to do some work it comes out... well it comes out shite.
I wanted to make a piece of work that expressed this but the last 2 times I tried to print were so woeful that the idea was lost in confused mess... so today, today I thought would be the day! I had a strong image so what could possibly go wrong?
Turns out basically everything. After a good few hours in the workshop I got ONE print!
So here it is... it has no title yet but i am toying with
The Medium is the Monster
from marshall mcluhan's the medium is the message.
Anyways, I hope everyone is enjoying the political mayhem as much as I am
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

I have put the last one of my Go Baby Go! prints onto my store... I will be sad to see this one go but the bills have to be paid
Leo
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/go-baby-go-gold

SOLD!

[Leo Boyd]

SOLD!

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 14, 2016 14:55:34 GMT 1 Leo Boyd said:

So I have uploaded some new pieces onto my big cartel... I am pretty happy with these and am planning on working on a whole series... they take quite a lot of time, mainly preparing the wood with thin layers of wash and waiting for that to dry before applying more and more layers. So it won’t be for a few weeks that I bring out new ones in this series.
Anyhoo I hope you like them
They are £120 each but if you want to make a reasonable offer send me a PM and I will change the price on the Bigcartel and we can go from there
Thanks
Leo
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/

SOLD!
WOOOHA!
that should keep the wolf from the door for 5 minutes!
going to have to give up the studio this week because spaces in Belfast are bloody expensive unless they are funded by the arts council... spent a long day there tidying up... and then making a mess again by editioning a print. It is a simpler one of the sofa robot on paper... I will upload some images tomorrow
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

Right so here is the new edition of Safe Mode on paper...
More info up here
leoboydprints.bigcartel.com/product/safe-mode-paper
Cheers
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

I have a mind to do some portraits.
The idea is to find 6 people from the general internet public (i.e. you) and get them to send me a photo which, using the wonders of digital manipulation, painting, collage and screen printing, I will render as some form of weird and wonderful portrait. Each portrait will be an edition of 2. One I will give to you and one I will keep.
The kind of image I imagine making will be akin to one of my recent computer-head prints so the picture that I would like to work from would be a photo of you standing, or sitting or milling about and doing something... it doesn’t have to be doing something interesting... could be eating cereal, walking in the park, fixing your bike or just sitting at a computer.
If you are interested in this send me a PM and I will give you my email address to send your high resolution photo to and I will work from there...
I am off on holiday on Monday the 25th so it would be nice to get the images before then so that I can work on them in my head before coming back to Belfast and making the actual prints.
Facebook users please share and disseminate this post with people you think might be interested in this idea.
Cheers
Leo

[Leo Boyd]

oh yeah in relation to the above post this whole thing is free but it is on a first come first serve basis.

[Deleted]

sounds awesome !