Moth Wizard Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp
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    Moth Wizard Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp

    Meet Moth Wizard! I am taking a break from fan art this time to do a quick original-ish character. I am pretty sure I have seen a similar idea somewhere.

    The white blocky erasers are a little longer than the standard pink ones. It’s nice that they don’t have the skew on the z-axis. They carve pretty much the same.

    I have been experimenting with different techniques for transferring the designs. For this one, I transferred a laser print to the bare eraser with acetone, then colored over it with a broad yellow Sharpie (to get a contrast with the white eraser to make what has been carved more visible).

    A rectangular piece of white paper imprinted with an anthropomorphized, cartoonish moth character with five four-pointed stars in various sizes above its head. The wings look like a cloak around a very simple body. The face is white with two black spots for eyes. There are feathered antennae atop the head. The blocky white carved eraser that made the impression is laying face-up on the upper left corner of the print. Both are on a background of deep blue paper with a single metallic silver leaf inclusion.

    Three-minute sped-up Moth Wizard full carving video on YouTube.

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    Ink Pot Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp
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    Ink Pot Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp

    This design started out as an ink pot from the Witch Hat Atelier anime. That ink pot is pretty simple, though, and I got carried away tweaking the design. So, it is not particularly close to the reference anymore. Since the part of the jar containing the ink is hollow, I experimented with filling it in with different fountain pen inks, similar to what I do with my potion ink swatching stamp.

    The little E on the lid is for Evermore, of course.

    A rectangular piece of paper is imprinted in black with an image of a small jar of ink. The carved eraser stamp that made the impression lays face-up on the upper right corner of the print. The background is blue-green decorative paper with gold metallic lines. Straight-on view. A rectangular piece of paper is imprinted in black with an image of a small jar of ink. The carved eraser stamp that made the impression lays face-up on the upper right corner of the print. The interior of the ink pot has been painted in with a shimmer ink. The background is blue-green decorative paper with gold metallic lines. The view is angled somewhat from the lower left corner. Several rectangular pieces of paper imprinted in black with images of a small jar of ink. They overlap some. The body of one jar has been painted in with a dark ink with a green sheen. Another has been filled with a yellow-green. The third is un-colored. A purple glass did pen lays across the prints. The carved eraser that made the prints is face-up in the upper right. The background is blue-green decorative paper with gold metallic lines.

    There is a 28-second imprinting and coloring-in video on YouTube.

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    Joystick Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp
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    Joystick Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp

    I have a couple of very old joysticks in this style, but I also have one that was newly-produced to go with the new Commodore 64 Ultimate. I thought it would make for a cool eraser stamp. I started with a quick phone photo at the angle I thought I wanted. I used that as a reference to draw a simplified version in Inkscape, then printed and transferred it to the eraser for carving.

    A rectangular piece of white paper in landscape format is imprinted in black with and angled view of an old-style home computer joystick. The cord from the joystick coils irregularly away from the joystick, then turns into a rectangular border around the print. The carved eraser that made the print it face-up on the upper right corner of the print. Both are sitting on a surface of bright red paper. A photo of an old-style home computer joystick. The main body is translucent red with black buttons and a black ball at the top of a metal stick.

    There is a 14-second retro joystick eraser stamp impression making video on YouTube.

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    Jiji Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp
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    Jiji Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp

    I’ve been having fun carving eraser stamps. The details for some of them have been challenging. I got a smaller gouge to see if that would help with finer detail. I did almost all of this with that, and very little with the #11 craft knife.

    This cat is Jiji from the Kiki’s Delivery Service Studio Ghibli animated movie. I based my drawing of it on a frame from a scene where he is sitting on a counter in a kitchen.

    A white rectangle of paper imprinted with a cartoon-style black cat facing the viewer, its tail curling off to the left. The hand-carved eraser that made the imprint sits face up on the upper right corner of the paper. Both are on a background of crinkled purple paper.

    There is a  12-second Jiji stamp imprint-making video on YouTube.

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    Dragon Head Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp
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    Dragon Head Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp

    I adapted my Celtic/Viking dragon head design to be something that could be carved on an eraser. I made two runs at this one. For the first one, I used the Speedball lino carving tool and a standard craft knife. It seemed pretty good, but some of the details were pretty rough. The Speedball knife is just too big for some of the detail I wanted, and it was difficult for me to get smooth results with the craft knife on the spirals. The design transfer on this one was incomplete. I had to pencil parts of it back in. It’s still recognizable, and has some fun character.

    I made another attempt with a new 1mm gouge and the craft knife. The spirals felt easier with the gouge, but ended up thicker than I really wanted. That’s probably related to going over them more than once, trying to get them deeper.

    I shot landscape-format video of carving both versions, and might use that to make a basic tutorial for the eraser carving.

    An eraser carved with a stylized dragon head featuring spirals for tongue, eye, nostril, and cheek sits on the upper right corner of a rectangle of white paper with an impression of the stamp in black. They are sitting on a well-weathered cutting mat. An eraser carved with a stylized dragon head featuring spirals for tongue, eye, nostril, and cheek sits on the upper right corner of a rectangle of white paper with an impression of the stamp in black. Both sit on a background of textured black chirimen paper.

    There is a 14-second dragon head impression making video on YouTube.

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