Analog Art

I’ve discovered the analog printing word in my early twenties, as I tried linocut engraving for the first time. Since then I have been fascinated by the various methods available, and I love exploring them in my work. I also like the different technical challenge they present, forcing me to think about my designs differently.

No AI has been used for any of my illustrations.

This Mouvement series is from my early exploration of linocut prints. The Mouvement #1 holds a special place for me and I therefore re-used several years later for one of my first screenprint, titled Orenda.

Mouvement with tattoos — *linocut print (private commission)*

Heron variant — *1-colour screenprint + ink + watercolour + stamp*

Birdie Long Legs — *linocut print + stamp*

Zebra — *2-colour screenprint on black paper*

Rouen — *2-colour screenprint on black paper*

Cigarette Smoker — *linocut print on gray paper*

Flowers & Skulls — *2-colour linocut print on green paper*

Alex Turner with tambourine —
*2-colour linocut print*

The below prints are all based on movies, which are a great source of inspiration to me.

Mr. Darcy — *linocut print + stamp* (Pride and Prejudice, Joe Wright)

Frank — *2-colour linocut print + stamp* (Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly)

Poe Dameron — *linocut print + stamp* (The Force Awakens, J. J. Abrams)

The admiration for the dedication to art and craftsmanship is a recurring theme in the movies from Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli studios, which sparked me to start a linocut print series for those movies. I have chosen to focus on the main characters, and to use this series as a way to play on the formats and composition, since I am otherwise just copying panels from the films themselves.

Emma Hiesse – Illustration

Analog Art

Emma Hiesse – Illustration