Hand-Carved Princess Mononoke Mask Eraser Stamp

I don’t normally do a lot of fan art, but I have been re-watching a bunch of Studio Ghibli movies lately. After doing the soot sprite, I thought about Princess Mononoke‘s mask and had a thought for how it might work in eraser stamp format. I drew the design directly in Inkscape, and made laser prints for transfers again.I have seen people coat lino blocks with ink or paint before drawing or transferring a design in order to make it easier to see what has been cut away while carving. I tried using a color laser print that included a background color, but it did not transfer well. For this, I colored the surface of the eraser with a light blue acrylic paint pen before transferring the design with acetone. It worked okay, well enough to proceed. I have some other ideas for improvement I will try for the next one.This time, I did pretty much all of the carving with the lino knife. I was sure I would need the craft knife for some of the details, but was able to keep enough control of the…