Thesis Pieces = Reeces Pieces?

Hey.
So i have been working my tookus off for at least two days solid on my first of four thesis pieces yes i truly hate saying that it always makes me think of reeces pieces, any who i thought i should post the start of this first piece.The image you see to the left is of the wood cut poster for the HonFest that im currently working on this is the first stage after transferring my image to wood i than trace the image in sharpie and begin to cut places that i have shaded black will stay black in the long run of the wood cut. The next step in making this image is to start to cut. I use a dermal tool for all my cuts, this is not the traditional way of making a wood cut but i does speed up the process vastly and i get to use poor tools which is always a REALLY big plus!
To the right is photo the photo of my block after all of the cuts have been made. And by the way the pic at the top is of my new favorite attachment! just had to show it off.

My First Blog.

Hello there..... well this is my first blog and I am not really sure how to begin it. Other than I am a budding artist ( well I really don't like the word budding but it seemed appropriate in this context.) And i wanted you my blog reader to be able to see some of my thoughts ideas and processes. I work mainly in block print but i also throw in some other mixed medias for spice from time to time. I have some heavy influences from retro illustrators such as Alberto Vargas
A great pinup artist that worked from the 20's all the way through the 60's for Places like Playboy
Gil Elvgrin A great illustrator that was part of the Sunny Sundblom circle (the guy who designed the coca cola Santa)
As well As Great Pulp Artist such as Norman Saunders.
and fine artist such as Evard Munk His color usage as well as block prints are a huge thing for me.

"Shaft" an examplee of my work sorry the image is not the best quality I am sure in the near future i will be posting a better quality image of this piece.
Well that's a nice little preview of me i suppose ill keep you up dated on more cool things happening with my art. I know i don't seem very interesting right now but please keep checking back cross my heart i am.

Thanks Darling!