I can print.

This is the initial print I made and trimmed, hanging very casually on my wall. No, I didn't use tape - I used that plastic-like substance that's called "tack" or something like that. It's supposed to be non-damaging. We'll see.

I'm exceeding happy with how this looks. Really, seeing it on your monitor is nothing compared to seeing it printed on premium paper (which I payed a pretty penny for, mostly because I forgot the paper I had originally bought for this project at home) and hanging on your wall. I think I could really get into this whole printing thing. It's satisfying.

I think an experiment I'm going to try later in the quarter is going to be drawing on a piece of paper and then printing over that. I think it'll be a real fun bout of experimentation. I haven't even thought of content for my final project (which I think may include drawing + printing) but I think I'm going to enjoy the heck out of it.


This is the image repeat 16 times on a piece of 8.5" x 11" paper (there was some trimming, which you can't really tell because of my amazing Photoshop skills). I printed the image like this because the layout struck some sort of chord in me. I think I'm a really big sucker for repetition. Also, I think that the image is dense enough so that you're constantly looking for some sort of pattern - and it's chock full of pattern, so your mind is constantly at odds and then relieved.

This isn't a part of the actual project, I just printed it out for my own amusement - and because a classmate insisted that I take a piece of his double-sided matte paper. As much as my classmates have been getting on my nerves, they're not all terrible. I'm just a curmudgeon. "This has been another episode of Life Lessons with A Panda. Thanks for tuning in! Ba-bye now."